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 …
(Reuters) - South Korea has axed plans to build four coal-fired power plants and will boost its nuclear reactor fleet by two more units, as it looks to increase the share of nuclear and gas in power generation and cut reliance on coal. The planned changes to the country's long-term …
Japan has set an emissions target to be presented to November's climate summit that critics say is unambitious compared to those of other leading countries and unrealistic because it depends on restoring its nuclear industry in the face of public hostility. The government is proposing to cut greenhouse gas emissions …
Japan's Kyushu Electric Power said on Tuesday it has delayed the restart of its Sendai nuclear plant in southwestern Japan, the first to be brought back into service under new rules introduced after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The delay to mid-August from the previous target of late July follows a …
A Japanese consultative committee on Monday stuck to a controversial government plan for atomic energy to generate 20-22 percent of the country's electricity by 2030 despite public opposition following the Fukushima nuclear disaster. The government will open the plan to the public for comment for a month from Tuesday and …
Modern society uses massive amounts of energy. Usage rises as population and affluence increase,and energy production and use often have an impact on biodiversity or natural areas. To avoid a business-as-usual dependence on coal, oil, and gas over the coming decades, society must map out a future energy mix that …
Kyushu Electric Power Co's two-reactor Sendai nuclear plant on Wednesday cleared safety regulations introduced after the Fukushima crisis, paving the way for the resumption of nuclear power generation in Japan. Commissioners of the Nuclear Regulation Authority said in a televised weekly meeting that the reactors have cleared the final safety …
Despite a few recent success stories, clean-energy progress is falling well short of the levels needed to limit the global increase in temperatures to no more than 2 degrees Celsius, according to an International Energy Agency (IEA) tracking report presented at the Clean Energy Ministerial meeting in Mexico. The report, …
China’s plans for a rapid expansion of nuclear power plants are “insane” because the country is not investing enough in safety controls, a leading Chinese scientist has warned. Proposals to build plants inland, as China ends a moratorium on new generators imposed after the Fukushima disaster in March 2011, are …
VIENNA – The International Atomic Energy Agency criticized Tokyo Electric Power Co. and Japanese regulatory authorities for their failure to prevent the 2011 Fukushima No. 1 nuclear plant disaster despite knowing the risk of large tsunami hitting the facility, according to a copy of an IAEA report obtained Sunday by …
DHAKA : The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘Nuclear Power Plant Bill, 2015′ subject to the vetting of the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, aiming to construct the country’s first Nuclear Power Plant at Rooppur in Pabna, reports UNB. The approval was given at the regular …
By the end of this month, the government is expected to announce a national long-term energy plan for 2030 that will include a “best energy mix” scenario — the formula for the various ratios of oil, coal, LNG, nuclear power and renewable energy that will be powering Japan in 15 …
Germany's clean energy drive earned it a reputation as a green leader but a domestic row over coal has highlighted the challenge of balancing economic and environmental demands and threatens its ability to lead by example. Angela Merkel, once dubbed the "climate chancellor", hopes to encourage the Group of Seven …
Japan's nuclear regulator signed off on the basic safety of a reactor at a third nuclear plant on Wednesday, as the country inches toward rebooting its atomic industry more than four years after the 2011 Fukushima disaster. The decision will be a boost for operator Shikoku Electric Power Co, which …
A panel of nuclear experts on Monday largely approved a government report saying that atomic power remains the cheapest source of electricity despite the rising safety costs triggered by the 2011 Fukushima core meltdowns. Despite an expected glut in solar power, the government is looking to make nuclear power account …
Nuclear power generation in Japan will cost 10.3 yen per kilowatt hour or more by 2030, the cheapest among various power sources, according to a government report. Offshore wind is estimated to be the most expensive among clean energy sources, costing 30.3 yen to 34.7 yen by 2030. That compares …
DHAKA : The Cabinet on Monday approved the draft of the ‘Nuclear Power Plant Bill, 2015′ subject to the vetting of the Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs Ministry, aiming to construct the country’s first Nuclear Power Plant at Rooppur in Pabna, reports UNB. The approval was given at the regular …
A group of 12 residents filed an appeal Wednesday against a ruling last month by the Kagoshima District Court approving the restart of the No. 1 and 2 reactors at Kyushu Electric Power’s Sendai nuclear power plant. That decision cleared another hurdle for the plant to begin starting up as …
Satellite images taken between January and April show a North Korean nuclear reactor that can yield material for atomic bombs may be operating again at low power or intermittently, US experts said on Wednesday. A report from David Albright and Serena Kelleher-Vergantini at Washington’s Institute for Science and International Security …
A fifth of Japan’s electricity supply should come from nuclear power generation, the country’s industry ministry said Tuesday, despite widespread opposition in the aftermath of the Fukushima disaster. With none of the nation’s viable nuclear reactors in operation, the target indicates an intention to bring most, if not all of …
(Reuters) - Japan should aim to make nuclear energy account for between 20 and 22 percent of the country's electricity mix by 2030, with renewable energy making up slightly more, the industry ministry said on Tuesday. The proposal is likely to be unpopular among a public that opinion polls show …
