Of the total, $96 billion is needed to build new power plants and $37.3 billion to expand its power grid, the government said in a statement on its website HANOI: Vietnam will need to invest up to $133.3 billion in new power plants and transmission networks over the next decade to meet the country’s rising […]
Can the US Catch Up in the Green Hydrogen Economy?
A new report highlights the massive potential to decarbonize transport, industry and power grids — and the massive investments needed to get there. The U.S. needs a massive green hydrogen industry to decarbonize its electricity, transportation and industrial sectors, and major investments and policy changes today to enable it to grow to its full potential […]
Germany to publish nuclear storage list, Gorleben dropped
The list of sites, to be assessed by 2031 for use from 2050 to hold waste currently in interim storage at nuclear plants, will be published by Germany’s Federal Agency for Final Storage (BGE) FRANKFURT: Germany on Monday will publish a list of potential storage sites for radioactive waste as part of its plans to […]
Another 120 MW of solar aquaculture in China
A 120 MW solar plant located in a fishery near Cixi, in the Chinese province of Zhejiang, was recently completed. The plant, which has secured a tariff of RMB0.95 ($0.12)/kWh, is the second phase of a 320 MW project owned by Chinese developer Hangzhou Fengling. China-based developer Hangzhou Fengling Electricity Science Technology recently finished building […]
Nuclear Power Corp of India says detected malware in its systems
On Tuesday, the NPCIL rejected media reports that its Russian-built reactors in Kudunkulam in southern India had suffered a cyber attack. NEW DELHI : State-run Nuclear Power Corp of India Ltd (NPCIL), which runs nuclear reactors across the country, said on Wednesday it had identified malware in one of its computers last month but its […]
Nuclear power’s future is threatened by a mix of solar, wind and batteries
A mix of solar, wind and batteries threatens the future of nuclear power, Stars and Stripes By WILL WADE | Bloomberg September 28, 2019 The natural gas boom is killing America’s nuclear industry. Wind and solar may finish the job……. Battery prices have plunged 85% from 2010 through 2018, and huge storage plants are planned in California […]
New environment minister says Japan should stop using nuclear power
The comments are likely to prove controversial in the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which supports a return to nuclear power under new safety rules TOKYO: Japan’s newly installed environment minister, Shinjiro Koizumi, wants the country to close down nuclear reactors to avoid a repeat of the Fukushima catastrophe in 2011. The comments by the son […]
California Community Choice Aggregator Sees Promise in Floating Offshore Wind
Monterey Bay Community Power is exploring the possibility of a huge floating offshore wind project with developers EnBW and Trident Winds. California community choice aggregator (CCA) Monterey Bay Community Power has signed a memorandum of understanding to explore buying the power from a 1,000-megawatt floating offshore wind farm. It’s an early, if no-stakes, claim to […]
Britain needs more nuclear power, electric chargers for climate goal – CBI
LONDON: Britain needs more nuclear power plants, electric vehicle charging sites and carbon capture and storage projects to meet its new climate target, the Confederation of British Industry said on Friday. The comments from Britain’s major business lobby come a day after the country became the first G7 member to enshrine in law a target […]
