Latest news
IAEA: World nuclear power capacity increases in 2012 after Fukushima meltdown
World nuclear power generation recorded a slight increase in 2012, after a decline in the previous year aftermath the Fukushima catastrophe in Japan, according to a new report released by UN atomic agency (IAEA).
read more... 07/03/2013
Northeast China gets its first nuclear power station since Fukushima disaster
The first nuclear power plant and the largest energy project in Northeast China since the accident at Japan's Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant in 2011 started operation on 17 February.
read more... 20/02/2013
Turkey to start construction of its first nuclear power plant in 2014
Stating to the Director General of Akkuyu NGS A.S. Alexander Superfin, the construction of the first nuclear power plant Akkuyu in Turkey will start in early 2014. The preparation of an ecological report on the project’s impact on the environment will be completed in May 2013.
read more... 18/02/2013
Global PV capacity surpassed 100 GW in 2012
According to preliminary data collected by the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA), global installed PV capacity reached 100GW in 2012 for the first time, up from 71GW in 2011 and 40GW in 2010. The world’s solar capacity can now produce as much electricity in a year as 16 coal power plants or nuclear reactors of 1 GW each.
read more... 13/02/2013
Daily: Brent crude settles higher on Iran tensions
Brent crude futures boosted on Thursday after Iran strongly rejected proposals for direct talks with the United States about nuclear standoff, while U.S. crude futures dropped and the Brent/WTI spread increased to a 2013 peak above $21 a barrel. Brent crude climbed 51 cents, or 0.44 percent, to settle at $117.24 a barrel, having traded from $116.71 to $117.83.
read more... 08/02/2013