Southeast Asia’s only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 40 miles from the Philippine capital Manila, was built in the 1970s but left idle due to safety concerns and corruption. It has never produced a single watt of energy. Now the Philippines and other countries in fast-growing Southeast Asia are looking …
Thammasat lecturer says SMRs critical for country to achieve net zero emissions Development of Small Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) is essential to achieve the country’s goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2065, says Praipol Khumsap, an economics lecturer at Thammasat University and an independent energy scholar. He spoke recently to Krungthep Turakij about the …
The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) in Kudankulam, India, on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. India, the world’s most-populous nation, has signaled that it will reduce its dependence on the fossil fuel, but growing energy needs complicate the equation. Photographer: Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg Photo by Prashanth Vishwanathan /Bloomberg India’s government will amend its nuclear laws to draw private capital …
Fossil fuel-dependent Indonesia plans to build nuclear power plants with the capacity of about 4 gigawatts (GW) in a bid for cleaner energy, an adviser to President Prabowo Subianto said on Friday. Indonesia’s current installed power capacity is more than 90 GW, with more than half of that powered by coal and less than 15% by …
The Krsko nuclear power plant (NEK). Source: NEK Slovenia’s state-run group Gen-Energija said on Thursday that France’s EDF and U.S.-based Westinghouse are in a race to build a second unit at the Krsko nuclear power plant (NPP), after a third potential candidate, Korea Hydro Nuclear Power (KHNP), decided not to take part in the contest. …
Kazakhstan may commence the simultaneous construction of two nuclear power plants (NPPs), Kazakhstan’s Minister of Energy Almassadam Satkaliyev said in response to President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev’s comments on the need to create a nuclear cluster in the country. «Given that the electricity shortage in Kazakhstan is worsening, the country should accelerate the construction of generating capacity and the development of …
The UAE is looking to export its nuclear energy prowess around the world, with a focus on the US — where an artificial intelligence boom is driving growth in power demand. “We want to capitalize on our success,” the CEO of Emirates Nuclear Energy Co. told the Financial Times, noting how the US holds particular appeal given …
Thirty-year extension would create thousands of jobs and low-cost emissions-free power The Ontario government has approved Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG) plan to proceed with the Project Definition Phase, the next step toward refurbishing Pickering Nuclear Generating Station’s “B” units to secure more power and create thousands of jobs across the province. As part of the …
Italy aims to finalise by the end of 2027 a plan allowing the use of nuclear power again after it was banned almost 40 years ago, Energy Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin said in an interview published on Thursday by Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore. Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni’s right-wing government has said small modular …
Santee Cooper, the big power provider in South Carolina, has tapped financial advisers to look for buyers that can restart construction on a pair of nuclear reactors that were mothballed years ago. The state-owned utility is betting interest will be strong, with tech giants such as Amazon.com and Microsoft in need of clean energy to fuel data centers for …
