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EDF announces increased UK profits due to nuclear output
The French energy giant, EDF has announced a huge jump in its profits, despite the 8% drop in UK gas and electricity sales.
read more... 21/02/2012
Siemens and Prysmian to build the first sub-sea electricity link
Siemens and Prysmian, the Italy-based cable manufacturer, have been awarded a contrat for the construction of the first sub-sea electricity link between Scotland and England.
read more... 20/02/2012
Czech Republic to temper its nuclear expectations
The Czech Republic has tempered its nuclear ambitions to build five nuclear reactors in the country, being scaled back to just two units, even if Germany and Poland may have been counting on those nuclear reactors to supply electricity. Germany has halted eight of its oldest reactors, intending to close another nine by 2022, aftermath the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.
read more... 17/02/2012
UK: new generation of nuclear reactors could recycle radioactive waste into fuel
While many nations around the world are abandoning nuclear energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe, the UK is planning building new power reactors that will be able to recycle nuclear waste into new-generating fuel.
read more... 03/02/2012
Scottish and Southern Energy loses 50, 000 customers on higher tariffs
The energy provider, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) announced that in the nine months to the end of the year it lost 50,000 electricity and gas customers in the UK and Ireland, due to higher energy tariffs imposed by the provider.
read more... 01/02/2012