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China to invest in UK’s nuclear plants
Two Chinese state-owned energy companies are interested in buying E.ON and RWE's UK nuclear joint venture Horizon which was put up for sale in March, as China envisages building a huge number of new nuclear plants on its own territory, to replace some of its old and heavily polluting coal plants.
read more... 07/05/2012
Poland to amend the Renewable Energy Law
Coal-reliant Poland decided to amend a renewable energy law that was proposed in December and involved a retraction of the purchase guarantee for renewables, a move that intensified investors’ fears that the draft could hinder the development of new wind projects.
read more... 13/04/2012
Vega Biofuels inks lease for a bio coal plant
Vega Biofuels, Inc. has recently announced that entered into a lease on building a 90,000 square foot bio-coal manufacturing plant in Cordele, Georgia. The facility is situated nearby Cordele Inland Port, giving it direct rail access to one of country’s largest international shipping ports, the Port of Savannah.
read more... 28/03/2012
UK power blackout fears on the track to fade
The UK energy experts have longtime warned that the country could face a severe power blackout between 2015 and 2020, highlighting the uncertainty of UK’s electricity supply, as existing coal and nuclear power stations are due to be retired in 2016 and energy projects for their replacement are not likely to be completed in time.
read more... 02/03/2012
The cleanest coal plant to be built in the United States
The cleanest coal plant on earth is currently being developed in the United States by Texas Clean Energy Project, also known as the TCEP. The plant construction is costing 2.4 billion US dollars, 450 million US dollars of it is being sponsored by the Department of Energy’s Clean Coal Power Initiative.
read more... 22/02/2012