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Russia and China’s nuclear energy ambitions are well known. But Taipan Trader editor Sara Nunnally says Eastern Europe is also turning to nuclear power.

Several of the EU’s newer member states are currently holding bids for new plants. And having a clean and reliable energy source will spur industrial growth in the region, creating attractive investment opportunities in the process.

More from Sara with the countries most likely to benefit from this new energy drive…

Tom Dyson says the biggest headache facing power companies is how to charge customers more for using power at peak times. This would force consumers to change the way they consume power. Peak demand would decline and base demand would rise. And power companies could avoid building expensive peak load power plants. Tom recommends three companies that are in the business solving this problem with ’smart meters’…