The debate over the fastest way to decarbonize the grid is intensifying, as experts debate a paper from last December claiming modular renewables could beat nuclear power. The paper, from a Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) team led by the institute’s chief scientist and co-founder Amory Lovins, criticized the work of…

Baker McKenzie, Johannesburg partner in Energy, Mining and Infrastructure, Sonia de Vries, published a pro-nuclear opinion amidst active debate about the fate of SA nuclear program. — THE DEPARTMENT of Environmental Affairs recently granted an environmental permit for a new 4 000-megawatt nuclear plant, close to the continent’s only existing nuclear site, at Koeberg in the Western Cape. This is despite former finance minister Malusi Gigaba recently stating that construction of a new plant was unaffordable.

Renewable energy resources set record figure of 18.7 gigawatts, enough for more than 13 million homes Wind, solar and nuclear power have each generated more electricity than coal and gas combined — for the first time ever in the UK. The National Grid said the landmark was achieved at 1pm…

Economics of nuclear power projects: core benefits Today, access to stable and affordable electricity has become an indispensable precondition for securing sustainable development and decent living standards. …

Flexibility is key in an unpredictable world. Roger Lilley / 1 June 2017 00:03 Eskom appears to be more concerned with building new nuclear power stations than in signing power purchase agreements with independent power producers that use renewable energy sources. …

A new study conducted by The Brattle Group for pro-nuclear coalition Nuclear Matters examined the benefits of Ohio’s two nuclear plants and was followed by hearing in the Ohio House of Representatives on a proposed zero-emissions nuclear resource program. The report found that Ohio’s Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station and Perry…

The U.S. is losing global influence to Russia and China by allowing its nuclear power industry to stagnate, according to a new study by the Global Nexus Initiative. The study argued nuclear power is a significant element of a country’s geopolitical influence. Technological exchanges and long timeframes involved in building…

Professor Geoffrey Emi-Reynolds, Director of the Ghana Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA), has urged the public not to associate nuclear power with only bombs, fear and anything destructive. Professor Emi-Reynolds, who was addressing a one-day workshop for selected journalists on the uses of nuclear power in Accra, yesterday, indicated that the…

On April 26th, South Africa’s Western Cape High Court set aside government’s decision underpinning the country’s nuclear procurement plans, ruling them unlawful and unconstitutional. The court also judged the same on intergovernmental agreements with US, South Korea and Russia. In general, the judges pointed out infringements made in a public…