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Nuclear Power: Why is it So Unpopular?

​The meltdown at a nuclear power station in Fukushima, Japan, ten years ago stoked anxieties about nuclear energy.

China

China To Cut Energy Intensity By 3% This Year

China will reduce the amount of energy it uses to expand its economy by 3 percent this year as part of efforts to hit emission reduction targets set earlier, ci…

Nuclear Reactor

Hungary and Poland Plan Nuclear to Replace Coal

Hungary is now the sixth European country to bring forward its coal phaseout plan, announcing that it will shut its last remaining coal plant in 2025.

Nuclear Power Plant

Start of Fuel Assembly Simulators Loading at Unit 2 of BNPP

On March 7, the loading of fuel assembly simulators started at Unit 2 of the Belarus NPP

Coal Trade

Australia Resumes Coal Shipments to China

Australian shipments of coal to China have resumed, after the port of Gladstone in Queensland sent a shipment bound for Hong Kong and with initial shipping data…

Gas turbine engine

Decentralised INNIO Gas Engines Help Stabilise Europe’s Power Grid

In a recent announcement, INNIO Jenbacher revealed their part in preventing a blackout on the European grid on 8 January 2021.

Solar Power Plant

Iberdrola Plans 750MW Solar Photovoltaic Capacity in Spain

Iberdrola has announced development of two solar photovoltaic plants with a combined 750MW capacity in Extremadura, Spain.

Power Construction

Germany Expands Power Transmission Network to Facilitate Energy Transition

The German government on Thursday amended the law that provides for the expansion of the country's power transmission network to facilitate the energy transitio…

Crude Oil

OPEC, Allies Agree to Keep Oil Output Steady into April

The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) and its allies agreed on Thursday to largely continue current production levels into April.

Hydrogen Project

Cromarty Firth Port Partners on Scots Hydrogen Scheme

Programme, including ScottishPower, could use green gas for distilleries in the Highlands

China Ready to Work with U.S. to Return Ties to Right Track

China is ready to work with the United States to return bilateral relations to the right track of healthy and steady growth.

Natural Gas

Clean Energy, Total Sign JV for Renewable Natural Gas Production

The joint venture, owned equally by both firms, will have an initial firm commitment of $100 million to build renewable gas production facilities

Crude Oil

PetroSA Merger to Form South African National Petroleum Company

In South Africa, the portfolio committee on mineral resources and energy was recently briefed by the department of mineral resources and energy on the merger of…

Solar Power Plant

Lighsource BP Closes 100MW Solar Sell-Off

Lightsource BP has closed the sale of 100MW of UK solar projects to NextEnergy Solar Fund, for £64m.

Solar Power Plant

MOZAMBIQUE: Ncondezi Energy Relaunches its 400 kWp Solar Off-Grid Project

After a pause in the development of its off-grid project for the industrial and commercial (C&I) sector, due to Covid-19, Ncondezi Energy announces the relaunch…