Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2023 23:09:54 +0000
Officials in France have announced the existing Bugey nuclear power station near Lyon will be the site of two new EPR reactors. The government of President Emmanuel Macron last year […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2023 18:35:47 +0000
The UK’s national grid operator has said that the country will not utilize coal-fired power generation even if needed this coming winter, issuing a statement on June 28 that said […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Mon, 01 May 2023 04:11:41 +0000
European Grid Operator Secures 22 GW of HVDC Projects. European transmission system operator (TSO) TenneT will lead a charge to install 11 2-GW high-voltage direct current (HVDC) systems by 2031. A long-term
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:37:03 +0000
Major French utility Electricite de France SA (EDF) said it will again extend maintenance outages at some of its nuclear reactors by several months, meaning France will continue to import power and putting more strain on the country’s supply of electricity. EDF has returned some nuclear units to service in the past several weeks, but […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 01 Dec 2022 14:49:02 +0000
Competition for a new unit of up to 1.2 GW at the Czech Republic’s Dukovany nuclear power plant site has stepped up, with France’s EDF, South Korea’s Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP), and a Westinghouse-Bechtel team submitting initial bids, Czech utility ČEZ, said on Nov. 30. Elektrárna Dukovany II, a. s. (EDU II), a […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2022 04:10:00 +0000
With winter fast approaching, and the dreaded effects of extreme natural gas price levels and volatility looming, together with unprecedented uncertainty of fuel supply, governments in Germany and France have
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Read moreCredit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2022 17:57:51 +0000
The UK government has given the go-ahead for construction of the Sizewell C nuclear power plant in southeast England, which officials have called an important project for the country to meet its net-zero climate goals. Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng on July 20 confirmed the government’s support, saying UK officials consider it a major infrastructure project […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Zachary Shahan| Date: Sun, 10 Jul 2022 03:00:34 +0000
Eventually, a total of 400 electric cars could charge at the new Energy Superhub Oxford at one time. At launch, there are currently spaces for 42 vehicles to use fast charging or ultra-rapid charging stations. The charging capacity at Energy Superhub Oxford is greater than at any other charging station in Europe, according to the […]
Credit to Author: Darrell Proctor| Date: Wed, 06 Jul 2022 21:14:31 +0000
The French government is prepared to take full control of EDF, one of the world’s largest producers of electricity, as the energy group struggles with increasing debt due to problems with its current and future nuclear power fleet. Élisabeth Borne, who took over as France’s prime minister in May, in her first state-of-the-nation speech to […]
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Read moreCredit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Jun 2022 18:00:39 +0000
The French Nuclear Safety Authority (ASN), the Czech State Office for Nuclear Safety (SUJB), and Finland’s Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority (STUK) have picked France’s NUWARD small modular reactor (SMR) design as a test case for an early joint regulatory review for SMRs. The development marks a notable step by European regulators to align practices in a […]
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