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Irish BNRG Renewables to build the biggest solar farm in UK
Irish company BNRG Renewables has announced that in September it will start the construction of the biggest solar farm in the UK after securing a 25-year planning permission for a site outside London.
read more... 12/08/2013
Israel, Greece and Cyprus signed “historic deal” on electricity cooperation
Israel, Greece and Cyprus signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on 7 August in Nicosia on cooperation in the fields of energy and water.
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Daily: U.S. crude oil up on supply disruption concerns
U.S. crude oil futures ended considerably higher on Friday, reversing five days of losses in the largest one-day percentage gain in a week following signs of increasing Chinese demand and concerns about supply disruptions in the North Sea and the Middle East. Brent crude recovered from closing at its lowest level in more than a month in the previous session, but the trading was more active in the New York market.
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IEA: Coal demand will continue to grow in the next years to come
According to a new report recently released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) coal could become the world's top energy source by 2017 along with oil. The IEA expects an increase in coal demand all over the world except the US, where natural gas is replacing the black mineral as feedstock for the production of electricity.
read more... 09/08/2013
Spain envisages 2.7 billion euro cuts in subsidies
Spain's government intends to cut subsidies for renewable-energy suppliers and increase electricity bills as part of widespread reforms to its energy policy. The government had announced a series of actions intended at reducing the country’s tariff deficit, which amount to more than 26 billion euro, and has been accumulated as a result of a discrepancy between generating costs and electricity prices for consumers for a long period.
read more... 09/08/2013