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World nuclear capacity could increase by 45% by 2035
Global nuclear electricity generation capacity might grow by more than 45 percent in the next 20 years but the rythm of growth will still fall short of what is required to reduce climate change, as mentioned in an industry organisation report on Thursday.
read more... 11/09/2015
E.ON to quit nuclear business spinoff amid a substantial net loss forecast
E.ON, the biggest utility in Germany, is likely to abandon its plans to spin off its German nuclear plants, saying that will record a substantial net loss for the year, due to low power prices.
read more... 10/09/2015
Solar reaches 10% of peak summer power in Japan
Solar power generation made up about 10% of the peak summer electricity supplies of Japan's nine major utilities, as reported on Thursday by the Asahi newspaper.
read more... 03/09/2015
EDF to postpone the Flamanville reactor to 2018
French utility EDF announced on Thursday another delay for the EPR nuclear reactor it is building in Flamanville, Normandy to 2018 which should lead to additional costs of over 10 billion euros from an initial budget of 3 billion euros, according to the newspaper Le Figaro.
read more... 03/09/2015
China is approaching the smart power grid
China is envisaging investing at least CNY2 trillion ($313bn) to upgrade its power grid infrastructure over the 2015-2020 period, a report by a government newspaper said on Monday.
read more... 02/09/2015