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Japanese solar panel manufacturers to benefit from nuclear’s fall from grace
- 2011-04-24 03:18:12
- Junior Isles
Japan’s growing anti-nuclear movement in the wake of the world's biggest nuclear accident since Chernobyl is creating an opportunity for Japanese makers of solar equipment. Companies such as Panasonic and Sharp are expected to capitalize on orders that analysts estimate may exceed $100 billion over the next decade, bringing down costs for consumers.
Gulf states must add 8 GW a year
- 2011-04-19 19:16:38
- Junior Isles
Gulf states must add about 8 GW of power generation capacity per year to cope with growing demand, Dr Abdullah Al Shehri, CEO of Saudi Arabia's Electricity and Co-generation Regulatory Authority (ECRA), has said at the Dubai Global Energy Forum.
Renewable generation exceeds nuclear for the first time
- 2011-04-18 11:51:57
- Junior Isles
Total global generation from renewable energy sources outpaced nuclear energy for the first time in 2010, a report from a US think tank shows.
South Korean government expresses its confidence in nuclear
- 2011-04-13 16:45:38
- Junior Isles
South Korea will not scrap nuclear power as it is an important source of energy for the resources-starved nation, said prime minister Kim Hwang-sik, amid heightened concern about the safety of atomic power plants following Japan's nuclear crisis.
Fukushima disaster raised to level-7 on Ines scale
- 2011-04-13 16:43:01
- Junior Isles
The Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan has decided to raise the severity rating of the Fukushima nuclear crisis to the highest level, seven.
India to ambitiously increase generation by 28 000 MW in a year
- 2011-04-05 23:19:13
- Junior Isles
Indian Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has said over 28 000 MW of additional electricity generation capacity will be operating in the country by the end of the current financial year (2011-12).
UK energy use figures show mixed picture
- 2011-04-04 21:57:24
- Junior Isles
UK offshore renewable generation increased by nearly 75 per cent last year, government figures show.
GE to assist Tepco during the summer demand surge
- 2011-04-04 21:50:36
- Junior Isles
General Electric Co, which originally helped build the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant damaged by Japan's earthquake and tsunami, will help Tepco supply electricity in the coming summer when power demand soars.
True costs of Fukushima clean-up emerge for Tepco
- 2011-04-03 16:55:56
- Junior Isles
Tokyo Electric Power Co.'s (Tepco) decision to scrap reactors 1-4 at the crippled nuclear power station in Fukushima Prefecture means the power utility will possibly have to shoulder a colossal 400 billion yen ($4.76 billion) to decommission the reactors, and several trillion yen in compensation.
China proceeding with 'fourth-generation' nuclear plant
- 2011-03-25 11:38:26
- Junior Isles
Utilising what is being termed 'fourth-generation technology', construction on the “world’s first high-temperature, gas-cooled reactor” will start next month in the coastal Chinese city of Rongcheng in Shandong Province, according to Cui Shaozhang, deputy manager at Huaneng Nuclear Power Development Co (HNPD).
