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Spain aging nuclear plant may stay open
According to a newspaper report released on Monday, Spain’s incoming centre-right government may allow Garona, an aging nuclear power plant, to remain operational beyond the 2013 deadline set by its predecessors, the Socialist Party. It means Spain will be out of step with countries like Germany, which already closed several nuclear plants following Fukushima’s nuclear disaster.
read more... 05/01/2012
Slovak nuclear energy passes stress tests
The Slovak nuclear energy regulator announced recently that the country’s four nuclear reactors passed the stress tests with the results presented in a 178-page report. No deficiencies were identified which could query the further safe operation of the existing nuclear plants.
read more... 04/01/2012
EBRD loans 45 million euros to Serbian hydropower
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development approved a 45 million euros loan for the Serbian state-owned company, Elecktroprivreda Srbije (EPS), which will be allotted for building seven new hydropower plants and for modernizing 15 existing small hydropower ones.
read more... 04/01/2012
Greece raised by 9.2 % power prices
Greece, the debt-land country, augmented its power prices in average by 9.2 percent in order to reflect the real cost of energy generation under the terms of an EU/IMF bailout. The changes came into force as from January 1, 2012.
read more... 03/01/2012
TEPCO seeks extra funds for Fukushima compensation
Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO), which is the Fukushima power plant operator, asked the Japanese government for additional aid equivalent to 690 billion yen (£5.6 billion) in order to help meet its obligations to disaster victims.
read more... 27/12/2011