UK Ministers are wooing the United Arab Emirates - reportedly thestate-owned Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation (ENEC) and its sovereignwealth fund owner, ADQ - to be a partner in Sizewell C. This is highlycontroversial given the UAE's position on sensitive issues such as Israeland Palestine, and its support for Saudi Arabia's stance on the murder ofjournalist…
GLOBAL 2000 publishes fact-checking video on the COP 28 climateconference - nuclear power more than twice as expensive as renewables,aging-related nuclear power plant failures endanger security of supply. At the start of COP 28 in Dubai tomorrow, GLOBAL 2000 and its German partnerorganization BUND Umwelt are publishing an animated video that analyzes thefacts about…
The main low-carbon energy sources available in the UK in the battleagainst climate change are solar, wind, biomass and nuclear energy, butwhat sorts of people prefer these different options? That’s the topic ofa new study in the December issue of the journal Energy authored at theEnergy Policy Research Group at Cambridge Judge Business School, whichfinds…
EDF to “build 1 reactor a year in 2030s” – CEO. French utility EDFplans to build at least one nuclear reactor per year in the next decade inEurope, its CEO told the World Nuclear Exhibition in Paris late on Tuesday.“We're counting on an accelerated rate of construction capacity for largereactors, from what we have today,…
The scale of the challenge faced by diplomats pushingfor a new global agreement to 'phase out' unabated fossil fuels at theupcoming UN Climate Summit in Dubai was underscored yesterday by reportsdetailing how both the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Saudi Arabia areprivately working to sustain long term demand for oil and gas. Just hours after…