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UK to stop funding coal- fired power plants overseas
Ed Davey, Britain's energy secretary, has announced on Wednesday that the UK, as the US, would stop funding coal projects in developing countries. The objective is to cut greenhouse gas emissions and to encourage low-carbon development. The announcement was made at United Nations climate talks in Warsaw where the fossil fuels have been at the centre of a storm. About 90% of the Poland's electricity comes from coal, and the government has been resistant to EU calls to strengthen emissions reduction targets.
read more... 21/11/2013
Scotland sets a new target to decarbonise power sector by 2030
Scotland established a target to cut carbon emissions from electricity generation by 2030, while pointing out the huge market for offshore wind beyond 2020, with First Minister Alex Salmond criticizing the U.K. government for disregarding such a target.
read more... 19/11/2013
IEA: The future of renewables worldwide
The International Energy Agency has recently released its annual report on the world energy system, which forecasts that renewable energy sources will represent almost 50% of the increase in global electricity generation by 2035.
read more... 14/11/2013
EDF’s sales up 6.9% in the nine months of 2013
French utility Electricite de France (EDF), the largest electricity generator in Europe and the biggest producer of nuclear power worldwide, registered an increase of 6.9 percent in its nine-month sales amid power prices increases.
read more... 07/11/2013
Nuclear outlook in the UK
Currently, the UK has 16 reactors generating on average about 19% of its electricity and all but one of these will be retired by 2023.The country has a number of reactors which are currently reaching the end of their working life, and it is now unclear how they will be replaced.
read more... 06/11/2013