Nuclear Push Widens as Philippines Sets 2038 Target and 80 GW Builds Globally

Almost 80 GW of new nuclear capacity is under construction across 15 countries, including emerging economies from Egypt to Türkiye, according to Eurasia Review's report on industry group calls for stronger government commitment to nuclear growth.

In the Philippines, the Department of Energy is taking final stakeholder inputs on a revised nuclear power tender framework that targets the country's first nuclear generation capacity beginning in 2038, according to the Tribune. A follow-up Tribune report said the first tranche is targeted for 2038, a second for 2040, and further tranches through 2047. That timetable runs later than the government's Philippine Energy Plan 2023-2050 Clean Energy Scenario, which envisions 1,200 MW of nuclear capacity by 2032, rising to 2,400 MW by 2035 and 4,800 MW by 2050.

Lithuania is assessing the potential of next-generation nuclear technologies, including small modular reactors, according to Delfi, which cited the country's energy minister.

DW reported that rising electricity demand, energy-security shocks and climate commitments are reviving long-stalled plans for nuclear power across Southeast Asia.

On the corporate side, Elementl Power, an independent developer of utility-scale nuclear power projects, has named Robey Clark as its senior vice president of Projects, according to a company announcement carried by Yahoo Finance.