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Three partners to invest €1 billion in Dunkirk LNG Terminal
The French energy giant EDF has announced that, alongside two partners-the French major Total and Fluxys of Belgium it has decided to invest in a €1billion ($1.44billion) project to develop a new liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in northern France, at Dunkirk.
read more... 30/06/2011
France to make a huge investment in nuclear energy
The French President, Nicolas Sarkozy has announced a major investment of $1.43-billion in nuclear energy on Monday, facing off the trend against nuclear power which has seized France's neighbors, Germany, Switzerland and Italy.
read more... 29/06/2011
France may extend the operation of its oldest nuclear plant
According to an article in the French daily, Le Figaro, the oldest and the most controversial nuclear reactor in France, called Fessenheim, in operation since 1977, is in the next few days expected to receive permission to extend its life span for another 10 years by the Nuclear Safety Authority of France (ASN).
read more... 27/06/2011
France could become the first country to ban hydraulic fracturing
On Thursday, June 9th, the French Senate (upper house) passed a bill on hydraulic fracturing which involves amendments to the bill passed by the lower house last month, based on the prohibition of hydrocarbons exploration by way of hydraulic fracturing.
read more... 13/06/2011
Kan discusses nuclear safety with Sarkozy on the eve of Group of Eight Summit
The Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan and French President Nicolas Sarkozy met on Wednesday to discuss on nuclear safety issues, on the eve of the yearly summit of Group of eight countries, chaired by the French president, which will take place in Deauville, northwestern France.
read more... 26/05/2011