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Fukushima disaster raised to level-7 on Ines scale

  • 13 years ago (2011-04-13)
  • Junior Isles

The Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan has decided to raise the severity rating of the Fukushima nuclear crisis to the highest level, seven.

US continues significant wind progress

  • 13 years ago (2011-04-09)
  • Junior Isles

Wind power is currently second in adding new generation capacity in the US, close behind natural gas, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).

China reveals prospect of extensive investment in Pakistan power infrastructure

  • 13 years ago (2011-04-09)
  • Junior Isles

China has revealed it is keen to invest $10 to $15 billion in developing the Pakistani power sector .

Gas pipeline explosion cuts Pakistan capacity by 1000 MW

  • 13 years ago (2011-04-05)
  • Junior Isles

Natural gas supplies to Pakistani independent power producers (IPPs) have been affected badly by a rupture in one of the main pipelines, causing reduction in electricity generation capacity by 1000 MW, said a senior official of the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco).

India to ambitiously increase generation by 28 000 MW in a year

  • 13 years ago (2011-04-05)
  • Junior Isles

Indian Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has said over 28 000 MW of additional electricity generation capacity will be operating in the country by the end of the current financial year (2011-12).

UK energy use figures show mixed picture

  • 13 years ago (2011-04-04)
  • Junior Isles

UK offshore renewable generation increased by nearly 75 per cent last year, government figures show.

GE to assist Tepco during the summer demand surge

  • 13 years ago (2011-04-04)
  • Junior Isles

General Electric Co, which originally helped build the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant damaged by Japan's earthquake and tsunami, will help Tepco supply electricity in the coming summer when power demand soars.

True costs of Fukushima clean-up emerge for Tepco

  • 13 years ago (2011-04-03)
  • Junior Isles

Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (Tepco) decision to scrap reactors 1-4 at the crippled nuclear power station in Fukushima Prefecture means the power utility will possibly have to shoulder a colossal 400 billion yen ($4.76 billion) to decommission the reactors, and several trillion yen in compensation.

Azerbaijan shows increasing generation ambitions

  • 13 years ago (2011-04-02)
  • Junior Isles

Ten power stations have been built in Azerbaijan over the past seven years, increasing generating capacity by 1500 MW, and more are coming on stream soon, Etibar Pirverdiyev, the head of Azerbaijani power utility Azerenerji, has said.

China proceeding with 'fourth-generation' nuclear plant

  • 13 years ago (2011-03-25)
  • Junior Isles

Utilising what is being termed 'fourth-generation technology', construction on the “world’s first high-temperature, gas-cooled reactor” will start next month in the coastal Chinese city of Rongcheng in Shandong Province, according to Cui Shaozhang, deputy manager at Huaneng Nuclear Power Development Co (HNPD).