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Poland is working on plans for its first nuclear power plant
Poland wants to reduce its dependence on highly polluting coal and expensive Russian gas imports, so it is working hard on its program for introducing nuclear power in its energy mix. At present it is highly dependent on coal, which provides around 90% of the country’s energy.
read more... 03/05/2013
Carbon Connect: UK has to close coal fired stations to achieve carbon targets
UK should give up its coal-fired power stations if it wants to achieve its carbon emissions targets by 2020, recommended a report released by the think tank Carbon Connect.
read more... 24/04/2013
IEA: Coal demand will continue to grow in the next years to come
According to a new report recently released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) coal could become the world's top energy source by 2017 along with oil. The IEA expects an increase in coal demand all over the world except the US, where natural gas is replacing the black mineral as feedstock for the production of electricity.
read more... 18/04/2013
Poland: PGE suspends the construction of $3.6 bln coal power plant
PGE, the Polish state biggest utility, has suspended its plans to build two new coal-fired power units worth $3.6 billion, citing weak demand and falling electricity prices.
read more... 08/04/2013
Europe: Renewables share in power generation set to increase by 40% in 2020
The renewables’ contribution in Europe’s generation capacity is expected to increase to at least 40% by 2020, overtaking the capacity supplied by coal, natural gas and oil, declared the region’s grid operators group Entsoe.
read more... 05/04/2013