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Finland could be the first European country to phase out coal by 2025
The Economy Minister of Finland, Jyri Haekaemies announced that Finland could phase out coal use in power by 2025, being the first country in the EU to stop using coal in energy production. Instead, the country will focus on investing in renewable energies. According to Haekaemies, the use of renewable energies will be encouraged by government subsidies and taxes.
read more... 01/10/2012
UK’s largest coal power plant to become a clean-energy producer
According to Drax Group Plc, the UK’s largest coal-fired plant will become the largest clean-energy producer, switching from burning coal to burning wood, becoming probably the biggest renewable plant in the world. At the moment, coal is the most polluting fossil fuel and it produces roughly 41 % of global electricity, and about 50% of electricity in the UK.
read more... 01/10/2012
UK: Twenty gas-fired stations to be build by 2030
UK is planning to build twenty new gas-fired power stations which will add 20GW of generating capacity to the national grid by 2030 amid a considerable increase in consumption of the fossil fuels, according to the climate and energy secretary, Ed Davey.
read more... 28/09/2012
UK: Shale gas could create 35,000 jobs
The UK’s Institute of Directors (IoD) released a new report according to which shale reserves could create 35,000 jobs in the UK and provide a tenth of the country's gas supply for a century.
read more... 26/09/2012
Europe installed two-thirds of worldwide solar panel power in 2011
According to a report from the European Commission, two-thirds of worldwide solar panels installations in 2011 were in Europe, totaling 18.5 GW. The photovoltaic industry in Europe has increased by an average of over 40% per year in the last 10 years, at the same time as production costs have dropped by around 60%. Its overall PV capacity totaled 52 GW.
read more... 26/09/2012