Spain’s oldest nuclear plant Garona, suffers shutdown due to a new energy tax imposed by the government. After years of selling power below costs, Spain’s government decided to introduce higher taxes on electricity generation as a measure to deal with a 24 billion euro energy tariff deficit.
read more... 17/12/2012
Czech Republic’s largest power producer announced on Tuesday that both of its nuclear power plants are on the way to hit new record power generation this year and next, as it cuts fossil fuel-generated power production.
read more... 11/12/2012
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev and Chinese Prime Minister Wen Jiabao, signed a protocol, on Thursday, for the construction of what will be the third and fourth reactors at the Tianwan nuclear power plant, and discussed also the possibility of building floating nuclear power plants.
read more... 10/12/2012
French state-controlled power giant Electricite de France (EDF) announced that it will increase costs for the nuclear reactor it is building in Flamanville, northern France to €8.5 billion ($10.6 billion).
read more... 07/12/2012
The German parliament adopted a law aimed to curb blackouts by easing 3 GW of capacity, as the country’s costly nuclear phase-out and fluctuating renewable are threatening its power grid.
read more... 04/12/2012