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Portugal’s power production from renewables at 70%
Redes Energeticas Nacionais, the operator of the country’s energy grid has recently announced that Portugal has reached a major landmark, about 70% of the country’s energy was supplied through renewable sources in the first quarter of 2013, which proves that Portugal has serious intentions to abandon fossil fuels.
read more... 22/05/2013
Italy is still far away from energy independency
Italy, unfortunately, is still far away from being independent from the point of view of energy production. According to a report on renewable sources released by Svimez, Italy is still too dependent on energy from other European countries, with heavy result on costs.
read more... 14/05/2013
Spain’s shale gas reserves
Spain is the fifth largest energy consumer in Europe and has practically no domestic production of liquid fuels or natural gas. It has made significant progress in diversifying into renewable energy but, this only accounts for about 9% of its gross inland consumption. A quarter of consumption is fuelled by natural gas and half by petroleum, both of which Spain has to import.
read more... 10/05/2013
UK: Shale gas could improve energy security but could not reduce energy bills
The UK has decided along with other countries, to follow the example of the United States on what concerns the shale gas production. MPs has criticized the government for delaying development of shale gas instead of encouraging companies to come up with more precise estimates of recoverable reserves.
read more... 26/04/2013
China’s dream about U.S. shale gas success still evanescent
China is hoping that shale gas could change country’s energetic fate in the same way as the U.S., though the nation is facing many challenges, including lack of experience and too little shale gas commercial production, according to industry experts. This came despite the government’s estimations putting shale gas reserves at 25 trillion cubic meters.
read more... 25/04/2013