The accident at Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant will not affect civil nuclear cooperation between Pakistan and China, Masood Khan, Pakistan’s Ambassador to China said. He said that plans to work with China to build two more 340 MW nuclear reactors at the Chashma facility in Punjab province would go ahead as scheduled.
The UK coalition government’s renewable energy review has declared nuclear to be the most cost-effective form of low-carbon power generation in the short-term, while renewables are described as key to decarbonising the UK economy in the medium to long-term.
State-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) has softened its push for more nuclear power, saying that it is the people's decision whether to continue nuclear power generation.
Whisky is to be used to generate electricity in a new bioenergy venture involving some of Scotland’s best-known distilleries.
Pakistan’s electricity shortfall rose beyond 7200 MW on May 1 as Pakistan State Oil’s furnace oil import was delayed by two days, creating a generation hole of over 2000 MW in the Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) system.
The Ontario Smart Grid Forum has released a report that states that the North American power system is aging and is in need of urgent upgrading. It claimed that the current grid was only designed for one-way delivery of power from large generators to consumers.
Russian gas giant Gazprom and Danish utility DONG Energy have signed a letter of intent (LOI) to cooperate in gas-fired power generation.
German industrial conglomerate Siemens AG is set to report a significant increase in net profit on a one-time gain from the sale of a minority stake in nuclear power venture Areva NP, while its order book is set to benefit from the continuing rebound across its business lines.
The China Electricity Council said that China may face power shortages of 30 GW during summer as electricity supply lags behind demand growth.