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China to invest in UK’s nuclear plants
Two Chinese state-owned energy companies are interested in buying E.ON and RWE's UK nuclear joint venture Horizon which was put up for sale in March, as China envisages building a huge number of new nuclear plants on its own territory, to replace some of its old and heavily polluting coal plants.
read more... 07/05/2012
Japan to switch off the last nuclear reactor
On Saturday, Japan will switch off the last of the country's 50 running nuclear reactors, definitely abandoning a power source that once supplied a third of its electricity, leaving Japan without nuclear power for the first time since 1966, following last year’s devastating accident at Fukushima which has hit the public confidence.
read more... 04/05/2012
UK and Denmark to develop a North Sea “supergrid”
The British National Grid operator and its Danish “copartner”, Energinet.dk, will cooperate in the development of a North Sea “supergrid” which will deliver green power between two North European countries. The movement came immediately after the announcement of the start of a new feasibility study on suggested electricity inter connector.
read more... 01/05/2012
Ireland launches a new €500million project to upgrade the electricity grid
EirGrid, the state-owned electric power transmission operator in Ireland, revealed a €500m power line project, called Grid Link Project, implying the development of a new power line linking Leinster and Munster in Ireland.
read more... 18/04/2012
UK could be powered by Icelandic volcanoes
The volcanoes of Iceland could soon provide low-carbon electricity to the UK, if the new plan to tap the power of Iceland's geothermal energy succeeds.
read more... 13/04/2012