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Rostov unit 1 cleared to operate until 2031
Russian regulator Rostechnadzor has issued an operating licence extension for unit 1 of the Rostov nuclear power plant in southwest Russian to 2031. As of 9 January, the VVER-1000 unit had generated 148.174 terawatt hours of electricity since it started operations in 2001.
read more... 13/01/2020
Denmark sets new record for wind energy, putting us all to shame
Denmark hit a major renewable energy milestone in 2019, producing nearly half of its electricity from wind wind alone.
read more... 03/01/2020
Britain's zero-carbon power outstrips fossil fuels in 2019
Britain, the birthplace of coal power, produced more electricity from zero-carbon sources such as wind, solar and nuclear than from fossil fuel plants for the first time in 2019, National Grid said on Wednesday.
read more... 02/01/2020
Last of four Kola units gets extended operation licence
Russian regulator Rostechnadzor has issued a 15-year operating licence extension for unit 2 of the Kola nuclear power plant to 2034. Kola NPP is located 200 km south of Murmansk, on the shore of Lake Imandra. It produces about 60% of the electricity of the Murmansk region.
read more... 26/12/2019
World's 1st floating nuclear power plant connects to grid
The world's first floating nuclear power plant (NPP), Akademik Lomonosov, was grid-connected to provide electricity for the first time in the remote Chaun-Bilibino network in the coastal gold-mining town of Pevek, in Russia's Far East, Russian State Atomic Corporation Rosatom announced on Thursday.
read more... 20/12/2019