EDF to keep Four UK Nuclear Plants Open for Years Longer

French energy firm EDF will extend the life of four of its eight nuclear power plants in the UK.

The move will safeguard 2,000 jobs and help with tight energy supplies.

 

Heysham 1 and Hartlepool will have their life extended by five years until 2024, while Heysham 2 and Torness will see their closure dates pushed back by seven years to 2030.

Meanwhile, EDF said its 2015 profits fell 68% to €1.18bn mainly due to writedowns on coal-fired plants.

Syngeta Nigeria has launched Ambligo, fast acting crop insects pesticide

To help the Federal Government’s agricultural diversification drive, Syngeta Nigeria has launched Ambligo, a new, fast acting pesticide that could be used at any time, against many crop insects, ‘Tuta absoluta,’ a deadly pest, which if not controlled could destroy up to 100 percent of the tomatoes in a field.

 

pest on tomatos

Syngeta also launched two new tomato hybrids, Chibli and Kilele, and as well as introduced two local rice seed varieties in Nigeria at an event held on Tuesday in Abuja.

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