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China: Coal consumption continues to grow
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. The country 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... 31/03/2014
SSE to carry out a “legal separation” of its retail and wholesale divisions to improve transparency
The British utility SSE, which is part of “big six”, decided to separate its wholesale and retail divisions in an effort to simplify its business and to freeze household gas and electricity prices until January 2016 amid intense political pressure over increasing household bills at a time when real-term wages are shrinking and public outcry over energy company profits.
read more... 26/03/2014
Romania will raise gas prices in April
Regulated natural gas prices in Romania will see an increase of 2% for households and 5% for industrial consumers starting from April, as part of a broader plan to liberalize energy markets, as stated on Thursday by Nicolae Havrilet, the chief of energy regulator ANRE. He also declared that electricity prices will remain stable.
read more... 21/03/2014
Bosnia: 52% increase in power exports due to hydropower gains
Bosnia’s electricity exports registered a significant increase of almost 52% in 2013 attributable to gains in hydropower production, according to data presented by the government on Thursday, accentuating its position as the major power exporter in the Western Balkans.
read more... 21/03/2014
Italy: shutdown of 2 Vado Ligure coal units
Tirreno Power, an Italian electricity generation company, owned 50% by France’s GDF Suez, has received an order from an Italian judge to shutdown two coal-fired units at its Vado Ligure plant because of ecological concerns, as stated by a spokesman for the Italian firm.
read more... 12/03/2014