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Ukraine to build its first LNG terminal
Ukraine started the construction of its first LNG terminal near the Black Sea port, in Odessa region. According to the Ukrainian government officials, the LNG terminal may then cover from 30 to 50 % of Ukraine's domestic demand for gas.
read more... 28/11/2012
Russia’s Nord Stream is likely to reach UK
According to an English newspaper BP was in "secret talks" with Gazprom to develop the twin Nord Stream pipeline to Britain. The BP director for Russia David Peattie has announced that talks were in the initial phase, while the British Prime Minister David Cameron stated that it will support the project.
read more... 27/11/2012
Ireland to get over 70 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2030
Ireland is planning to get more than 70 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, according to a new report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund of Northern Ireland.
read more... 26/11/2012
CCS to compete with other forms of renewable energy by 2020
According to a Government-commissioned report, fossil fuel power generation with carbon capture and storage (CCS) is likely to compete cost-effectively with other forms of renewable energy, being able to generate electricity at around £100 per megawatt hour (MWh) by the early 2020s.
read more... 26/11/2012
China to reduce carbon emissions by 730 million tons
According to the new report recently released by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), “ China’s Policies and Actions for Addressing Climate Change, 2012”, China is at work to reduce its CO2 emissions through industrial restructuring and also making efforts to increase the country’s forest with more than 2.51 billion trees that were planted last year.
read more... 23/11/2012