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Europe’s dirty secret: it consumes more coal
Europe’s consumption of coal increased last year after a long decline, due to a surge of cheap American coal on global markets.
read more... 08/02/2013
EWEA: Eastern Europe could power 9 million homes by the end of this decade
The European Wind Energy Association has launched a new report at Europe’s premier wind energy event held in Vienna- EWEA 2013 which studies the emerging wind power markets in Central and Eastern European countries, and other countries like Turkey, Ukraine and Russia.
read more... 06/02/2013
E.ON considers Europe plant closures
German utility E.ON presented the market with a table of European power stations under consideration for closure due to unprofitable generation margins. The list was published on the company's capital market day in slides for analysts.
read more... 06/02/2013
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... 30/01/2013
Déjà vu? CO2 prices briefly fell under 3 EUR/tonne
EU carbon prices briefly slid 40% to a record low after politicians opposed plans to support the market, raising concerns prices could hit zero and sending a warning to European governments to pull together in lowering carbon emissions.
read more... 29/01/2013