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Ireland will miss to meet the 2020 EU targets
According to the EU- funded “Sustainable Energy for the Rural Village Environment” (SERVE) project, Ireland is to miss its EU energy efficiency target by 2020. The project stated that about 90,000 buildings will need important improvements every year by 2020, even if this year less than 50,000 buildings undergo energy upgrades.If Ireland doesn’t reach its objective by 2020, it will have to pay severe penalties.
read more... 03/10/2012
Switzerland to fill future nuclear energy gap by gas
The decision to phase out nuclear power is of strategic importance for Switzerland, as the nuclear disaster of Fukushima marked a critical juncture in Swiss energy policy.
read more... 03/10/2012
Daily: UK gas prices inch up on undersupplied system
Brent crude futures traded near $112 a barrel on Tuesday as investors weighed a weaker demand outlook amid a stagnant global economy against the continuing potential for supply risks.
read more... 02/10/2012
IAEA: nuclear energy will register a slowdown in growth by 2030
The general director of International Atomic Energy Agency, Yukiya Amano announced at the IAEA’s 56 general conference in Vienna, that nuclear power will maintain its importance in several countries, despite the Fukushima disaster. He also added that there will be a steady increase in the number of nuclear power plants worldwide in the next 20 years.
read more... 02/10/2012
Germany: Coal consumption to grow
Following the Fukushima nuclear disaster, Germany decided to phase-out nuclear power by 2022. As a result, this decision has created a loss of about 12.7 GW, and despite many investments in the renewable energy sector, the gap should be filled with coal and gas, to ensure the country's energy future.
read more... 02/10/2012