Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajaram Vs State of Haryana dated 27/05/2025. By the execution application, the applicant was seeking compliance of the NGT order July 5, 2024 passed in OA No. 735/2024. In the OA, the applicant has raised the grievance in respect of …
Global warming is set to continue unabated with temperatures rising by 20% by 2035, putting the world on track for a temperature increase of 3.6 degrees, far above the UN target of 2.0 degrees. This is the finding of the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its annual report released on …
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has released a report, titled 'Climate Change and Nuclear Power 2013.' The report, which expands on the previous 2012 edition, summarizes the potential role of nuclear power in mitigating climate change and its contribution to other development and environmental challenges. It also examines broader …
Power started flowing from the first reactor of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP) since Sunday early morning after its turbine, which was stopped for a series of mandatory tests on last Tuesday, was resynchronised with the southern grid at 1.30 a.m. KKNPP sources said the turbine that initially generated 60 …
EU energy prices will rise unless European governments stick to strict guidelines on when subsidies are justified, the European Commission said on Tuesday. Following intense political debate and a storm of protest over energy prices, the Commission, the EU executive, is revising rules to guide the European Union's 28 member …
Vouching for the safety of the Russian technology running the reactor at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant, an envoy on Tuesday said the first reactor would begin commercial production in December. The 1,000-MW reactor, which attained criticality on July 13, was synchronised with the southern regional power grid on October …
Some of the world's top climate scientists say wind and solar energy won't be enough to head off extreme global warming, and they're asking environmentalists to support the development of safer nuclear power as one way to cut fossil fuel pollution. Four scientists who have played a key role in …
The turbine of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project’s first reactor which was resynchronized with the southern gridlast Friday, was stopped again on Tuesday “for a series of mandatory tests”. After the 1,000 MWe capacity reactor was synchronised with the grid for the first time with 160 MWe, last Tuesday at …
The average power generated Oct 26 was 165 MW For the second day in succession, the first unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KNPP) Sunday generated 188 MW power and increased its average out put as compared to the previous day. The average power generated Oct 26 was 165 MW, …
U.K. lawmakers in Parliament’s upper chamber proposed adding a carbon target for power generation to energy legislation after an attempt in the lower house failed. The plan by Nicholas Stern and Ronald Oxburgh, unaffiliated to any party, and Bryony Worthington, a member of the opposition Labour Party, would amend the …
The European Union needs to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 50 percent from 1990 levels by 2030 to avoid the worst effects of climate change, according to a British government paper, likely to fuel debate on whether deeper cuts are affordable. Energy costs have shot up the political agenda across …
Japan’s government is discussing a radical overhaul of its nuclear power sector, the world’s third largest, that would combine the nation’s 50 operating reactors into a single company to rebuild an industry that’s been effectively halted by the March 2011 Fukushima disaster. The company would be owned by Japan’s nine …
KKNPP administration would establish an information centre shortly to dispelfears about nuclear reactors, radiations, etc. Besides executing community development programmes in the villages around Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project site, the KKNPP administration would establish an information centre shortly to dispel fears about nuclear reactor, radiation and other related issues, Site …
Nuclear Power Corp. of India Ltd., the nation’s sole atomic energy producer, test-started part of a $2.84 billion reactor today after a delay of six years amid protests from local residents. The first unit of the Kudankulam plant in the southern state of Tamil Nadu was operated for two hours …
The 1,000-MWe nuclear plant generated 160 MWe before being halted for routine check. The first 1,000-MWe unit of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project, now but one stage away from commission, was on Tuesday synchronised with the southern regional grid. Initially, at 2.45 a.m., the first reactor generated 75MWe and gradually …
The Sri Lankan government today expressed concern over a possible nuclear threat from the controversial Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Tamil Nadu in Southern India as it went into operation for the first time. The Sri Lankan government on Tuesday said it could not rule out the possibility of a …
Plant’s imminent connection to the grid cited as an example of robust civil nuclear cooperation. With the agreement on the supply of two more Russian reactors to the Kudankulam nuclear power project stumbling over liability concerns, both India and Russia on Monday seized on Unit 1’s imminent connection to the …
The first nuclear power station in the U.K. in the last 20 years, the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, is to be built in Somerset, in southwest England. After the March 2011 Fukushima, this is one of the first major nuclear power plants to be built in western Europe. …
Britain is set to sign a deal with France's EDF for the first nuclear plant to start construction in Europe since Japan's Fukushima disaster raised safety concerns worldwide, at a cost estimated at around $23 billion. Under the deal, expected to be announced on Monday, the French utility will lead …
Japan plans to start up 14 new gas and coal-fired power plants by the end of 2014, allowing a switch away from pricey oil, as Tokyo struggles with a shutdown of nuclear reactors and energy imports drive a record trade deficit. Regional power monopolies will construct 12 gas-fired units next …
Keen on sealing the agreement for two more nuclear reactors in Kudankulam during Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s visit to Russia next week, India has suggested a way to quantify the insurance risk amount for Russian suppliers to try and cross the civil nuclear liability roadblock that has held up the …
