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Britain: the bill for decommissioning nuclear will be higher next year
Britain's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) anticipates spending 3.3 billion pounds on closing and cleaning up nuclear plants in 2015/16, a little bit more than in 2014/15, it mentioned on Monday in a draft business plan to 2018.
read more... 09/12/2014
Germany to shut down coal plants to meet 2020 emissions goals
Germany’s government will decide on Wednesday whether to curb CO2 emissions by up to 78 million tons by 2020.
read more... 03/12/2014
Renewable energy beats nuclear as Scotland’s main power source
Renewable energy in Scotland from wind farms, hydro power plants and other green sources has exceeded nuclear, becoming the top source of electricity in the nation in the first months of 2014, according to figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
read more... 01/12/2014
Coal supplies to Ukraine are being suspended by Russia
Ukraine's energy minister declared on Monday coal supplies to Ukraine had been suspended by Russia, a blow to domestic energy providers who are fighting with a serious lack of raw fuel for electricity plants because of a separatist dissension in the industrial east.
read more... 25/11/2014
Germany could close eight more coal power plants
Germany is working on a new regulation to oblige energy firms to close some more coal-fired power plants since it aims to attain ambitious climate targets, as shown in a document seen by Reuters on Sunday.
read more... 24/11/2014