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CEZ expects record nuclear power output in 2012, 2013
Czech Republic’s largest power producer announced on Tuesday that both of its nuclear power plants are on the way to hit new record power generation this year and next, as it cuts fossil fuel-generated power production.
read more... 11/12/2012
E.ON- the last of “the big six” to increase energy prices
E.ON, UK's second-largest energy supplier with six million customers, is planning to raise gas and electricity prices next week, blaming wholesale, transmission and social scheme costs.
read more... 11/12/2012
Russia to build two new reactors in China
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, signed a protocol, on Thursday, for the construction of what will be the third and fourth reactors at the Tianwan nuclear power plant, and discussed also the possibility of building floating nuclear power plants.
read more... 10/12/2012
EDF Extend life of Hunterston B nuclear power plant until 2023
Hunterston B nuclear power plant has been operating since 1976, and has a combined capacity of 890,000kW. It had been scheduled to close in 2016, but yesterday, power firm EDF Energy has announced that the operating life of Hunterston B nuclear power station in Ayrshire has been extended by seven years.
read more... 04/12/2012
France launches a national energy transition debate
France, the most nuclear power dependent nation in the world, will launch a six-month national debate on energy policy in attempt to revise the way energy is produced and consumed as the country is facing with a loss in competitiveness.
read more... 30/11/2012