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Italian government signs a MoU with CDP aiming to improve the environmental performance and stimulate economic growth
The Italian government will invite 100 of the nation’s major companies to monitor and report their emissions of carbon dioxide in a move which aims to help the nation to cut emissions from sectors excluded by the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.
read more... 17/06/2013
Daily: Crude oil prices increase on Middle East turmoil
Crude oil prices hit a nine-month intraday high on Friday following news that the United States has allowed sending U.S. weapons to Syrian rebels, increasing worries about Middle East supplies. Meanwhile, front-month Brent futures settled 98 cents higher at $105.93 per barrel, the highest settlement price since April 9, after hitting a high of $106.64. Brent, which had been fluctuated between $99 and $105 for the past eight sessions, settled up 1.3 percent on the week. Meanwhile, U.S. oil closed $1.16 higher at $97.85 per barrel, the highest settlement since late January, after hitting a nine-month high of $98.25, up 1.9 percent on the week.
read more... 17/06/2013
Statoil signed a 15-year contract with Stadtwerke Düsseldorf
Norwegian oil group Statoil intends to provide Germany's Stadtwerke Duesseldorf with gas for 15 years for a planned 600 MW gas-fired power plant. The new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant will be erected at the site of Stadtwerke Dusseldorf's existing power plant in Lausward, Duesseldorf .
read more... 17/06/2013
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... 14/06/2013
Wind energy sector in Italy
Wind energy sector has grown considerably in recent years all over the world, as an option in achieving sustainability in the energy sector. The World Wind Energy Association has published the latest edition of the World Wind Energy Report, according to which, in the last 10 years, the world wind capacity installed has increased by more than 9 times, from about 30GW to over 282 GW, of which almost 45 GW only in 2012.
read more... 14/06/2013