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Greenpeace: French nuclear power becomes more expensive than renewables by 2020
A report released by environmental activist group Greenpeace unveils that the electricity generated by onshore wind and solar installations could be more financially competitive by 2020 than the power from upgraded nuclear facilities in France.
read more... 16/06/2014
French lawmakers worried about increasing nuclear costs
The increasing cost of France's nuclear energy is a concern and the government should establish independent professional institutions to aid it foresee long-term investments in the energy sector, as stated by a parliamentary committee in a report published on Tuesday.
read more... 11/06/2014
France: renewables will aid power grid resist summer heat wave
Increasing solar and wind power capacity will aid France handle with a heat wave this summer without bringing in power from its neighbours, despite seasonal repairs on its nuclear power flotilla, as stated by the French power grid on Friday.
read more... 09/06/2014
France: diminishing nuclear dependence will take longer than intended
The plan of President Francois Hollande to diminish the share of nuclear in France's electricity generation mix from 75 percent to 50 percent by 2025 is not realistic without putting the nation in difficulty and 2050 would be more feasible, as stated on Thursday by Bernard Bigot, the manager of state nuclear agency CEA.
read more... 06/06/2014
Russia: Rosatom to increase orders to $100 billion in 2014
Russia's state nuclear company Rosatom plans to expand its global order book to $100 billion till the end of 2014, or a 25 percent increase year-on-year, by assuring new projects in Hungary, Kazakhstan, India and Iran, as declared on Monday by CEO Sergei Kiriyenko at a reunion with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
read more... 03/06/2014