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Solar Energy: France to build an Institute for Excellence in Carbon-free Energy
French energy giants Total and EDF, alongside their public and private organizations have unified their efforts to create a French solar photovoltaic (PV) research and development (R&D) center near Paris, which will receive EUR 18.5 million (USD 25.5 million) in funding from the French National Research Agency (ANR).
read more... 31/10/2013
Daily: British spot gas increase slightly on short system
British spot gas prices recorded a slow increase on Tuesday morning as the gas system was undersupplied following weaker imports from Norway and continental Europe and gas was withdrawn from the storage.
read more... 30/10/2013
Norwegian oil giant Statoil saw its profits slip in the third quarter of 2013
Norwegian oil giant Statoil announced a decrease of about 6% in its net income in the third quarter of this year. The company's net profit was 13.7 billion Norwegian kroner ($2.4 billion), compared to the same period of a year before, when it registered with NOK 14.5 billion.
read more... 30/10/2013
China fixed a new solar target for 2015
China has expanded its distributed solar capacity target to 20 GW by 2015. China is set to lead the greatest uptake of solar, with plans to install more than 2GW of photovoltaic (PV) by the end of 2013. It is expected that in 2014 PV installations will rise by 17%, increasing from 15% in 2012 and 13% in 2013. The year 2014 will bring the highest rate of growth since the 35% increase in 2011.
read more... 29/10/2013
Croatia, Hungary and Ukraine to create their own gas corridor
Ukraine, Croatia and Hungary aim to build their own corridor expanding gas pipelines networks. The construction of this corridor will start next year. This gas corridor is planned to be linked to the Trans-Adriatic Pipeline, which is likely to carry Shah Deniz gas to Europe through Turkey. The parts have already reached an agreement on passing of natural gas through all three countries.
read more... 25/10/2013