Water supply is as important business risk as cybersecurity
For European executives, water has become one of the biggest risks alongside cyberattacks and supply chain disruption, Schneider Electric found in a survey
EU prepares EUR 1 billion auction for decarbonizing process heat
The European Commission will launch a Europe-wide auction for projects decarbonizing industrial process heat. It earmarked EUR 1 billion for support.
US approves construction permit for first commercial SMR
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted a construction permit to the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
Italy allows nuclear power, four decades after first ban
Italy adopted a law that sets the stage for the return of nuclear energy, but only through new technologies. The government is hoping to get the first facility online in less than ten years. “Today we import electricity produced by nuclear power plants in neighboring countries, but we cannot produce it ourselves,” Prime Minister Giorgia […]
Von der Leyen: EU to roll out heatwave, water, climate resilience packages
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen pointed to the upcoming plans for combating heatwaves and wildfires, securing water and improving climate resilience.
Former minister Andrej Vizjak becomes CEO of Slovenia’s GEN energija; GEN-I also gets new chief
Slovenian state-owned energy companies GEN energija and its subsidiary GEN-I got new chief executive officers: Andrej Vizjak and Jure Soklič, respectively
Magyar: Hungarian nuclear plant Paks to return to regular operation
Hungary's emergency engineering works and the forecasted rise of the Danube level enabled the country's nuclear power plant Paks to restart its idle reactors
Danube nears critically low level at Bulgaria’s Kozloduy nuclear plant
Nuclear power plant Kozloduy in Bulgaria is on the brink of emergency output reduction as the Danube water level is approaching a critically low point
