Romania is seeking to deploy ‘small modular reactor’ (SMR) technology as part of its drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and its energy minister Sebastian Burduja said this week that a final investment decision will be taken in 2025 for a new nuclear power plant in Doicești.
read more... 25/03/2024
Poland will need an extension of EU rules that allow coal plant subsidies until 2028 as it will require coal power generation until it builds its first nuclear plant next decade, the top energy security official in the new government told Reuters.
read more... 20/03/2024
Romania expects to make a preliminary final investment decision next year on whether to build a small modular reactor plant (SMR), which could become Europe’s first project using the technology, Energy Minister Sebastian Burduja said on Monday.
read more... 19/03/2024
Poland's power grid operator PSE plans to spend 64 billion zloty ($16 billion) by 2034 to build new high-voltage power lines and connect planned renewable and nuclear capacity, as part of the country's drive to wean itself off coal.
read more... 18/03/2024
A new funding programme for nuclear fusion research has been announced by Germany's Federal Research Minister Bettina Stark-Watzinger aimed at paving the way for the first fusion power plant to be constructed in Germany by 2040.
read more... 15/03/2024