Iran's enormous energy reserves could transform the country into a major economy, but for this to happen nuclear-non proliferation must be adhered to if international sanctions are to be lifted. Kumar Nishant, GlobalData's Associate Project Manager for Power, reports.

Inspired by the pilots that placed themselves at risk to monitor radiation levels following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, a team from Bristol University has developed a drone with Thunderbirds-style adaptability to make radiation monitoring safer.

Oldbury Power Station, a 434MW, twin nuclear reactor station, was decommissioned in 2012. At the time it was the world's oldest operating nuclear power reactor and the UK's first nuclear power station to use pre-stressed concrete pressure vessels instead of steel. The plant entered service in 1967.

20 February 2014 The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced it will approve approximately $6.5bn in loan guarantees for the construction of two new Westinghouse AP1000 nuclear reactors at the Alvin W. Vogtle electric generating station, also known as Plant Vogtle, in Georgia.

In the context of nuclear power, the term 'black start' at first conjures up images of sinister government secrecy and doomsday scenarios. The reality is far less dramatic, but no less intriguing.

The 894MW Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station produces approximately 40% of the total power consumed by the north-western region of Ohio state.

Gwynt y Môr is a 576MW offshore wind farm being built in the Irish Sea, Liverpool Bay. Located 14km off the north Wales coast, the wind farm will cover about 79km² of the site leased from the Crown Estate. It is located close to North Hoyle and Rhyl Flats offshore wind power facilities.

The Torness Nuclear Power Station located near Dunbar, East Lothian, on the east coast of Scotland, is the last second generation nuclear power plant commissioned in the United Kingdom.