IEA Chief Calls for Greater Role of Hydropower in Electricity Supply

Governments and policy makers need to pay more attention to hydropower as a major source of low-emission flexible power generation in the age of booming electricity demand, Fatih Birol, the……

Global Shipping Emissions Deal Sinks After Last-Minute Collapse

A decade-long effort to make the shipping industry the first to adopt binding international emissions targets has fallen apart—this time not over science or technology, but timing and cost. The……

Netherlands aims to extend operation of Borssele plant

The 485 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor at Borssele – operated by EPZ – has been in operation since 1973 and accounts for about 3% of the country’s total electricity…