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Nike laser

The Nike laser is a krypton fluoride excimer laser at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., opened in 1995 to study direct-drive inertial confinement fusion.

Nikola Tesla (Никола Тесла)

Nikola Tesla (Никола Тесла), also known as Nicholas Tesla, was a Serbian American inventor and electrical engineer whose patents established the polyphase alternating current system used worldwide.

Nikola Tesla power station

The Nikola Tesla power station (TENT) is a group of lignite-fired power plants near Obrenovac, Serbia, operated by Elektroprivreda Srbije and supplying about half of Serbia's electricity.

Nilepet (South Sudan)

Nilepet, the Nile Petroleum Corporation, is South Sudan's state-owned national oil and gas company, incorporated in 2009 to hold the government's stakes in oil consortia.

NiMo alkaline hydrogen-evolution electrodes

NiMo alkaline hydrogen-evolution electrodes are nickel–molybdenum alloy cathodes that catalyze the hydrogen evolution reaction in alkaline electrolyte, studied as platinum-free catalysts for alkaline and anion-exchange-membrane water electrolyzers.

Nimr oil field

Nimr oil field is a cluster of oil fields in southern Oman, discovered in 1980 and operated by Petroleum Development Oman, known for polymer EOR.

Nine Energy Service

Nine Energy Service is a North American oilfield services company providing cementing, completion tools, wireline, and coiled tubing services across major United States and Canadian basins.

Nine Mile Point nuclear power plant

Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station is a two-unit nuclear power plant on the shore of Lake Ontario near Oswego, New York, capable of producing up to 1,907 megawatts.

Nine Mile Point power station (Louisiana)

Nine Mile Point power station is a natural gas-fired electric generating station in Westwego, Louisiana, run by Entergy Louisiana and among the state's largest plants at about 2,440 MW.

Nine-volt battery

The nine-volt battery, commonly called the PP3 or IEC 6F22, is a rectangular battery delivering 9 volts from six cells, best known for powering smoke alarms.

Ningbo-Shanghai-Nanjing Oil Pipeline

The Ningbo-Shanghai-Nanjing Oil Pipeline (甬沪宁输油管网) is a crude oil pipeline network in eastern China, built by Sinopec from 2001 to 2004 and owned by PipeChina since 2020.

Ningde nuclear power plant

The Ningde nuclear power plant is a six-unit nuclear station in Fuding, Fujian, China, operated by China General Nuclear Power Group, with units running from 2013.

Ningde power station

Ningde power station (宁德电厂) is a coal-fired power station in Ningde, Fujian, China, owned by China Datang, with four units totaling 2,520 MW, commissioned from 2006 to 2009.

Ningdong Fangjiazhuang power station

Ningdong Fangjiazhuang power station, also known as Guodian Fangjiazhuang power station, is a coal-fired plant with two 1,000 MW ultra-supercritical units in Lingwu, Yinchuan, Ningxia, China, commissioned in 2019.

Ningdong power station

Ningdong power station, also known as Guohua Ningdong power station, is a coal-fired power station in Lingwu, Yinchuan, in China's Ningxia, with air-cooled units of 330, 660, and 1,000 MW.

Ninghai hydroelectric plant

The Ninghai hydroelectric plant is a 1,400 MW pumped-storage station in Ninghai County, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, operated by State Grid Xinyuan and fully commissioned in May 2025.

Ninghai power station

Ninghai power station (宁海电厂), formally Guohua Ninghai Power Plant, is a coal-fired power station in Ninghai County, Ningbo, Zhejiang, China, reaching 4,400 MW between 2003 and 2009.

Ningtiaota Coal Mine

Ningtiaota Coal Mine (柠条塔煤矿) is a large underground coal mine in Shenmu, Shaanxi, China, operated by Shaanxi Coal Group with a capacity of 20 million tonnes per year.

Ningxia Hongliu Coal Mine

Ningxia Hongliu Coal Mine (红柳煤矿) is a large underground coal mine in Majiatan Town, Lingwu City, Ningxia, China, producing 8 million tonnes of non-caking bituminous coal per year.

Ningxia Lingwu power station

Ningxia Lingwu power station is a 3,320 MW coal-fired power plant in Lingwu City, Ningxia, China, home to the world's first 1,000 MW air-cooled ultra-supercritical unit in 2011.

Ningxia Zaoquan power station

Ningxia Zaoquan power station, also known as Liyang power plant, is a 1,320 MW coal-fired power station in Lingwu, Ningxia, China, with two 660 MW units commissioned in 2017.

Ninian Crude Oil Pipeline

The Ninian Crude Oil Pipeline, also called the Ninian Pipeline System, is a 175 km North Sea pipeline from the Ninian Central Platform to Sullom Voe, laid in 1975 and 1976.

Ninian field

The Ninian field is an oil field in the East Shetland Basin of the UK North Sea, discovered in 1974, producing through three platforms known as the Ninian Hub.

Ninilchik Oil and Gas Field

The Ninilchik Oil and Gas Field, also called the Ninilchik Unit, is a natural gas field on the southern Kenai Peninsula in Alaska, discovered in 2002 by Marathon Oil and Unocal.

NIO Energy

NIO Energy, known operationally as Nio Power, is the battery-swap and charging infrastructure arm of Chinese electric-vehicle maker NIO, founded in Wuhan in 2017 and operating thousands of swap stations.

Niobium-based oxide anode

A niobium-based oxide anode is a lithium-ion battery anode material using niobium oxides, alone or with titanium or tungsten, that charges fast without lithium dendrites or SEI growth.

Nipisi Oil and Gas Field

Nipisi is an oil and gas field in northwestern Alberta, Canada, discovered in 1965, with an estimated 909 million barrels of original oil in place.

Nippon Carbon

Nippon Carbon is a Japanese manufacturer of carbon products, founded in 1915 and headquartered in Tokyo, known for graphite electrodes, carbon fibers, and lithium-ion battery anode materials.

NIPSCO

NIPSCO, or Northern Indiana Public Service Company, is a regulated utility headquartered in Merrillville, Indiana, serving about 900,000 gas and 500,000 electric customers across northern Indiana.

Nishi-Nagoya thermal power station

Nishi-Nagoya thermal power station (西名古屋火力発電所) is an LNG-fired power station in Tobishima, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, operated by JERA and recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's most efficient combined-cycle plant.