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Qatar to produce 10% of power from solar energy by 2018
The hydrocarbon rich Qatar envisages replacing over 10% of its traditional forms of energy used to generate electricity and water with solar power by 2018, according to a senior official of Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC).
read more... 22/05/2012
EDF’s plans to prolong life of UK nuclear power stations put energy policy in doubt
The electricity giant EDF, the UK’s main nuclear operator, is negotiating with the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) the extension of the operational lifetime of their existing eight nuclear power reactors.
read more... 22/05/2012
Gazprom to buy power plants in Western Europe
The Russian energy giant, Gazprom aims to purchase power plants in Western Europe, efforts welcomed by Russia’s energy minister Anatoly Yanovsky, who sees the movement as a normal and proper business.
read more... 22/05/2012
Shell CEO: US natural gas prices expected to double by 2015
US natural gas prices are expected to double from recent 10-year lows by 2015 due to soaring US demand for fuel, Royal Dutch Shell chief executive Peter Voser told Financial Times newspaper in an interview.
read more... 21/05/2012
Mining industry to invest 20 billion dollars in renewable energy by 2020
According to a Pike Research report, mining industry is likely to invest 8.4 billion dollars in 2016 and up to 20 billion dollars in 2020 in renewable energy and energy storage.
read more... 21/05/2012