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US, India reach ‘breakthrough understanding’ on nuclear
- 2015-01-26 22:50:14
- Junior Isles
US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have reached a “breakthrough understanding” which may finalise the civil nuclear cooperation agreement of 2008 that was supposed to clear the way for the sale of nuclear fuel and reactors to India.
Legal challenge could delay Hinkley Point C
- 2015-01-23 13:09:14
- Junior Isles
Austria is to launch a legal challenge to the price for electricity generated by EDF’s planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in the UK.
Two new solar plants to open in South Africa
- 2015-01-19 14:09:04
- Junior Isles
The South African Department of Energy (DoE) has recently announced that two new Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants will be built in the Northern Cape.
Pact agreed on international nuclear accident compensation
- 2015-01-17 00:15:01
- Junior Isles
An international pact on nuclear disaster compensation will come into force on April 15 after a Japanese government representative signed the treaty and handed a letter of acceptance to the International Atomic Energy Agency.
Vermont Yankee nuclear plant taken off line permanently
- 2014-12-29 16:14:51
- Junior Isles
The 620 MW Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant, located on the banks of the Connecticut river in Vermont, is to be disconnected from the power grid after four decades of producing electricity according to parent company Entergy Corp.
China to resume new coastal nuclear plants
- 2014-12-08 22:00:07
- Junior Isles
The Chinese government has announced that it is ready to resume approvals for building coastal nuclear power plants, after having suspended progress on all new reactors in 2011.
Finland to agree joint nuclear venture with Russia
- 2014-12-02 13:48:48
- Junior Isles
Finland is set to agree to proposals by Russian state-owned energy company, Rosatom, to build a nuclear power plant in the country's extreme north.
RWE rejects E.On-style split-business plan
- 2014-12-01 21:57:05
- Junior Isles
Rheinisch-Wesfallsches Elektrizitatswerk (RWE), Germany's second-largest utility provider, has declined to follow the lead of E.On and split its business operation.
Renewable energy becomes Scotland’s top power source
- 2014-11-27 21:48:27
- Junior Isles
Wind, hydro and other clean power sources accounted for the largest source of Scottish power in the first half of 2014. Scottish renewables, a trade body, stated that the renewable energy generated a record 10.3 TWh, whereas nuclear generation provided 7.8 TWh, coal 5.6 TWh and gas 1.4 TWh.
WEO 2014 says signs of stress must not be ignored
- 2014-11-13 13:07:09
- Junior Isles
The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook 2014 (WEO-2014) launched in London yesterday has warned that current events could distract decision makers from recognising and tackling the longer-term signs of stress that are emerging in the energy system.
