Belgium’s nuclear regulator gave a provisional green light on Monday to extend the life of two of the country’s nuclear power reactors and urged the government to make a final decision on the issue in the first quarter of 2022. Belgium’s seven-party coalition has been wrestling for months over the topic. The Greens are adamant …
The minister was joined by EDF’s chief executive at the plant in Somerset Business secretary Kwasi Kwarteng has said that Hinkley Point C will help protect the UK from “volatile” wholesale gas prices during a visit to the nuclear power plant in Somerset. Mr Kwarteng praised the progress made during construction of the plant as …
The French government expects plans for new nuclear reactors should be submitted around 2023 with a target date of 2035-37 for the reactors to go online, Berangere Abba, Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological Transition, said during a parliamentary debate in the Senate on 6 January. She said the new reactors would …
State-owned power producer GEN Group said it would contribute to the decarbonization of Slovenia’s electricity generation with 10 terawatt-hours it plans to produce in new power plants such as the second unit in Krško nuclear power plant, hydropower plants, and solar power plants. The GEN Group is responding to the challenges of decarbonization of the …
France has led the charge for nuclear power—its main energy supply—to be included as a sustainable option. The European Union will need to invest 500 billion euros ($568 billion) in new generation nuclear power stations from now until 2050, the bloc’s internal market commissioner said in an interview published at the weekend. “Existing nuclear plants …
Czech utility ČEZ expects to announce the tender process for a new reactor at Dukovany in February, CEO Daniel Beneš said in an interview with public broadcaster Český rozhlas. The company is ready to accelerate and expand its nuclear plans to potentially build four new reactors in light of the EU Taxonomy. The Czech Republic already …
File – In this file photo taken on Thursday, Nov. 12, 2015 near the town of Most, Czech Republic, a huge excavator stands inside a giant open pit lignite mine. On Friday Jan. 7, 2022, the new Czech government pledged to work for the country to be able to phase out coal as an energy …
Howard Green speaks with Tim Gitzel, CEO of Saskatchewan-based uranium company Cameco Corporation, about nuclear power and climate change. Generating clean electricity is one of the most pressing issues facing humankind. More than half of the world’s greenhouse gases come from producing electrical power. So to get to net zero targets, the world needs to …
Japan will bolster the development of next-generation nuclear power technology in cooperation with the United States and other partners, industry minister Koichi Hagiuda said Thursday during talks with his U.S. counterpart. Hagiuda told U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm during video talks that the Japanese government will urge more local energy companies to join an international …
The EU is in the final stages of honing its green finance rules and a leaked draft proposing that nuclear and gas should receive the label for the transition has prompted complaints from Berlin. But positions differ even inside the new German coalition government The EU sustainable finance taxonomy is a long, detailed list of …