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Malaysian state energy firm Petronas has agreed to buy Canada's Progress Energy Resources for $5.3 billion
TEPCO is to withdraw from a scheme to supply and run two nuclear reactors at a plant in Vietnam
A journalist checks the radiation level at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in February 2012
Activists lie in the street during a demonstration against the forest code and the Belo Monte Hydroelectric plant
Activists lie in the street during a demonstration against the forest code and the Belo Monte Hydroelectric plant
Samsung is to build a thermal power plant with a capacity of 1,320 megawatts in Kazakhstan, by 2018
Windmills of Germany's Alpha Ventus offshore wind farm
A military source said the rebels were believed to be members of the Chadian rebel Popular Front for Recovery (FPR)
A violent clash yesterday pitted" Central African troops against "an unidentified group of armed men", radio says
A violent clash yesterday pitted" Central African troops against "an unidentified group of armed men", radio says
A journalist checks the radiation level at the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in February 2012
Factfile explaining the enrichment of uranium to make a) nuclear fuel or b) nuclear bombs
Factfile explaining the enrichment of uranium to make a) nuclear fuel or b) nuclear bombs
Factfile explaining the enrichment of uranium to make a) nuclear fuel or b) nuclear bombs
Factfile explaining the enrichment of uranium to make a) nuclear fuel or b) nuclear bombs
A computer animation from 2011 shows the Waste-to-Energy Plant at Amager in Copenhagen
The Frimmersdorf power station
The Japanese PM has stressed the importance of restarting units 3 and 4 of the Oi nuclear plant
The Japanese PM has stressed the importance of restarting units 3 and 4 of the Oi nuclear plant
US firms are reluctant to work in India as they want protection from liabilities in the event of a nuclear disaster

Philippines' San Miguel reports strong 2012 results

San Miguel's consolidated net profits surged 57 percent to 27.6 billion pesos ($677.55 million) last year, boosted by strong turnover from new businesses, the top Philippine conglomerate said Thursday.
 

Rat linked to outage at Fukushima atomic plant

A rat may have caused a power cut that knocked out cooling systems at Japan's tsunami-wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant, the operator said Thursday, an episode that highlighted the jerry-rigged nature of the fix.
 

Temelin, a Czech village overshadowed by disputed nuclear plant

Flanked by Germany, which is phasing out nuclear power, and Austria, which has already done so, the Czech Republic is pinning its future on atomic energy.
 

Cooling systems restored at Fukushima reactors: TEPCO

Technicians have restored power to all cooling systems at the reactors of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operating company said Wednesday after a blackout sparked a new crisis.
 

New nuclear plant gets green light

The government has given the go-ahead for the first of a planned new generation of nuclear power plants.
 

Govt gives green light to new nuclear plant

The government gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for the first of a planned new generation of nuclear power plants.
 

Cooling systems restored at Fukushima reactors: TEPCO

Technicians have restored power to all cooling systems at the reactors of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operating company said Wednesday after a blackout sparked a new crisis.
 

Cooling systems restored at Fukushima

Technicians have restored power to all cooling systems at the reactors of Japan's tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant, the operating company said, after a blackout sparked a new crisis.
 

Crippled Japan nuclear plant hit by power cut

Engineers at Japan's crippled Fukushima nuclear plant succeeded Tuesday in restarting three cooling systems after a power cut underlined its still-precarious state, two years after a tsunami struck.
 

UK govt gives green light to new nuclear plant

Britain gave the go-ahead on Tuesday for the first of a planned new generation of nuclear power plants.
 

Czech villagers embrace disputed nuclear plant

Flanked by Germany, which is phasing out nuclear power, and Austria, which has already done so, the Czech Republic is pinning its future on atomic energy.
 

Crippled Japan nuclear plant hit by power cut

The operator of Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant said Tuesday power for cooling systems at three spent fuel pools was still out more than 14 hours after it failed.
 

Crippled Japan nuclear plant hit by power cut: report

A power failure at Japan's tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant forced operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. to suspend systems to cool spent fuel pools at three reactor units, a report said Tuesday.
 

UAE opens world's largest CSP solar power plant

Oil-rich Abu Dhabi has officially opened the world's largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, which cost $600 million to build and will provide electricity to 20,000 homes.
 

UAE opens world's largest CSP solar power plant

Oil-rich Abu Dhabi on Sunday officially opened the world's largest Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant, which cost $600 million to build and will provide electricity to 20,000 homes.
 

US military members suing over Japan nuke disaster

US service members are suing the Tokyo Electric Power Co. for more than $2 billion on grounds the utility lied about the dangers of helping clean up the nuclear disaster that struck two years ago, a newspaper reported Thursday.
 

Huge wind farm turbine snaps in Japan

A 38-tonne wind turbine crashed 50 metres (165 feet) to the ground in western Japan after the steel column supporting it snapped, according to officials.
 

Nuclear group Areva insists public trusts sector

Two years after Japan's Fukushima nuclear crisis, the head of French group Areva, a leading company in the sector, insisted that public confidence in atomic energy has been re-established.
 

Greenpeace protests at Argentina nuclear plant

Some 40 Greenpeace activists were arrested inside an atomic power plant in Argentina on Monday at a protest on the second anniversary of the earthquake and nuclear disaster in Japan, the group said.
 

China eyes India trade by boosting spending in Nepal

China's ambassador to Kathmandu was recently pictured in a traditional Nepali cap and silk scarf, digging with a spade to symbolise the laying of the foundations of a new dry port near the Tibet border.