MERC Issues Draft Amendments To State Grid Code To Improve Grid Stability And Compensation Framework In Maharashtra

Representational image. Credit: Canva The Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission has issued a draft notification proposing the first amendment to the State Grid Code Regulations of 2020. These changes will be…

Enbridge Books Record Core Earnings on Power and Gas Demand

Enbridge posted record core earnings, or EBITDA, for the second quarter of the year on the back of strong liquids flows through its pipelines and soaring demand for power generation…

Delay in Flamanville 3 attaining full power

Monday, 4 August 2025 The long-delayed Flamanville 3 EPR reactor in Normandy in northern France is now expected to reach full power for the first time “before the end of…

Polish research reactor permitted to continue operating

Monday, 4 August 2025 Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency has issued a new operating licence for the MARIA nuclear research reactor, operation of which was suspended after its previous licence…

bp hits oil at deepwater Brazil exploration well

bp today announced an oil and gas discovery at the Bumerangue prospect in the deepwater offshore Brazil. bp drilled exploration well 1-BP-13-SPS at the Bumerangue block, located in the Santos…

IAEA concern after explosions heard near Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant

Monday, 4 August 2025 International Atomic Energy Agency Director General Rafael Mariano Grossi has repeated calls for “maximum military restraint near nuclear facilities”.  There have been IAEA experts stationed at…

Key equipment manufactured for BREST-OD-300 reactor

Monday, 4 August 2025 Six items weighing more than 1,000 tonnes have been manufactured for the BREST-OD-300 lead-cooled fast neutron reactor which is being built at the Siberian Chemical Combine…

Computer modelling confirms Mont Terri findings

Monday, 4 August 2025 A study led by researchers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology shows that simulations of underground radioactive waste interactions, generated by new, high-performance computing software, aligned well…

India Will Buy Russian Oil Despite Trump’s Threats, NYT Reports

Indian officials have said they would keep purchasing oil from Russia despite the threat of penalties that U.S. President Donald Trump said he would impose, the New York Times reported…

Democrats Decry Extra US Scrutiny of Solar, Wind Projects on Public Lands

(Reuters) – Four Democratic U.S. senators on Friday slammed last month’s directive by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum requiring his office to review decisions on every wind and solar power project on federal…