German utility E.ON has fully converted from coal to biomass its Ironbridge power plant in Britain.
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Brent and U.S. crude oil futures dropped on Thursday on Cyprus struggle to raise billions of euros to qualify for a bailout and to avoid bankruptcy, move that refreshed worries about the perspectives for petroleum demand in Europe. Brent crude for May delivery dropped $1.25, or 1.15 percent, to settle at $107.47 a barrel, having traded from $107.08 to $108.75. Meanwhile, U.S. May crude declined $1.05, or 1.12 percent, to settle at $92.45 a barrel, having traded from $91.84 to $93.53.
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China, set to become the world’s biggest solar market, is facing a restructuration of its subsidies system, envisaging supporting smaller projects rather than large-scale ones in an effort to encourage new facility developments in areas with chronic power shortage issues, according to an industry official.
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Mitsubishi Corporation (MC), Innovation Network Corporation of Japan (INCJ) and Solar Ventures have acquired 100% of Solar Holding, a company holding a total of 42 MWp of PV plants under operation in Italy.
read more... 21/03/2013
Brent crude oil futures increased above $108 a barrel on Wednesday, recovering from a three-month low, after the U.S. Federal Reserve announced it would continue its stimulus program and on hope that the European legislators could tackle the debt crisis in Cyprus.
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