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Ireland to create a fund for energy efficiency projects
Pat Rabbitte, the Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, has announced on this week that the Government has approved his proposal to institute an Energy Efficiency Fund (EEF). The €35 million fund will lend cash to the public and commercial sectors for energy efficiency projects. The Irish Government expects the cash will be matched by the private sector to make a total of €70 million which will be accessible to interested businesses.
read more... 22/02/2013
Northeast China gets its first nuclear power station since Fukushima disaster
The first nuclear power plant and the largest energy project in Northeast China since the accident at Japan's Fukushima Dai-Ichi plant in 2011 started operation on 17 February.
read more... 20/02/2013
Turkey to start construction of its first nuclear power plant in 2014
Stating to the Director General of Akkuyu NGS A.S. Alexander Superfin, the construction of the first nuclear power plant Akkuyu in Turkey will start in early 2014. The preparation of an ecological report on the project’s impact on the environment will be completed in May 2013.
read more... 18/02/2013
Germany to curb green energy supports
In reply to the European economic recession, the German government is approving cuts to programs supporting the development of renewable energy projects. Germany intends to fix a cap of subsidies and compensations it has created for green energy that had the unplanned effect of driving up household electricity bills.
read more... 15/02/2013
U.S. wind energy- the king of renewables in 2012
Wind energy continues to be the king of renewable energy generation in the United States, with 13.1 GW of new wind projects installed in 2012, an increase of 28% on the previous year, according to the American Wind Energy Association.
read more... 01/02/2013