Bangladesh hopes to power first nuclear power plant despite delays

Meanwhile, some experts and members of the public are concerned about safety following the 1986 Chernobyl disaster in Ukraine and the 2011 Fukushima nuclear reactor crisis in Japan. Mohd, a 30-year-old waiter at a restaurant opposite Rooppur nuclear plant. Millen said, “I don’t want to imagine what could happen in the unlikely event of an […]

Germany’s half-trillion-dollar energy bazooka may not be enough

In March, Economy Minister Robert Habek set a target of turning around Russian energy by mid-2024, although many economists and power industry players believe this is too ambitious. For example, Marcel Fratzscher, president of the German Institute for Economic Research, and Markus Kreber, CEO of RWE RWEG.de, Germany’s largest electricity producer, believe this will not […]

Russia condemns oil price cap, Zelensky calls cap level not ‘serious’

The attacks have caused widespread blackouts, and cut off water supplies and heating to civilians when temperatures in some areas dropped to minus five degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit). Authorities have scheduled power cuts several times a day to keep essential infrastructure working. In eastern Ukraine, where fighting is still raging, the governor of the […]