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Eurostat: CO2 emissions down 2.1% in 2012
Eurostat has announced recently that carbon dioxide emissions in the European Union decreased by 2.1 percent in 2012 compared with 2011. However, in 2011 the decline was bigger as it was recorded at 4.1 %.
read more... 31/05/2013
Sweden prefers renewables to nuclear
Recently Sweden's energy minister, Anna-Karin Hatt, has announced that the government will not subsidize new nuclear power plants, favoring renewable investments. Electricity production in Sweden is dominated by nuclear power and renewables, which currently make about equal contributions to energy production- about 40%.
read more... 30/05/2013
IEA: an increase of US shale gas prices could provoke a return to coal
According to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the production of energy from coal is little by little regaining market share from natural gas-fired power generation. After years of cutting back on its consumption in favor of low-emitting gas, the world's largest economy to increase its use of coal, because of a probable increase of shale gas prices.
read more... 30/05/2013
Daily: European spot power prices drop on low pre-holiday demand
Crude oil futures dropped nearly by 2 percent on Wednesday as U.S. stock markets dropped from recent record levels and as investors worried about an uncertain demand outlook for the world economy amid weak growth forecasts for China.
read more... 30/05/2013
European Environment Agency: EU’s greenhouse gas emissions at lowest level since 1990
The 27-nation bloc’s greenhouse gas emissions tumbled 3.3% in 2011, touching the lowest level since 1990, according to a report released by the European Environment Agency. The main reason for the drop was a milder winter in 2011.
read more... 30/05/2013