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Nord Stream pipeline is ready to become operational
The second underwater gas pipeline of Nord Stream has been successfully completed, ahead of the schedule. The 1,224 km offshore pipeline will join the onshore landing between Russia and Germany in August. This second line is expected to become operational in the last quarter of this year.
read more... 11/07/2012
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
Canada approves hydraulic fracturing operational practices
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers has voluntarily approved officially industry wide fracturing practice on January 30, aimed to improve the environmental performance and transparency of hydraulic fracturing, an extraction method that has attracted a great deal of controversy.
read more... 01/02/2012
Largest European EV charging network to be developed in Estonia
The largest electric vehicles charging point will be built in Estonia by a Swiss power and automation conglomerate ABB. It is scheduled to become operational by December 2012 and will be the world’s first fast-charging infrastructure serving the entire country.
read more... 12/01/2012
Spain aging nuclear plant may stay open
According to a newspaper report released on Monday, Spain’s incoming centre-right government may allow Garona, an aging nuclear power plant, to remain operational beyond the 2013 deadline set by its predecessors, the Socialist Party. It means Spain will be out of step with countries like Germany, which already closed several nuclear plants following Fukushima’s nuclear disaster.
read more... 05/01/2012