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Grid operators to build a power interconnector between Norway and UK
UK’s National Grid signed a deal with Norwegian group Statnett to develop the world’s longest subsea power cable (700 km), called the North Sea Network by 2020.
read more... 26/06/2012
Rosatom to build a nuclear power plant in Belarus in July
Russia and Belarus have signed a contract regarding the construction of the first nuclear power plant in Belarus in July
read more... 25/06/2012
Japan’s Hitachi to build a nuclear power plant in Lithuania
Lithuania’s government has approved a deal with Japan’s Hitachi involving the construction of a new nuclear power plant, aimed to reduce the Baltic country’s energy dependence on Russia.
read more... 22/06/2012
GDF Suez to abandon France and Belgium on nuclear reactors closure
The major energy provider, GDF Suez is likely to withdraw its activity from the European continent.
read more... 21/06/2012
Japan’s energy imports increase after nuclear reactors dismantle
Following the closure of nuclear power plants, Japan increased its coal and LNG imports by a fifth in May in order to deal with its energy shortage. Therefore, Japan should import as much as 90 million tons of LNG in the year through March, to generate the power needed to set off for the shut reactors
read more... 20/06/2012