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Bergermeer gas storage project halted by Dutch Court
The giant Bergermeer gas storage project has been temporarily halted by the highest administrative court of the Netherlands on Monday, due to environmentalists and local residents’ worries that the process of injecting gas would cause tremors in the area.
read more... 10/08/2011
Bulgarian energy experts seek to attest the safety of shale gas drilling
During a press conference, the Bulgarian officials asserted that shale gas production does not represent greater environmental risks than the production of conventional energy and mineral resources; moreover it can make flourish the Bulgarian state, which is now the EU’s poorest one member.
read more... 21/07/2011
Rapid fall in PV module prices will drive strong demand
A rapid fall in PV modules prices will be a primordial factor in demand recovery in the second half of the year; this is after a sharp drop in early 2011 because of new amendments in the incentivable systems across Europe. However, a fast growth in the first half of the 2011 placed the market in a good environment as to appoint a strong demand recovery in the second half of the year.
read more... 30/06/2011
Bulgaria to freeze the construction of trans-Balkan pipe
According to the Environment Ministry declarations, Bulgaria has rejected for a third time the report on environmental impact assessment of the Bourgas–Alexandroupolis oil pipeline, aimed to pump Russian crude oil to Greece via Bulgarian territory.
read more... 24/06/2011
Chris Huhne calls for a “green environment”
England’s energy and climate minister, Chris Huhne will meet today the European environmental ministers to discuss on the targets required to meet the EU 2050 low carbon goal.
read more... 21/06/2011