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2022, January, 19, 10:40:00
CHINA COAL PRODUCTION UP
China's raw coal production increased by 4.7% to 4.07 Gt in 2021 and imports grew by 6.6% to 320 Mt,
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2022, January, 19, 10:29:00
BELGIUM'S NUCLEAR DEFICIT
It has still not been established how Belgium will make up the shortfall from closing its reactors. Elia has previously said that at least 3.6 GWe of new thermal capacity would be needed by the end of 2025.
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2022, January, 19, 10:20:00
INDONESIA RENEWABLES 11.5%
Indonesia was expected to reach a 14.5% target of renewables in its energy mix by 2021
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2022, January, 18, 12:50:00
NUCLEAR FOR BRAZIL
Brazil has historically relied on hydro for as much as 80% of its electricity, but changes in rainfall patterns produced droughts that reduced this to 65% by 2018.
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2022, January, 18, 12:45:00
NUCLEAR FOR SLOVENIA WITHOUT COAL
Today, coal makes up 30% of Slovenian electricity, while nuclear from the single-unit Krško nuclear power plant is some 36%.
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2022, January, 18, 12:39:00
CANADA'S CLEAN ENERGY
Canada’s current energy and economic profile presents both challenges and opportunities in achieving these targets given its profile as a major producer, consumer and exporter of energy, and its northern climate.
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2022, January, 17, 11:45:00
GLOBAL ELECTRICITY DEMAND UP BY 6%, 1 500 TWH
After small drop in 2020, global electricity demand grew by 6% in 2021. It was the largest ever annual increase in absolute terms (over 1 500 TWh) and the largest percentage rise since 2010 after the financial crisis.
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2022, January, 17, 11:35:00
CANADA'S FUSION ENERGY
Canada’s General Fusion announced that it had achieved several aggressive performance goals of a prototype system for its Fusion Demonstration Plant (FDP).
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2022, January, 14, 12:10:00
IRAN SANCTIONS & GUARANTEES
Iran insists on immediate removal of all Trump-era sanctions in a verifiable process.
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2022, January, 12, 10:10:00
KAZAKHSTAN'S NUCLEAR SECURITY MEASURES
Kazakhstan has 12% of the world's uranium resources and is the world's largest producer.
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2022, January, 12, 10:05:00
BELGIUM NUCLEAR POWER 52%
Nuclear accounted for 52% of Belgium's electricity generation in 2021 (compared to 40% in 2020) thanks to the high availability of the nuclear fleet,
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2022, January, 11, 12:05:00
EUROPE NEED NUCLEAR INVESTMENT EUR500 BLN
Investment in nuclear power totalling around EUR500 billion (USD565 billion) by 2050 will be needed if the European Union’s goal of carbon neutrality is to be hit
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2022, January, 11, 12:00:00
THE NEW NUCLEAR FOR FRANCE
The French government expects plans for new nuclear reactors should be submitted around 2023 with a target date of 2035-37 for the reactors to go online, Berangere Abba, Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological Transition, said during a parliamentary debate in the Senate on 6 January.
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2022, January, 11, 11:55:00
GERMANY'S NUCLEAR DOWN
Germany will have just three nuclear power plants operating in 2022: Emsland (1406MW PWR) in Lower Saxony; Isar 2 (1485MW PWR) in Bavaria and Neckarwestheim 2 (1400MW PWR) in Baden-Württemberg.
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2022, January, 11, 11:40:00
U.S. SOLAR POWER + 46 GW
In 2022, we expect 46.1 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric generating capacity to be added to the U.S. power grid,