'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›

HINKLEY POINT: THE DREADFUL DEAL BEHIND THE WORLDS MOST EXPENSIVE POWER PLANT

When it is finally completed, Hinkley Point C will be the most expensive power station in the world... READ MORE›

PLANS FOR MAJOR NUCLEAR POWER STATION IN WALES WIN GREEN LIGHT

Office for Nuclear Regulation approves design for new reactor at Horizon Nuclear Power's plant at Wylfa, Anglesey... 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›

FROM AMAZON TO ETSY TECH GIANTS FIGHT TRUMPS PLAN TO SAVE COAL

Despite her state's deep roots in coal, she backs the company's fight for more renewable energy... READ MORE›

NEW RECORD LOW PRICES FOR ELECTRICITY ARE SHAKING UP A STAID INDUSTRY

As market bidding structures expand beyond Alberta, the low bid prices will be crucial -- and disruptive -- for companies making the electricity... READ MORE›

FOSSIL-FUEL FRIENDLY TAX PLAN SPARES OIL, NOT SOLAR OR TESLA

Those held through corporate entities would see a big benefit from the 20 percent corporate tax rate, he said... READ MORE›

EVEN COAL GENERATORS ARE LUKEWARM ON TRUMP'S PLAN TO HELP THEM

Dynegy Inc., and some other coal generators are poised to profit from Energy Secretary Rick Perry's plan to change power market rules... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA TO RESUME BUILDING TWO NEW NUCLEAR REACTORS, BUT SCRAPS PLANS FOR 6 OTHERS

The world's fifth-biggest nuclear energy user currently runs 24 nuclear reactors, generating a third of the country's total electricity needs... READ MORE›

SOUTH KOREA WILL RESUME NUCLEAR REACTOR WORK

South Korea Will Resume Reactor Work, Defying Nuclear Opponents... 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›

DOES WA NEED ITS OWN RENEWABLES TARGET?

He has already flagged the possibility of WA following other states and setting its own renewable energy target RET once the Clean Energy Target is cut... 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›

MALCOLM TURNBULL FACES UPHILL BATTLE CONVINCING STATES TO SUPPORT NATIONAL ENERGY GUARANTEE

Updated October 18, 2017 09 04 15 Victoria, Queensland and South Australia look set to make the Prime Minister work hard if he wants them to support his new energy plan... READ MORE›

INDIA AND US RIVEN ON CLIMATE BUT PARTNERS IN CLEAN ENERGY TECH

India and the United States have traditionally not seen eye to eye on climate change and energy policies... READ MORE›

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U.K. JUST WENT WITHOUT COAL POWER FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 1880S

Coal plants by 2025 How to Hit the Brakes on Climate Change The U.K... READ MORE›

CHINA BUILDS WORLD'S BIGGEST SOLAR FARM IN JOURNEY TO BECOME GREEN SUPERPOWER #GLOBALWARNING

Vast plant in Qinghai province is part of China's determination to transform itself from climate change villain to a green energy colossus... READ MORE›

CHINA JUST BUILT A CUTE SOLAR PLANT SHAPED LIKE A PANDA

The first phase of the plant was completed on June 30, PV magazine reported and it has started delivering power to a grid in North Western China... READ MORE›

'SPECTACULAR' DROP IN RENEWABLE ENERGY COSTS LEADS TO RECORD GLOBAL BOOST

Falling solar and wind prices have led to new power deals across the world despite investment in renewables falling... READ MORE›

HUGE BOOST FOR RENEWABLES AS OFFSHORE WINDFARM COSTS FALL TO RECORD LOW

The price is half of what new offshore windfarms were being awarded just two years ago... READ MORE›

PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT: COST FOR U.S. ECONOMY FROM TRUMP'S WITHDRAWAL

Benioff tweeted that he was deeply disappointed by the decision, noting that his company would continue to strive to run only renewable energy... READ MORE›

CHINA CEMENTING GLOBAL DOMINANCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND TECHNOLOGY

The report noted the global expansion cements China's total domination of renewable energy growth globally... READ MORE›

INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES TURN TO RENEWABLE ENERGY TO BREAK CYCLE OF WELFARE

Melina Loubicon-Massimo, from the Lubicon Cree First Nation in Canada, says her community has achieved incredible results with renewable energy... 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›

CLEAN ENERGY IS TROUNCING OIL, GAS AND COAL IN TRUMP ERA

President Donald Trump took office vowing to revive the coal industry's fortunes. So far, the smart money has been on clean energy... 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›

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›

JAPAN, INDIA SIGN AGREEMENT ON CIVIL NUCLEAR POWER

Energy-hungry India wants to increase nuclear power generation to support its strong economic growth... READ MORE›

ECONOMICS TO KEEP WIND AND SOLAR ENERGY THRIVING WITH TRUMP

California and New York have set goals to source half of their power from clean energy by 2030... READ MORE›

EARTH HOUR IS BAD FOR THE POOR

Foreign aid is increasingly tied to renewable energy projects such as building solar and wind power capacity, or tiny off-grid energy generators... 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›

COAL PLANTS CAST DOUBTS ON CHINAS PRIORITIES

It is also one of China's biggest owners of coal-fired power plants... 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›

SUPPORT FOR WORLD-LEADING ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE SKYROCKETS, ACCORDING TO NEW POLL

Support for world-leading action on climate change skyrockets, according to new poll... 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›

SCRAPPING HINKLEY FOR RENEWABLE ALTERNATIVES WILL SAVE 'TENS OF BILLIONS'

A final investment decision by EDF on the nuclear power plant's expansion is expected in May... READ MORE›

FAILING NUCLEAR POWER IS GOOD FOR COAL, BAD FOR EARTH

This third option calls for a quadrupling of 2015 U.S. nuclear power production... READ MORE›

NEW BLOW FOR HINKLEY POINT CONTRACTOR EDF AFTER FRENCH SAFETY CHECKS

Safety issues force many reactors offline with warnings of power cuts across France, higher energy prices and a rise in emissions... READ MORE›

WORLD'S LARGEST SOLAR PLANT OPENS IN CALIFORNIA DESERT

If legislators adopt a 50 renewable energy mandate, it could incentivize massive projects like Desert Sunlight... 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›

UK SOLAR ECLIPSES COAL POWER OVER MONTH FOR FIRST TIME

In 2015, 286bn ?196 was invested in renewable energy, more than double that invested in fossil fuel power stations... 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›

BP LOBBIED AGAINST EU SUPPORT FOR CLEAN ENERGY TO FAVOUR GAS, DOCUMENTS REVEAL

Targets for renewable energy sources and energy efficiency would not be beneficial, Cirelli wrote in one broadside to Barroso in February 2013... READ MORE›

RENEWABLE POWER CRITIC IS CHOSEN TO HEAD ENERGY PRICE REVIEW

The Committee on Climate Change also concluded this year that British households' energy costs were not high compared with the rest of Europe... READ MORE›

The lines are described as essential to the success of the country's pivot away from nuclear and coal power and toward mostly renewable energy... READ MORE›