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British Gas to offer “free electricity” on Saturdays to its customers
Energy firm British Gas is considering offering customers “free electricity” on Saturdays, encouraging in such a way more power use at weekends when industrial energy demand is much lower.
read more... 02/08/2013
UK electricity production increased 20% in 2012
In 2012, electricity generated from renewables represented 11.3%, increasing in comparison to 9.4% in 2011. Generally, renewable electricity generation increased 20%, to 41.1 TWh in 2012 from 34.4 TWh in 2011, while capacity increased 26% to 15.5 GW.
read more... 29/07/2013
The future of nuclear in 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... 22/07/2013
Terna unveils the figures of the Italian electricity consumption in the H1 2013
Terna has recently published the figures of the Italian electricity consumption for the 1st half of 2013, divided by geographical area: the electricity demand fell by 3.9% in the first six months of 2013, if compared to the same period of 2012. Based on the same number of days, the decrease was 3.3%. Italy's electricity consumption plunged by 6.2% on the year in June to 25.8 billion kWh.
read more... 18/07/2013
Germany: Coal suppresses natural gas, wind output
It seems that Germany’s energy portfolio is not as green as thought. The share of coal in Germany’s electricity mix has soared to 52% in the first-half of 2013, suppressing the output from natural gas and wind turbines, according to data released by research organization Fraunhofer Institute (ISE).
read more... 18/07/2013