Following last week’s Russian attacks, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has reported that three Ukrainian nuclear power plants have resumed normal operations and are operating at full capacity. Damaged high-voltage power lines have been restored.
Ørsted has announced that the Irish government has awarded rights to develop a 900 MW offshore wind farm to a joint venture between it and Irish utility ESB.
The municipality of Kakanj in Bosnia and Herzegovina has requested that the local coal-fired power plant be restricted to supplying thermal energy for district heating only, due to recent record air pollution levels.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing €22.3 million in financing to Power One, a private Ukrainian energy company, to help strengthen Ukraine’s energy security.
It is expected that the UK Government will announce on 13 November that Wylfa on the island of Anglesey off the north Wales coast will host Britain’s first commercial SMRs, winning out over the rival Oldbury in Gloucestershire, England.
Russia targeted and damaged energy infrastructure across several regions of Ukraine as part of its invasion of the country, resulting in the loss of around 1 GW of energy production capacity.
The Scottish Government is refusing to give planning permission for any new nuclear reactors to be built in Scotland.
EDF has confirmed that the Cordemais coal-fired power plant, consisting of two 600 MW units, will be permanently shut down by the end of Q1 2027.
Work has started on the expansion of Siemens Energy’s combustion test facility, the Clean Energy Centre near Berlin, Germany. This facility will significantly advance the development of hydrogen-fuelled turbines.
Slovakia has approved an agreement with the USA to develop a 1000 MW new nuclear power plant.