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Japan to replace nuclear with coal

  • 2013-04-28 18:30:20
  • Junior Isles
Japan’s new government will look to a new generation of coal-fired plants to solve its continuing power woes post-Fukushima. The environmental assessment and approval period for new coal-fired plants is to be shortened from four years to one, as Japan looks for a medium-term replacement for its idled nuclear industry.

GDF Suez says renewables save valuable water resources

  • 2013-04-24 21:17:20
  • Junior Isles
Renewable generation including wind and solar PV potentially use 100 times less water than fossil fuel plants, according to the chief climate and sustainability analyst at French utility GDF Suez SA.

China’s coal supply soaking up water supply

  • 2013-03-30 04:57:03
  • David Flin

A study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance has said that northern China’s electricity sector is depleting the arid region’s water supply.

China considers lowering solar subsidies

  • 2013-03-12 20:27:55
  • Junior Isles
Draft regulations from China’s National Development and Reform Commission show that it is considering lower than expected subsidies for distributed solar power projects, according to industry insiders.

World nuclear power capacity grew in 2012

  • 2013-03-06 04:48:44
  • David Flin

The world’s nuclear power generation capacity grew again in 2012, after a drop in 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, according to the 2013 Nuclear Technology Review, a draft report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

China encourages distributed power generation

  • 2013-03-02 05:24:24
  • David Flin

The State Grid Corporation of China, the country’s largest energy distributor, is taking further steps to facilitate the use of distributed power generation.

Chinese wind generation eclipses nuclear during 2012

  • 2013-02-20 18:34:44
  • Junior Isles
China generated 2 per cent more electricity from wind than nuclear during 2012, figures released by market analysts show.

Proposed reforms worry Japanese utility executives

  • 2013-02-17 16:01:18
  • Junior Isles
Proposed reform of the Japanese power industry would deprive utilities of revenue to the extent that they would be incapable of operating current and planned nuclear facilities, according to Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co. and head of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan.

Toshiba and GE to further joint power development to keep up with rivals

  • 2013-01-25 00:52:18
  • Junior Isles
Power giants Toshiba and General Electric (GE) have announced plans to deepen their cooperation on thermal power generation to keep up with rivals Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy.

China building fourth-generation nuclear power plant

  • 2013-01-08 04:34:16
  • David Flin

China has broken ground on a 3 billion yuan ($476 million) nuclear power project. Construction of the project at Shidao Bay in the coastal city of Rongcheng, in Shandong province, has begun, according to Huaneng Shandong Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Company (HSNPC), the builder and operator of the plant.

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