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Poland to choose between nuclear power and gas
Poland is going to scrap its nuclear programme in favor of shale gas as a less risky investment option, according to the head of Polish state-owned utility PGE.
read more... 05/11/2012
Japan’s Hitachi to build nuclear power plants in the UK
The Japanese company Hitachi has announced on Tuesday that it intends to buy from German utilities E.ON and RWE the nuclear venture Horizon, for a total of 696 million pounds, and added that it was already in negotiations to find another company to manage the plants after they are built.
read more... 01/11/2012
China to end nuclear ban after Japan's Fukushima disaster
China is seeking to steadily resume construction of new nuclear power plants, approving a small number of nuclear power projects by 2015. The government froze new nuclear power projects and ordered a national scrutiny of existing plants after Japan's Fukushima disaster.
read more... 25/10/2012
Iran is threatening to crude oil exports on sanctions intensification
Iran is threatening to stop definitively oil exports to the world if sanctions from Western countries become more stringent. Sanctions against the Iran have become tighter as the United States and other nations attempt to force Iran to stop developing its nuclear energy program, while Tehran says its nuclear plans are peaceful.
read more... 24/10/2012
Germany to reform the renewable energy subsidy system
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s government is planning to cap taxpayer subsidies for renewable energy once installations’ capacity passes a fixed nation threshold, a move aimed to limit costs for consumers from phasing out nuclear power.
read more... 15/10/2012