Energy Policy

As head of the organisation that advises countries on energy policy, Fatih Birol has a blunt message to governments ahead of a crucial climate summit: He wants “real global action”, not just words. “I want to see a plan,” Birol, the executive director of the International Energy Agency, told AFP. …

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi voiced his satisfaction that Bushehr power plant is being operated at its maximum nominal capacity and generates 1,000 megawatts of electricity. After visiting different parts of the Bushehr nuclear power plant and its developing phases, the Iranian president told reporters that the definite policy of the …

Iran has called on the decision-makers in the US and the European countries to end anti-Iran sanctions to help ease the global energy crisis. The multiplication of the natural gas prices in Europe as a result of a drop in the fuel’s reserves there, was unprecedented, said Oil Minister Javad …

Head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) Mohammad Eslami said Iran has set a goal to meet 50 percent of the country’s demand for 10,000-16,000 MW of electricity by building new [nuclear] power plants with a combined capacity of 8,000 MW. Eslami made the remarks in an exclusive …

The European Parliament’s environment committee on Tuesday rallied behind EU plans to make companies and countries cut their methane emissions, indicating lawmakers are likely to back upcoming legislation to clamp down on the potent greenhouse gas. Methane is the second biggest cause of climate change after carbon dioxide. It has …

The energy squeeze in Europe has nothing to do with the continent’s energy transition plans, the head of the International Energy Agency Fatih Birol told the European Parliament’s energy and environment committees. “It is inaccurate and unfair to explain these high energy prices as a result of clean energy transition …

The mankind is too close to nuclear annihilation, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres tweeted on Sunday. “Nearly 14,000 nuclear weapons are stockpiled around the world. Humanity remains unacceptably close to nuclear annihilation,” Guterres said. “Now is the time to lift the cloud of nuclear conflict for good, eliminate nuclear weapons from …

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should have timely access to nuclear fuel used for Australia’s submarines envisioned in the AUKUS deal, Kazem Gharibabadi, Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA said. “For Australia, reaching safeguards arrangement with the Agency is of essence. The Agency should have access to the HEU [highly-enriched …

Iran’s Representative at International Organizations in Vienna Kazzem Qaribabadi said that his country has increased security measures at its nuclear installations, adding that the UN nuclear watchdog inspectors have been used to them gradually. “Security measures at the nuclear facilities in Iran are, reasonably, tightened,” Qaribabadi wrote on his twitter …

International Atomic Energy Agency director Rafael Grossi held talks with Mohammad Eslami, the new chief of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) on Sunday morning. Grossi visited Tehran last night at the head of a delegation. Iran’s ambassador to the IAEA, Kazem Gharibabadi, said on Saturday that Iran and …