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Nuclear Power Plant

EU Takes Heat for Labeling Gas and Nuclear Power Plants As “Green” Energy

The European Commission has been told by a key expert group that planned adjustments to its green rulebook risk raising greenhouse gas emissions and undermining…

Nuclear Power Plant

Westinghouse Forms Strategic Partnerships with Polish Firms

Westinghouse Electric Company has signed memorandums of understanding with ten Polish companies for cooperation on the potential deployment of AP1000 nuclear po…

Electricity Reform

Mexico's Energy Reform Strains Ties With US

Mexico's plan to favor its own state-owned electrical power plants and limit energy sales by private, foreign-built projects could affect U.S. investment in Mex…

Thermal Coal

India’s NTPC to Raise Thermal Coal Imports

India's biggest state-controlled power utility NTPC is seeking to boost its thermal coal imports to ensure steady supplies for its power plants as part of a bro…

Hydrogen Project

Renewables Developer Launches 1GW Hydrogen Partnership

Hero Future Energies has formed a strategic partnership with Ohmium International to develop 1000MW of green hydrogen production plants in India, the UK and Eur…

Market Analysis

Russian Nuclear Plants Announce New Electricity Generation Record

Russia’s nuclear utility Rosenergoatom said on 2 January that Russian nuclear power plants had begun 2022 with a new electricity generation record of 222.436TW…

Energy Investment

Iran to Add 10GW to Renewable Energy Capacity

Iranian Energy Ministry and some of the country’s private contractors signed memorandums of understanding on Sunday for cooperation in the construction of rene…

LNG

South Korea Retires Two Oldest Coal-Fired Power Plants, to Replace with LNG

South Korea has permanently shut its two oldest coal-fired power plants, which will be replaced by new LNG-based ones, in line with President Moon Jae-in's push…

Hydrogen Project

The Hydrogen Stream: JinkoSolar to Develop Solar-to-Hydrogen Plants

China-based JinkoSolar, currently the world's largest solar panel manufacturer, has signed a strategic cooperation agreement with China’s petroleum giant Sinop…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Kusile Unit 4 to Boost SA Power Grid with Additional 800MW

The fourth unit of Eskom's Kusile power station is up and running and expected to soon contribute an additional 800MW to the country's power system.

Hydropower Plant

Republic of Srpska Breaks Ground on Three Hydropower Plants on Bistrica River

The contractor on the project, valued at EUR 103 million, is AVIC-ENG – China National Aero-technology International Engineering Corp.

Nuclear Fuel

Ukraine to Invest more than $333 million in its Uranium Mining Industry Over Five Years, Ministry Says

According to the concept for the development of the nuclear energy industry prepared by the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine, Ukraine intends to fully cover requir…

China Belt and Road

BiH, China Launch Construction of Green Energy Project

Bosnia and Herzegovina has officially launched the construction of the Bistrica hydropower plants near the city of Foca, some 80 km southeast of the capital Sar…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

First 1-GW Unit of Major China Coal-Fired Plant Comes Online

A Chinese power company said the first of four 1,000-MW units at a new coal-fired power plant in a northwestern region of Inner Mongolia has entered operation.

Nuclear Power Plant

Germany, Belgium to Close Nuclear Reactors Despite Europe Energy Crisis

Germany intends to phase out all of its nuclear reactors by the end of next year, while Belgium has decided to shut down its existing plants by 2025.