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Fortum is advancing its European coal phase-out strategy with a major retrofit of its Zabrze combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Poland.

OECD electricity generation reached 1,027.6 TWh in July 2025, marking a modest 2.3% year-on-year increase, yet beneath this incremental growth lies a sharply bifurcated energy transition—one where renewable capacity expansion accelerates while structural vulnerabilities in traditional power systems emerge.

The International Maritime Organisation faces a decisive vote this week on whether to impose binding emissions targets on an industry responsible for moving 90% of global trade.

Both units of Finland’s Loviisa nuclear power plant have resumed power generation following the completion of extended annual outages, marking a critical step in Fortum’s long-term operational and modernization strategy. While the outages ensured continued safety and reliability, they also underscored the operational complexity of extending plant lifetimes amid fuel diversification efforts and infrastructure renewal.

As artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) drive exponential growth in global electricity demand, attention is shifting to nuclear’s smaller cousin: the small modular reactor (SMR).

When Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI) announced in September 2025 that it had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Russia’s Rosatom to cooperate on small modular reactors (SMRs), the development added a new dimension to the shifting geopolitics of nuclear energy.

The Kansas Department of Commerce, TerraPower, and utility Evergy have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to evaluate sites for an advanced nuclear reactor and energy storage project, signaling how the sector is responding to mounting grid pressures.

NAAREA’s validation of plutonium chloride fuel synthesis through collaboration with the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre addresses a critical bottleneck…

The U.S. nuclear sector is entering a new test phase as startup Aalo breaks ground in Idaho on its first…

In 2022, Germany shut down its last nuclear reactors, marking the end of a decades-long policy shift that cost an…