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France among the less polluter in the world
With an annual amount of 9 tons of CO2 emissions per inhabitant, France has lower CO2 emissions than other most developed countries, due to the dominance of non-releasing gas emissions generating power sources: nuclear (77%) and hydroelectricity (12%).
read more... 21/06/2010
Chevron has signed a partnership deal with Russian oil giant Rossneft
American oil company Chevron and Russian state-owned Rossneft agreed upon exploiting together the Black Sea shelf.
read more... 18/06/2010
New coal plant to be built by GDF Suez in Poland
A new joint venture was announced by GDF Suez to built a new coal plant together with the state-owned polish giant PGE.
read more... 18/06/2010
German gas import costs dropped by 6.3% in the first 4 months of 2010
The bill for Germany's gas imports for the first four months of 2010 reduced by 6.3% to 7.5 billion euros ($10.1 billion) comparing to last year, as shown in data from trade statistics office BAFA on Tuesday.
read more... 17/06/2010
Solar and offshore wind capacity objectives of Spain to be lowered
Spanish solar and offshore wind capacity targets have been reduced, though keeping the goal of deriving 20 percent of its electricity from renewable energy.
read more... 16/06/2010