UK Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Nicolas Sarkozy are to sign an accord on civilian nuclear cooperation in light of the British government’s plan to build a new generation of power stations.
Dr Tilo Klinner, German Consul General, has advised Pakistan to avoid seeking electricity generation from nuclear technology due to the security and environmental threats it poses.
Polish power firms are “planning new power plants in a chaotic manner” and “not all projects make sense”, according to Mikolaj Budzanowski, the country's treasury minister.
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has voted to grant a licence for two new reactors at a site near Waynesboro, Georgia.
The Japanese government is considering relaxing regulations on building renewable energy facilities, such as solar plants, in order to promote their construction, according to government sources.
The Spanish government has suspended subsidies for new renewable energy projects as part of its efforts toward a deficit reduction strategy.
A shale-gas glut has driven down electricity prices for the US power industry by around 50 per cent since 2008 and reduced investment in costlier sources of energy, according to a research report by Aneesh Prabhu, a Credit Analyst with Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC.
North Carolina based SPX Corporation and Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Electric) today announced the formation of a new strategic joint venture to supply products to the power sector in China.
German utility RWE AG and Russian giant OAO Gazprom have ended talks aimed at creating a joint venture to build and operate power plants in Europe after failing to agree on a deal, Bloomberg reports.
Indian officials from the controversial Kudankulam nuclear plant in Tamil Nadu have said that power generation from the project is expected to take 'some time.'