IAEA Nuclear and other radioactive material is hardest to protect when it is transported from point A to point B — more than half of the incidents of theft of radioactive material reported to the IAEA between 1993 and 2019 occurred while it was in transport. How to further strengthen nuclear security during transport is one of the topics that will
EIA By 2050, coal-fired generation comprises only 5% of the region’s generation mix. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) International Energy Outlook 2019 (IEO2019), global electric power generation from renewable sources will increase more than 20% throughout the projection period (2018–2050), providing almost half of the world’s electricity generation in 2050. In that same period, global coal-fired generation will decrease
APS Sets Course for 100 Percent Clean Energy Future
EIA EIA expects 42 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity additions to start commercial operation in 2020. Solar and wind represent almost 32 GW, or 76%, of these additions. According to the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest inventory of electric generators, EIA expects 42 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity additions to start commercial operation in 2020. Solar and wind represent almost
livemint Arun K Singh, who was head of the Iran desk in the Indian foreign ministry as well as an ambassador to Israel, also said the 2015 Iran nuclear deal was as good as dead NEW DELHI : There may have have been a de-escalation in the confrontation between the US and Iran for the time being, but tensions will continue
From Reuters An inexorable decline in spot market prices for liquefied natural gas (LNG) is pushing utilities in Japan to be more aggressive in price reviews built into traditional long-term contracts linked to oil prices, lawyers and analysts said. The utilities are also looking to buy more LNG on the spot market, where prices LNG-AS are plumbing three-year lows and
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announces sanctions for Zhuhai Zhenrong and its chief executive The United States government will be imposing sanctions on Zhuhai Zhenrong Company Limited, a state-run oil company in China, and its chief executive for purchasing crude oil from Iran. On Monday, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced
From the Washington Examiner A new report on nuclear energy could ignite debate on Capitol Hill over whether to allow renewable energy subsidies to sunset, or renew them as Democrats are seeking to do. The free-market Manhattan Institute’s latest report on nuclear energy says the best thing Congress can do to help nuclear energy is to eliminate both subsidies for wind and
By Tyler Losier, Energy Reporter, Oil & Gas 360 Renewables edge out coal for the first time in U.S. history This April, for the first time in U.S. history, monthly electricity generation from renewable sources exceeded that of coal-fired means, according to the EIA. More precisely, coal was responsible for about 20% of the nation’s electricity, whereas renewables such as
Company is expanding wind generation, using nuclear energy, adding a natural gas plant Xcel Energy announced plans today to retire its last two coal plants in the Upper Midwest a decade earlier than scheduled. Xcel plans to expand wind and solar, using natural gas and operate its carbon-free Monticello nuclear plant until at least 2040. If approved, the plan would
From Power Magazine The world’s first AP1000 nuclear reactor—Sanmen 1 in China’s Zhejiang province—commenced 100% power operation for the first time on August 11, China National Nuclear Corp. (CNNC) said. Sanmen 1 was connected to the grid on June 30. Earlier this year, China also put online Unit 5 of the Yangjiang Nuclear Plant on May 23, and Taishan 1, an EPR, on June 29. According
Gas-powered generation companies unhappy about administration’s coal and nuclear power bailout plans From US News President Trump’s most recent move, an announcement last week that his administration will once again try to prop up ailing coal and nuclear plants, drew widespread condemnation from a diverse array of groups and experts across the political spectrum – including the CEO of the country’s
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