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Germany shutters seven coal power plants as energy crises eases
Seven lignite-fired power plant units with a combined generating capacity of 3.1 gigawatt will be shut down in Germany at the end of March after the plant’s planned decommissioning was postponed due to the 2022 energy crisis.
read more... 27/03/2024
Romania expects €5.5bn price tag and 2025 final investment decision for small modular reactor
Romania is seeking to deploy ‘small modular reactor’ (SMR) technology as part of its drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and its energy minister Sebastian Burduja said this week that a final investment decision will be taken in 2025 for a new nuclear power plant in Doicești.
read more... 25/03/2024
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Poland needs coal plant subsidies beyond 2028
Poland will need an extension of EU rules that allow coal plant subsidies until 2028 as it will require coal power generation until it builds its first nuclear plant next decade, the top energy security official in the new government told Reuters.
read more... 20/03/2024
Romania's Nuclearelectrica sees preliminary decision on SMR plant in 2025
Romania expects to make a preliminary final investment decision next year on whether to build a small modular reactor plant (SMR), which could become Europe’s first project using the technology, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said on Monday.
read more... 19/03/2024
Germany aims to build fusion power plant
A new funding programme for nuclear fusion research has been announced by Germany's Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger aimed at paving the way for the first fusion power plant to be constructed in Germany by 2040.
read more... 15/03/2024