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 …
The EU approval of the Hinkley nuclear reactor in Somerset has been roundly condemned by senior figures in the renewable energy industry, who called the decision a "world record sell-out" and a "shocking decision". The plant, to be built and operated by EDF, could generate 7% of the UK's electricity, …
Voters in a South Korean city have rejected plans to build a nuclear power plant in a referendum the government says has no legal effect. Thursday's vote in Samcheok, on South Korea's east coast, went as expected following this year's election of a mayor who wants the government to scrap …
The European commission on Wednesday gave Britain the green light for a huge government subsidy that will open the way for the first atomic power stations to be built for nearly 20 years. The ruling was welcomed by ministers and the nuclear industry but Austria threatened legal action against it, …
Japan's reboot of nuclear power, expected to begin early next year, is set to punish oil imports the most as utilities slash the use of their highest-cost fuel and shut ageing oil-fired plants, a survey of Japan's nine biggest power companies showed. Utilities in Japan are keen to close oil-burning …
Sweden’s Green Party has joined the government for the first time in its 33-year history and now wants to use that power to shutter the country’s aging nuclear reactors in the face of opposition from a majority of lawmakers. By imposing stricter safety rules, higher taxes and by terminating state-owned …
France's energy minister said on Sunday that the cost of maintaining older reactors would be factored into any decision on the future size of its large and aging nuclear power fleet. The government already plans to shut the Fessenheim plant on the German border as part of a pledge to …
LONDON – Three years after Japan closed all of its nuclear plants in the wake of the Fukushima meltdown and Germany decided to shut its industry, developing countries are leading the biggest construction boom in more than two decades. Almost two-thirds of the 70 reactors currently under construction worldwide, the …
Some 16,000 people rallied Tuesday in Tokyo against the government’s plan to restart nuclear reactors, more than three years after the Fukushima disaster, Jiji Press said. It was one of the largest anti-nuclear demonstrations since the nuclear watchdog on September 10 approved plans to restart two reactors at the Sendai …
British plans for a nuclear renaissance centred on a nuclear reactor in Somerset achieved a breakthrough when a nine-month European Union state aid investigation ended with a call for Brussels to approve the project. The EU’s competition commissioner, Joaquín Almunia, had expressed scepticism that the Hinkley Point C scheme could …
The public is less willing to save electricity to protect the environment than it was two years ago because fears of power shortages are apparently receding, a government survey says. The Fukushima nuclear disaster precipitated the use of rolling blackouts and other widespread conservation efforts in 2011 as Tokyo Electric …
As Japan seeks to end reliance on nuclear power, one of the answers is floating 'solar islands', writes Jon Major. A 70MW solar island opened last year, and two additional plants have just been announced. Two companies in Japan recently announced they are to begin building two large solar power …
HELSINKI, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Finland's economy minister has rejected an application from power utility Teollisuuden Voima (TVO) to extend the permit for a new nuclear reactor in the west of the country, throwing the project into doubt. Minister Jan Vapaavuori instead conditionally backed another nuclear project, Finnish-Russian company Fennovoima's …
UNB, Dhaka :Parliament on Sunday passed a bill, titled 'Bangladesh Atomic Energy Control (Amendment) Bill, 2014, aiming to relax the qualifications to become chairman and members of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Control Authority.State Minister for Science and Information & Communication Technology Architect Yeafesh Osman moved the Bill that was passed …
The Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) will cancel the proposed nuclear power project at Gorakhpur in Fatehabad. This will be the party’s first decision after coming to power in Haryana. INLD candidate from Fatehabad Balwan Singh Daulatpuria and former MLA Ran Singh Beniwal stated this here today while addressing people …
One of the biggest hurdles to building new power plants in Japan is finding a place that’s safe from earthquakes and tsunamis. That place may turn out to be 30 miles at sea. Sevan Marine ASA (SEVAN), a Norwegian builder of offshore oil-drilling vessels, is proposing a $1.5 billion natural …
Say India gets yet another diversified source for uranium supply Experts are praising the civil nuclear deal to be signed on Friday between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and visiting Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott, saying it would help the country meet the ever-increasing demand of uranium supply for power plants. …
The purpose of this study is to compare the energy efficiency and CO2-intensity of fossil-fired power generation for Australia, China, France, Germany, India, Japan, Nordic countries (Denmark, Finland, Sweden and Norway aggregated), South Korea, United Kingdom and Ireland (aggregated), and the United States. This is done by calculating separate benchmark …
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott is set to arrive in India on Thursday to sign a long-awaited deal to sell uranium to his energy-starved hosts and strengthen bilateral ties. Abbott is expected to meet with new Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and senior ministers during a two-day visit aimed at …
The British summer may be over but it has ended on a high for the renewables sector, with new records set and wind generation levels exceeding both nuclear and coal. According to official National Grid statistics, wind overtook coal-fired power plants for generation on five separate occasions in August - …
More Chinese nuclear power enterprises will have greater market access in Romania as a result of the central European country's efforts to reduce its energy dependence on Russia. Following an hourlong discussion on Monday between Premier Li Keqiang and visiting Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta, China and Romania signed a …
