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AFTER WASHINGTON SNUB BEST BET FOR COAL BAILOUT IS IN RUST BELT
The proposal from the regional power grid, PJM Interconnection LLC, was formally introduced in November... READ MORE›
U.S. ENERGY WATCHDOG REJECTS TRUMP PLAN TO SUBSIDIZE COAL, NUCLEAR SECTORS
The U.S. energy watchdog terminated Monday a key proposal by President Donald Trump's administration to subsidize coal and nuclear plants, finding it neith... READ MORE›
ENERGY AGENCY REJECTS TRUMP PLAN TO PROP UP COAL AND NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
The industry has been besieged by multiple bankruptcies and a steady loss of market share as natural gas and renewable energy have flourished... READ MORE›
MORE THAN THREE MONTHS AFTER MARIA, BARELY HALF OF PUERTO RICO HAS POWER
Puerto Rico authorities said Friday that nearly half of power customers in the U.S. territory still lack electricity more than three months after Hurricane... READ MORE›
'THIS IS NO PLACE FOR A NUCLEAR POWER PLANT'
Occupying 4.2 sq km of land along the Japan Sea coast, it is the biggest nuclear power plant in the world... READ MORE›
IN GERMANY, CONSUMERS GET PAID FOR USING POWER
Several countries in Europe have experienced negative power prices, including Belgium, Britain, France, the Netherlands and Switzerland... READ MORE›
TSUNAMI OF DATA COULD CONSUME ONE FIFTH OF GLOBAL ELECTRICITY BY 2025
Data centres on their own could produce 1.9 gigatonnes Gt or 3.2 percent of the global total of carbon emissions, he says... READ MORE›
Trending News Headlines : Electricity Generation
WHY YOU'RE ABOUT TO PAY THROUGH THE NOSE FOR POWER
Right now, coal accounts for 76 per cent of our electricity generation... READ MORE›
ENERGY MINISTER TO BE GIVEN MORE CONTROL IN STATE'S $500M PLAN TO SECURE FUTURE
Photo SA wants to secure its own interests, say Energy Minister Tom Koutsantonis and Premier Jay Weatherill... READ MORE›
EXPLOSION AT EDF'S FLAMANVILLE NUCLEAR PLANT IN NORTHERN FRANCE
Nuclear power provides four-fifths of France's electricity generation, but much of the country's ageing nuclear fleet is expected to close in the 2030s... READ MORE›
MEGA-BATTERY PLANT TO COME ONLINE IN SHEFFIELD
Facility run by E.ON, to be followed by many more, will help UK grid cope with fast-growing amount of renewable energy... READ MORE›
ROBOT FINDS POSSIBLE MELTED NUCLEAR FUEL
An underwater robot spotted the lava-like rocks inside a reactor of Japan's destroyed nuclear plant... READ MORE›
'THIS IS CHAOS': SWELTERING PUERTO RICO ON DAY 6 WITHOUT POWER
The government-owned Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, operating under court protection from creditors, has more than 8 billion in debt but little to show for it... READ MORE›
THE CLEAN ENERGY TARGET IS GONE, SO WHAT HAVE WE GOT INSTEAD? AND WHAT DOES A NATIONAL ENERGY GUARANTEE MEAN FOR CONSUMERS?
In November last year the Government promised to reduce emissions by between 26 and 28 per cent by 2030 as part of the Paris climate change accord... READ MORE›
WEAK POWER GRIDS IN AFRICA STUNT ECONOMIES AND FIRE UP TEMPERS
South Africa, which has the continent's only nuclear power plant, has around half of sub-Saharan Africa's power generating capacity, roughly 44 gigawatts... READ MORE›
EU SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA OVER SIEMENS TURBINES VIOLATE INTL LAW - ENERGY MINISTRY
Later, Siemens filed a lawsuit against the Russian buyer, Technopromexport, claiming the company moved the equipment to Crimea in violation of international sanctions and bilateral agreements... READ MORE›
UTILITIES COMPANIES WON'T LET YOU SELL YOUR OWN SOLAR POWER. WHY NOT?
