Energy

Turkey launched on Tuesday the construction of its first nuclear power plant in the southern province of Mersin, with a ground breaking ceremony that was attended by Turkish Energy Minister Taner Yildiz and other top officials.

A group of protesters have locked the attendees of the ground breaking ceremony for Turkey?s first nuclear power plant to protest the construction of the plant in the southern province of Mersin.

Environmentalists from Mersin?s Gülnar neighborhood locked the iron doors of the nuclear facility in the Akkuyu district on April 14, isolating several guests and journalists. 

A Japanese court on April 14 issued a landmark injunction against the restarting of two atomic reactors, after the country's nuclear watchdog had given the green light to switch them back on.

It is very likely for Russia to renounce transportation of gas through the network of Ukraine, Russian Economy Minister Alexander Novak has said.

On Sunday Novak was quoted by news agency RIA as saying that Moscow would put all its effort in building the infrastructure of the so-called "Turkish Stream" gas project that is to pump gas to Turkey.

The cost of the future Turkish Stream gas pipeline project is comparable to the cost of the abandoned South Stream project, according to Gurkan Kumbaroglu, President-Elect of the International Association for Energy Economics (IAEE).

Serbia "in principle" interested in joining Turkish Stream

MOSCOW -- Serbia is interested in joining the Turkish Stream project, Serbian Ambassador to Russia Slavenko Terzic has said.

The planned pipeline would ship Russian natural gas to Turkey via the Black Sea and would represent a supply channel for consumers in Southeast Europe.

Japan?s pro-nuclear lobby pledged on April 13 that 2015 would be the year reactors are restarted, despite public wariness that has lingered since the Fukushima disaster.

Industry officials and supporters said the country desperately needs atomic power to play its part in cutting greenhouse gas emissions and ensure a stable electricity supply.

Unit 5 of Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP) was shut on Saturday for a planed annual overhaul.

This will allow for planned repair works to be completed as well as conducting maintenance of the equipment and the systems of the nuclear plant.

The unit will be recharged with fresh nuclear fuel, the website of the nuclear plant informs.

The state-owned natural gas transmission operator Bulgartransgaz was awarded EU funding for pre-investment feasibility study of the planned interconnector between Bulgaria and Turkey.

The agreement for the funding of the pre-investment feasibility study of the projected gas interconnector between Bulgaria and Turkey was signed on April 3, BGNES news agency reports.

State Minister Alekos Flambouraris confirmed the intent of advance payments of profits — by Russia — from the creation of a new gas pipeline, estimating that its construction would bring more than 200 million a year in profits to the Greek state.