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UK: Fuel poverty could hit about 8.9 million people in 2016
According to a new report released by the UK government, between 7.8 and 8.9 million people in England will be living in fuel poverty by 2016-the year by which the previous government had promised to eradicate the problem.
read more... 19/03/2012
Daily – UK spot gas rises on Norway field outage
U.S. and ICE Brent crude oil futures shed for a second day in line on Thursday, hit by news that Britain had agreed to cooperate with the United States in realizing strategic oil reserves later this year.
read more... 16/03/2012
U.S. solar industry up 109% in 2011
The U.S. solar energy industry installed a record of 1,855 MW of photovoltaic capacity in 2011, as revealed by a new U.S. Solar Market Insight report. The figure is more than the double of the previous annual record of 887 MW set in 2010 and represents a 109 % growth rate in 2011.
read more... 16/03/2012
Austria seeks Europeans to sign a petition against nuclear power
Austrian Chancellor Werner Faymann expects petition drives to start in at least six European Union members this year with the goal of having the EU abandon nuclear power, he said in a newspaper interview.
read more... 16/03/2012
UK to cut its 2030 renewable energy target
Some experts consider UK could miss its renewable energy target, fact that presses the government to reduce its 2030 renewable target. The new released reports show that country’s energy sector suffered a disappointment with certain feed-in tariffs being attacked. Besides that, the government is planning nuclear energy to give parity across Europe. It could threaten investment climate in the renewable industry, but support the development of nuclear power in Britain.
read more... 15/03/2012