On this and their other political priorities, electric utilities spent more than 114.3m on lobbying in 2016... READ MORE›
JAPAN PM ABE CALLS SNAP ELECTION
Mr Abe has also strongly advocated restarting Japan's nuclear power generation plants, all of which were shut down amid public anger after the Fukushima disaster in 2011... READ MORE›
S KOREA HOLDS CYBER DRILL AFTER HACK
South Korea has in the past blamed North Korea for hacks on banks, government websites and broadcasters... READ MORE›
MILLENNIALS AND THEIR IPHONES ARE KILLING YOUR OLD POWER COMPANY
The conventional utility model is dying, says Peter Terium, chief executive officer of Innogy SE, a unit of Essen, Germany-based RWE AG... READ MORE›
HALF OF AMERICA'S NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS SEEN AS MONEY LOSERS
Nuclear power plants are getting paid 20 to 30 a megawatt-hour for their electricity, Nicholas Steckler, an analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance, said in a report Wednesday... READ MORE›
BRITISH DOCTORS AND HEALTH PROFESSIONALS CALL FOR RAPID COAL PHASE-OUT
Group of health bodies says tackling climate change and air pollution linked to coal would improve health and reduce NHS costs... READ MORE›
FUKUSHIMA KEEPS FIGHTING RADIOACTIVE TIDE 5 YEARS AFTER DISASTER
Mr. Ikeda's last job at Fukushima involved the destruction of used protective coveralls... READ MORE›
ROGUE SUN COULD WIPE OUT LIFE ON EARTH
Still, falling water levels in the storage pool caused anxiety that the fuel rods within could be exposed to the atmosphere... READ MORE›
'NO THREAT TO ENERGY SUPPLY' - CABLE
Scotland's Energy Minister Fergus Ewing told BBC Radio Scotland that Longannet was necessary to meet demand ... READ MORE›
SWITCH FROM NUCLEAR TO COAL-FIRED POWER LINKED TO LOW BIRTH WEIGHT IN US REGION
Study reveals fall in birth weight in areas of the Tennessee Valley which had greatest boom in coal-fired power plant activity following nuclear closures... READ MORE›
MOVE TO KEEP POWER STATION 'BACK-UP'
It is negotiating with owners of gas and coal-burning power stations... READ MORE›
COAL IS LOSING AN APPALACHIAN STRONGHOLD AS TRUMP FIGHTS BACK
At least six gas-fired plants are planned in the Ohio River Valley over the next four years... READ MORE›
FIRST THYROID CANCER CASE IN JAPAN RECOGNIZED AS FUKUSHIMA-RELATED & COMPENSATED BY GOVT
He was present at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant during the March 11, 2011 meltdown... READ MORE›
COAL PLANTS USE AS MUCH WATER AS 1 BILLION PEOPLE AND CONSUMPTION SET TO DOUBLE
World Water Day research finds 44 percent of coal plants, and 45 percent of planned coal power plants, in areas of water stress... READ MORE›
UK APPROVES CHINESE-BACKED NUCLEAR PLANT, SETS TIGHTER CONTROLS
The project offers an insight into how Britain could conduct relations with the world in a post-Brexit era... READ MORE›
EXCLUSIVE: GE TO BUY POWER PLANT UNIT OF KOREA'S DOOSAN ENGINEERING
It also will help lower costs, increase service revenue and allow GE to use engineering and software to raise plant efficiency, Bolze said... READ MORE›
BRITAIN FACES HUGE COSTS TO AVOID POWER SHORTAGES WITH ELECTRIC CAR PLAN
The cost of Hinkley Point C alone, the only nuclear power station now under construction in Britain, is estimated at 19.6 billion pounds... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA SURVEY BACKS RESTARTING CONSTRUCTION OF TWO NUCLEAR REACTORS
The suspension was one of President Moon Jae-in's key campaign pledges to allay public worry over nuclear power... READ MORE›
CHINA TO TAKE ONE-THIRD STAKE IN A?24BN HINKLEY NUCLEAR POWER STATION
China to take one-third stake in A?24bn Hinkley nuclear power station... READ MORE›
OBAMAS POWER AFRICA PROJECT IS OFF TO A SPUTTERING START
Nigerian officials say that while they welcome the Power Africa initiative, they have only had conversations about potential projects... READ MORE›
JAPAN RESTARTS FIRST NUCLEAR REACTOR SINCE FUKUSHIMA DISASTER
Sendai nuclear plant in southern Japan is first to begin operation since 2011 Fukushima meltdowns, despite anti-nuclear protests... READ MORE›