Europe’s largest atomic energy plant is now under Russia’s control, according to a statement by Ukraine’s nuclear power regulatory body. “Currently, the site of the Zaporizhzhia NPP is occupied by the military forces of the Russian Federation,” it said in a statement Friday. “The plant’s staff continues to work on power units, ensuring the stable operation …
By 2030, Xcel Energy projects that approximately 80% of its energy will come from carbon-free resources. It expects to be coal-free by 2034. Source: Xcel Energy, 10-K filing, Feb. 23, 2022. Xcel Energy is exploring a role as operator of the 462-MWe Carbon-Free Power Project (CFPP), potentially becoming a key member of the first-of-its-kind small modular …
FILE PHOTO: The Bataan Nuclear Power Plant is seen during a media tour around the BNPP compound in Morong town, Bataan province, Philippines Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has signed an executive order to include nuclear power in the country’s energy mix, as authorities prepare for the phasing out of coal-fired power plants and after earlier …
The U.S. nuclear power industry is lobbying the White House to allow uranium imports from Russia to continue despite the escalating conflict in Ukraine, with cheap supplies of the fuel seen as key to keeping American electricity prices low, according to two sources familiar with the matter. The United States relies on Russia and its …
Gasoline prices have spiked in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but the effects of the conflict are also spilling into the U.S. electricity sector, with implications for greenhouse gas emissions and energy policy. Although the crisis isn’t expected to derail electric utilities’ broad shift toward cleaner energy sources, it could temporarily extend coal’s …
1. Brazilian officials want to finish construction of Angra 3, a nuclear power project stalled for several years. The reactor would join two older reactors at the Angra site that have operated since 1982 and 2000, respectively. Courtesy: Eletronuclear A government agency that supports research into Brazil’s energy sector has forecast a significant jump in …
The U.S. Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), are joining forces to advance decarbonization technologies from discovery through deployment through a new memorandum of understanding, or MOU. Eliminating carbon dioxide emissions in the production of U.S. electricity is essential to achieving the federal government’s goal of net-zero carbon …
The lower cylinder of the steel containment of the world’s first commercial modular small reactor on land, the Linglong 1, was successfully lifted into position on Saturday in Changjiang Nuclear Power Plant in South China’s Hainan Province, completing the milestone 46 days ahead of schedule, according to media reports. The lower cylinder of the steel …
A woman cleans the inside of an exhibit representing a natural gas pipeline at the booth of Nord Stream during final preparations at the “Hannover Messe” industrial trade fair in Hannover April 15, 2007. REUTERS/Christian Charisius/File Photo Germany signalled a U-turn in key energy policies on Sunday, floating the possibility of extending the life-spans of …
President Moon Jae-in said Friday that South Korea will fully use its nuclear power plants under its nuclear phase-out scheme, calling nuclear power a mainsource of electricity over the next 60 years. “Over the next 60 years, while nuclear power plants continue to operate, nuclear power plants should be fully utilized as a main base …
