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EU approves €3 billion German green heating scheme
The European Commission said on Tuesday (2 August) it had approved the German government’s €3 billion scheme to support renewable energy and waste heat-based district heating programs, which it said would help Germany and the EU achieve their climate change targets.
read more... 03/08/2022
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Posiva applies to operate used fuel disposal facilities
Finnish radioactive waste management company Posiva Oy has submitted its application for an operating licence for the used fuel encapsulation plant and final disposal facility currently under construction at Olkiluoto. The repository - the first in the world for used fuel - is expected to begin operations in the mid-2020s.
read more... 06/01/2022
Linde, Hydrogen Utopia to deploy plastic waste-to-hydrogen technology in Poland
Industrial gas and chemicals company Linde has signed an agreement with Hydrogen Utopia International to use its plastic waste-to-hydrogen technology in Poland, HUI said Sept. 6.
read more... 07/09/2021
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Sweden risks blackouts as it runs out of space to store nuclear waste
Sweden has less than a week to decide where to store its nuclear waste or risk having the lights go out.
read more... 26/08/2021
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Orano signs contracts for return of German waste
France's Orano said it has signed contracts with German utilities EnBW, PreussenElektra, RWE and Vattenfall for the return of all the German nuclear waste remaining at its La Hague reprocessing plant. The entry into force of the contracts - worth in total more than EUR1 billion (USD1.2 billion) - is subject to the formal agreement of the German and French governments.
read more... 23/08/2021