After Japan, Will China Scale Back Its Nuclear Ambitions?
Even for a country known for completing massive infrastructure projects with frightening speed, China's nuclear-power-plant building spree boggles the mind.
Russia will profit from the crises in Mideast, Japan
Only a year ago, Russia's dominance as a global energy supplier was threatened by low gas prices and a reputation as an unreliable trade partner. But with the world now shaken by Japan's natural disasters and uprisings across the Middle East, the country is back at the heart of the market - and cashing in
Japan nuclear crisis a wake-up call for China
Following the nuclear power plant crisis in Japan, China has ordered safety inspections of its existing nuclear plants and suspension of new plant approvals.
Japan earthquake effect on Asia-Pacific thermal coal producers short term
Thermal coal producers in Asia Pacific are likely to feel some short-term financial impact from Japan's recent earthquake and tsunami, according to Standard & Poor's Ratings Services.
Japan nuclear crisis to shift energy demand
Impact on global markets likely to increase price of fossil fuels for years
Russia offers Japan stake in gas production
Prime Minister Vladimir Putin says that Japanese companies can participate in production of natural gas in eastern Russia.
Japan seeks to restore power to remaining reactors
Japanese workers pushed ahead with efforts Monday to connect electrical power to the remaining disabled reactors at the heavily damaged Fukushima Daiichi power plant, as the World Bank offered an upbeat assessment on the impact of the nuclear crisis, saying the effects will be “short-lived.”
Fukushima Disaster Threatens To Snuff Nuclear Power Revival In Europe
The 27 countries in the European Union derived 31 percent of their electricity needs and 14.6 percent of their primary energy consumption from nuclear power in 2010. In roughly the last eight years, there has been a considerable momentum on the Continent to boost that capacity. Countries that had halted the construction of new reactors (Germany and Sweden) or effectively abandoned nuclear power altogether (Italy and Poland) had been considering reversing their moratoriums, phase-outs and outright bans.
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