The Britain Remade campaign group has said hitting the UK’s target for a clean energy grid by 2030 will be “almost impossible” without extending the operation of some of the country’s nuclear power plants. The group – which campaigns for the time it takes to build economy-boosting infrastructure to be slashed – is calling on …
Province exploring sites for energy generation in Port Hope, Haldimand County and St. Clair Township The Ontario government has asked Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to begin discussions with Indigenous, community and municipal leaders on its existing sites in Port Hope, Haldimand County and St. Clair Township to determine community support for all types of new …
The small modular reactor could reestablish nuclear power as an alternative energy source, with the Washington-based company as its biggest investor. he latest attempt to put Washington at the center of nuclear power development is happening at the site of the state’s last effort, which mostly failed almost 40 years ago. And one of the …
The No. 2 reactor at the Onagawa nuclear power plant in Miyagi Prefecture, foreground, right, which resumed operations on Oct. 29 (Masaaki Kobayashi) Nuclear power accounted for 8.5 percent of Japan’s total electricity generation in fiscal 2023, the highest level since 2012, the industry ministry said. The ratio rose by 2.9 percentage points from …
Draft rules proposed by the European Commission propose postponing until 1 July 2028 a decision on whether nuclear energy-derived hydrogen can be eligible for the ‘low-carbon’ label. Nuclear energy advocates are pushing for the European Commission to label nuclear-derived hydrogen as ‘low-carbon’, but several industry sources told Euractiv that would prefer the decision is brought …
Kenya has shortlisted two coastal locations for the plant, which it hopes to bring online by 2034. Kenya is on track to start construction on its first nuclear power plant by 2027, with electricity generation to begin by 2034, officials from the Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) said at a parliamentary hearing last week. …
Slovakia is planning to launch a tender for a new nuclear power unit by mid-2025, with the supplier selection in 2027. Aiming for an operational start by 2040, the project hopes to boost the country’s nuclear capacity, aiding carbon-free energy production alongside European neighbors. Slovakia is set to increase its nuclear power capacity by launching …
Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that Egypt seeks to complete the first stage of the construction of El-Dabaa Nuclear Power Plant, built by Russia’s State Atomic Energy Corporation Rosatom, as scheduled due to the project’s strategic importance. Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly said that Egypt seeks to complete the first stage of the construction …
Orban government signed €12.5 billion Rosatom deal in 2014 Paks nuclear plant expansion has faced delays over past decade Hungary is moving toward allowing an increase in the cost of a contract with Russia to expand its sole nuclear power station a decade after the deal was signed. The European Union nation agreed to a €12.5 …
Kenya is on track to establish its first nuclear power plant by 2034, with the Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (Nupea) confirming that the country is now in the final phase of the project. Winnie Ndumbai, Nupea’s Director of Strategy and Planning, shared this update during a session with the Senate Energy Committee, chaired by …
