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2022, April, 15, 11:35:00
RUSSIAN NUCLEAR FOR FINLAND
Following the Russian invasion of Ukraine, Finnish Economic Affairs Minister Mika Lintila said that it would be ‘absolutely impossible’ for the Finnish government to give permission to build the Hanhikivi I plant.
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2022, April, 14, 12:00:00
ALGERIAN GAS FOR ITALY
Algeria will gradually provide increasing volumes of gas to Italy from 2022, up to 9 bcm/year in 2023-24.
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2022, April, 14, 11:50:00
U.S., FRANCE NUCLEAR FUEL FOR CZECH
ČEZ said three bidders - Framatome, Westinghouse and Russia's TVEL - participated in the tender, which was launched in April 2020.
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2022, April, 14, 11:45:00
UAE, GERMANY HYDROGEN PARTNERSHIP
Agreements were announced during the visit of Dr. Robert Habeck, German Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, to the UAE. They build upon the longstanding Emirati-German Energy Partnership as well as the Ministerial Emirati-German Hydrogen Task Force that was inaugurated in November 2021.
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2022, April, 13, 12:35:00
U.S. NUCLEAR FOR CZECH
Westinghouse is one of three finalists in the Dukovany nuclear power plant tender.
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2022, April, 12, 13:05:00
RUSSIA UNDER SANCTIONS
Russia's invasion has driven up the price of the oil, gas and grain it exports, providing it with a substantial windfall to fund its "special military operation" - now entering a new phase as Moscow focuses on the eastern Donbas region after failing to break Ukraine's defence of the capital Kyiv.
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2022, April, 12, 12:50:00
QATAR LNG AMBITIONS
Even before the Ukraine war had Europe scrambling for alternatives for Russia's oil and natural gas, Qatar's ambitions to grow its LNG business were coinciding with burgeoning energy demand by western countries amid the recovery from the pandemic.
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2022, April, 12, 12:30:00
SAMSUNG, SEABORG CMSR
The Memorandum of Understanding is to manufacture and sell turnkey power plants combining Samsung Heavy Industry’s ship-building expertise and the Danish company’s Compact Molten Salt Reactor (CMSR).
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2022, April, 11, 13:20:00
EUROPEAN ENERGY PRICES UP
The German year-ahead baseload traded as high as Eur197.75/MWh, a new high for the 2023 contract, while year-ahead coal into Europe traded at $230/mt, EEX and ICE exchange data showed.
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2022, April, 11, 13:00:00
GAZPROM GERMANIA UNDER TRUSTEESHIP
Germany and Europe's dependence on Russian natural gas supplies cannot be eliminated in the short term without considerable economic damage.
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2022, April, 8, 10:55:00
EUROPEAN ENERGY COOPERATION
Up until now, Europe has not announced an energy emergency plan. However, the latest figures show that Europe's gas storage capacity is only 26% full.
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2022, April, 8, 10:50:00
BRITAIN'S NUCLEAR EXPANSION
Nuclear's share of energy in the UK is currently about 16%, however almost half of the country's current capacity is due to be retired by 2025 and all but one of its reactors will retire by 2030.
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2022, April, 7, 14:15:00
HUNGARY AGREE TO PAY IN ROUBLES
Hungary will pay for shipments in roubles if Russia asks it to, Prime Minister Viktor Orban told a news conference on Wednesday in reply to a Reuters question.
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2022, April, 7, 14:10:00
BRITAIN'S FUSION ACHIEVED
First Light Fusion (First Light), the University of Oxford fusion spin-out, today confirms it has achieved fusion. The UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) has independently validated the result.
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2022, April, 7, 14:00:00
GREECE ENERGY PLAN CHANGES
The Ministry of Energy and Environment plans to double lignite production and to review its phase-out plan for lignite-fired power plants.