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China to become world’s largest generator of nuclear power by 2020
Stephen Wilson, the Rio Tinto Energy general manager of markets and industry analysis, said that currently China is the ninth largest nuclear energy producer and that by 2020 it is likely to become the world’s largest generator of nuclear power.
read more... 23/11/2012
Areva to build a new wind turbine factory in Scotland
French nuclear and renewables group Areva has signed a contract with the investment agency Scottish Enterprise to site one of the three new factories it is opening in Europe, in Scotland, the plant would manufacture turbines for use off the coast of the UK, each generating 5 megawatts of electricity, which could supply 6,000 homes per year and could create up to 750 jobs.
read more... 20/11/2012
Centrica to abandon UK nuclear by focusing its expansion in the US
Centrica intends to concentrate investments in the U.S., if it decides to withdraw from new nuclear power stations in the UK. It considers the prospect of higher profit margins and huge opportunities in the shale gas boom. According to senior company sources, only a remarkable change in Government policy on subsidising nuclear power would create a business case for investment.
read more... 19/11/2012
Daily: European power for Monday mixed on more French nuclear and cold weather
Brent and U.S crude futures rose on Friday, backed by the intensification of conflict between Israel and Palestinian militants who stimulated concerns about supply in the Middle East and by a fire on an energy platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
read more... 19/11/2012
The Czech Republic to considerably increase the share of nuclear power production
The Czech government is planning to considerably increase the country’s nuclear power production to at least 50 percent of its electrical energy mix by around 2040 from the current 30 percent and to slash coal use to meet greenhouse gas emission targets.
read more... 14/11/2012