| ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT: Royal Academy: Prepare for electric cars |
| Electric cars will reduce emissions at point of use but their green credentials rely on the grid and a new generation mix, warns the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering. A future UK fleet could need an additional 160 GWh per day. |
| CORPORATE: Collaboration eyes nuclear pump market |
| UK engineering group Weir is to team up with Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) to supply and maintain pumps for new nuclear power plants, initially in the UK, but later throughout Europe. |
| INDUSTRY TALK: South Africa agrees to cooperate with Algeria |
| South Africa has signed an intergovernmental agreement with Algeria on cooperation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy, the South African Press Association reported. In addition to energy, the two countries will cooperate on "exchanges in the production of medical radioisotopes." |
