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EDF unveils a sharp rise in costs for Flamanville nuclear reactor construction
French state-controlled power giant Electricite de France (EDF) announced that it will increase costs for the nuclear reactor it is building in Flamanville, northern France to €8.5 billion ($10.6 billion).
read more... 07/12/2012
France to close its oldest Fessenheim nuclear reactor by 2017
French government is committed to closing Fessenheim nuclear reactor, the country’s oldest operational reactor, by 2017.
read more... 11/09/2012
France to face a gap in power generating capacity
The grid operator Reseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) announced that in three years France will face a gap in power generating capacity due to the closure of two nuclear reactors and some fossil fuel power plants. In his report RTE added that power will be assured until 2015 when as much as 7.6 GW of coal and heating fuel-fired power plants may be turned-off.
read more... 06/09/2012
EDF in talks with China for building new nuclear reactors in UK
EDF, the French utility, which owns and operates eight of Britain's ten nuclear-power stations, plans to expand two of these sites by building four new nuclear reactors at Hinkley Point, Somerset.
read more... 03/09/2012
E.ON will not build new gas or coal plants in Western Europe
Germany’s largest utility announced its intent not to build new power capacity based on coal or gas in Western Europe at least until 2020 because the market seems to become oversupplied until the last remaining German nuclear reactors will be shut down permanently, while in Eastern and Southern Europe the situation is different.
read more... 29/08/2012