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Poland needs coal plant subsidies beyond 2028

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

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Romania's Nuclearelectrica sees preliminary decision on SMR plant in 2025

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

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Poland to spend $16 billion on power grid by 2034

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

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Germany aims to build fusion power plant

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

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France to continue recycling nuclear fuel beyond 2040

France will continue its treatment-recycling strategy for used nuclear fuel beyond 2040, with plans to extend the life of existing recycling plants and to launch studies for a new mixed-oxide (MOX) fuel fabrication plant and a new used fuel processing plant, the Minister for the Economy, Finance, Industrial and Digital Sovereignty, Bruno Le Maire, announced on Friday.

read more... 12/03/2024

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