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Nuclear Policy

Heatwave Prolongs Outages Time at French Nuclear Plant

Despite EDF closing nuclear plants in France due to higher river temperatures, it has been argued that nuclear power is needed more during heatwaves.

Nuclear Power Plant

Ohio Votes to Preserve 90 Percent of State's Clean Energy

The Ohio legislature voted today to approve HB 6, a measure that keeps Ohio’s nuclear power plants in operation.

U.S. Ethanol Plants are Expected to Sharply Curtail Production Due to China Trade War

U.S. ethanol plants are expected to sharply curtail production in the weeks ahead as steep Midwest corn prices and the U.S.-China trade war have led to weak mar…

Nuclear Power Plant

AEOI Chief: Nuclear Power Plants can Help Reduce Iran’s Dependence on Oil

Head of the Atomic Energy Agency of Iran (AEOI) Ali Akbar Salehi underlined the need for the country to shift to new energy resources, and said that nuclear pow…

Power Construction

Electricity Shortage Caused Vietnam Increased Electricity Imports from Laos and China

Vietnam plans to import electricity to overcome the imminent electricity shortage caused by delays in building new power plants.

Solar Power Plant

​China to Support Nearly 23GW of Solar with New Feed-in Tariff

China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has approved nearly 22GW of solar capacity for the country’s new feed-in tariffs scheme.According to Asia Europe …

Nuclear Power Plant

Warsaw is Pushing Hard for New Gas and Nuclear Plants

Replacing Poland’s obsolete coal power fleet is a top political priority for the country, both for environmental and energy security reasons.

ABB is to Deliver Predictive Maintenance Solutions to Hydropower Plants

ABB is to deliver predictive maintenance solutions to Enel Green Power’s fleet of hydropower plants across Italy.The solutions are intended to lower maintenanc…

Output of Iran' s Hydroelectric: Four Times more than the Figure for Last Year’s Same Period

The electricity output of Iran’s hydroelectric power plants is expected to reach 20,000 gigawatt hours (GWh) in the first half of the current Iranian calendar …

PowerChina Set to Construct 2 Hydropower Plants in Congo

Power Construction Corp. of China agreed to build two hydroelectric power plants in the Democratic Republic of Congo to help reduce the mining industry’s yawni…

India Government targets at adding 1,190MW of hydropower capacity in 2019

Last year, the India government had targeted hydel capacity addition of 840 MW but it managed to achieve only 140 MW.

Intersolar Europe

Intersolar Europe is the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and its partners and takes place annually at the Messe München exhibition center in…

Coal Power

South Korea's Official Eximbank Under Pressure to Boycott Coal Financing

On Sunday, Greenpeace Korea shone a laser light on Eximbank's headquarters in Seoul, displaying messages that read: “Stop investing in coal-fired plants” and …

As Coal Fades in the U.S., Natural Gas Becomes the Climate Battleground

America's coal-burning power plants are shutting down at a rapid pace, forcing electric utilities to face the next big climate question: Embrace natural gas, or…

G20 Nations Spending $63.9 Billion Annually On Coal Subsidies

Days before representatives of the G20 meet in Japan, a new report has been published by the Overseas Development Institute, or ODI, which reveals these nations…