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France keeps hydraulic fracking ban despite business lobbies
France remains committed to its moratorium on shale gas exploration using fracking, according to a declaration made by French Minister of Ecology, Sustainable Development, and Energy Delphine Batho during a debate, aired on both radio RMC and BFM TV with Laurence Parisot, head of the French business association MEDEF.
read more... 07/06/2013
Britain’s hopes of a green future in electricity supply vanished
An attempt to include a goal to decarbonise the electricity production in the UK by 2030 was narrowly defeated in the House of Commons on Tuesday, to the dismay of green activists and businesses that had supported the objective as a way to stimulate investments in renewables and low carbon energy.
read more... 06/06/2013
Gazprom to cut gas prices for its European customers in 2013
The gas giant Gazprom announced it will cut pipeline gas prices for European clients this year amid strong competition from other natural gas suppliers and cash-strapped energy companies in Europe incapable to pay the old high prices listed in the long-term supply contracts.
read more... 06/06/2013
Germany breaks a new solar power record
Germany set a new solar record on Friday and Saturday, when solar energy plants produced a world record of 22 GW of electricity per hour, being equivalent to the power supplied by 20 nuclear stations at full capacity.
read more... 05/06/2013
Saudi Arabia plans to export solar electricity to Europe
Saudi Arabia, which is planning massive investment in renewable energy, hopes to export solar electricity to Europe in winter, when cooler temperatures reduce the need for air conditioning in the kingdom.
read more... 04/06/2013