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EU biodiesel output facing high external competition
EU biodiesel imports saw a high increase in 2011 and are likely to reach 2.52 million tonnes in January/December 2011, up 21 percent from previous year. Most of the high volumes of biodiesel were imported by Italy and Spain, while the European Union imported 1.1 million tones from Argentina and 516,000 tones from Indonesia and Singapore.
read more... 02/11/2011
Daily – power at a 7- ½ month low level
U.S. and Brent crude oil futures decreased on Tuesday settling for the third drop in line following an unexpected proposal of Greece over a referendum vote threatened to derail a European bailout plan regarding the euro zone debt crisis.
read more... 02/11/2011
United Nations: Leaded gasoline to be eradicated worldwide by 2014
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) alongside NRDC in the Partnership for Clean Fuels and Vehicles has recently announced that toxic leaded gasoline will be eradicated globally by 2014.
read more... 02/11/2011
Belgium to completely phase out from nuclear by 2025
Belgium seems to be the latest country from the EU to phase out nuclear power, after the political parties have reached a conditional agreement to close the country’s two remaining nuclear power plants.
read more... 02/11/2011
Turkey to build its first nuclear plant on earthquake-prone area
Turkey announced its decision to build its first nuclear power plant on a controversial location on the Mediterranean coast, near to an earthquake-prone area.
read more... 01/11/2011