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Nuclear Power Plant

Restart of Ringhals 4 Faces Further Delay

While the start-up of unit 4 of Sweden’s Ringhals NPP is ongoing, power generation from the unit is not now expected to start until 1 April, according to …

Nuclear Power Plant

Japanese High Court Supports Operation of Ikata NPP Unit 3

Japan’s Hiroshima High Court high court has rejected a petition by local residents to halt the operation of unit 3 at Shikoku Electric Power Co’s Ik…

Carbon Emissions

Fortum and Outokumpu to Use SMRs to Decarbonise Steel Production

Nordic power company Fortum and stainless-steel producer Outokumpu have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to explore the decarbonisation of Outokumpu&r…

Nuclear Power Plant

Construction of Training Centre Begins at Russia’s Kursk-Ii NPP

Russia’s TITAN-2 (part of Rosatom) has begun construction of the training centre at the Kursk-II NPP in the operators town of Kurchatov. The centre is des…

Nuclear Power Plant

More Leaks Shut Down Monticello NPP

US power company Xcel Energy has shut down its Monticello NPP after an additional water leak was detected following previous reports about the leak of 400,000 g…

Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA’s Grossi in Ukraine to Reassess Nuclear Safety

International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi, currently on a visit to Ukraine, said on his Twitter page that he had met with…

Nuclear Technology

Bulgaria ‘Close to Signing Westinghouse and Edf Pre-project Studies'

Bulgaria's energy ministry says agreements for pre-project studies are set to be signed with Westinghouse relating to two AP1000 reactors at Kozloduy nuclea…

Nuclear Technology

British-Korean Partnership for Fusion Robotics

The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) and the Korea Institute of Fusion Energy (KFE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to cooperate in research a…

Nuclear Power Plant

Environmental Permits Granted for Sizewell C

The UK's Environment Agency has granted EDF Energy subsidiary NNB Generation Company (Sizewell C) Limited three environmental permits for the planned Sizewe…

Solar Power Plant

Report: Renewable Energy Growth Falls Short of Climate Goal

Deployment of new wind and solar power plants needs to be drastically ramped up by the end of the decade to meet the world's climate goals, the Internationa…

Geothermal Power Plant

Singapore Firm Acquires Traunstein, Germany Geothermal Project

Singapore-based Twenty20 Energy has acquired the Traunstein geothermal project in Bavaria, Germany through the acquisition of Petra Energy Holding.

Geothermal Power Plant

Caverion and ST1 to Partner on Geothermal Heating in Finland

Finnish companies Caverion and St1 have entered a partnership to cooperate on the development and deployment of geothermal heating for buildings in Finland.

Geothermal Power Plant

KIT Research Aims to Advance Geothermal Energy Storage Technology

The DeepStor research project at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology aims to enhance understanding on high-temperature aquifer thermal energy storage.

Geothermal Power Plant

Ramrei Energy Seeks Permit for Lanzarote Geothermal Exploration

RamRei Energy has filed a request for permission from the Government of Canary Islands to explore for a high-enthalpy geothermal resource in Lanzarote.

Geothermal Power Plant

Eavor Signs Agreement for Eavor-Loop Geothermal Project in Northern California

Eavor and Sonoma Clean Power have signed a cooperation agreement for an up to 200-MW geothermal development in California using Eavor-Loop technology.