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Japan to build world’s largest offshore wind farm
After the Fukushima disaster in 2011, Japan has finally decided to shift away from nuclear power reliance and intends to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm, beginning from this summer.
read more... 17/01/2013
China to build a new nuclear power plant
China has started the construction of a new power reactor in December, after lifting a construction moratorium imposed following Japan’s Fukushima disaster. The 200MW capacity reactor, which is being built at Shidao Bay in Shandong Province and will have a total cost of about 3 billion yuan (475 million dollars), will start generating power by the end of 2017.
read more... 09/01/2013
The new government of Japan to revive nuclear power
Japan's newly elected Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, has announced this week that it could discard plans drafted by the previous administration as he intends to review plans to abandon the use of nuclear power after the previous government had said it wanted to phase out nuclear power by 2040 following last year's disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
read more... 28/12/2012
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
Switzerland to fill future nuclear energy gap by gas
The decision to phase out nuclear power is of strategic importance for Switzerland, as the nuclear disaster of Fukushima marked a critical juncture in Swiss energy policy.
read more... 03/10/2012