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German coalition to reform the renewable energy law in 2014
German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s conservatives and the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) concluded a coalition deal envisaging curbing the growth of renewables and reforming the current controversial renewable support scheme in order to limit the increase of electricity bills to consumers by next summer, giving big utilities more time to adapt their business models.
read more... 29/11/2013
Coal consumption keeps growing in China
China is dealing with a big air quality problem, so recently the Government has announced that they will reduce their coal consumption share from its current 67 percent to 65 percent by 2017. China intends to convert coal in syntethic gas, but this will result in more carbon dioxide emissions released because converting coal to make synthetic gas and then combusting the gas to make electricity will double the amount of carbon dioxide emissions released in the atmosphere.
read more... 25/11/2013
UK to stop funding coal- fired power plants overseas
Ed Davey, Britain's energy secretary, has announced on Wednesday that the UK, as the US, would stop funding coal projects in developing countries. The objective is to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to encourage low-carbon development. The announcement was made at United Nations climate talks in Warsaw where the fossil fuels have been at the centre of a storm. About 90% of the Poland's electricity comes from coal, and the government has been resistant to EU calls to strengthen emissions reduction targets.
read more... 21/11/2013
Poland to continue its dependence on coal
Historically, Poland has been an important producer and exporter of coal. Poland became the principal coal producer in Europe in the 1970s. Poland consumes more than 75 million tons of coal per year, which makes it the 10th largest coal consumer in the world and the 2nd largest in the EU, after Germany.
read more... 20/11/2013
Coal imports in Italy to stay flat this year
According to Italian Coal Association Assocarboni, the country’s thermal coal imports for this year are likely to stay steady at 19 million metric tonnes, with about 80% of imports coming from Indonesia, the US and South Africa.
read more... 14/11/2013