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Ukraine: Coal sector hit by the conflict jeopardizes power market
Intense combating in eastern Ukraine has required coal mines to slash production or close completely, jeopardizing the nation's electricity market and potentially obliging the government to reduce exports or straiten consumption.
read more... 18/08/2014
Daily: French electricity prices increase on stronger electricity consumption expectations
Brent crude oil futures increased toward $110 a barrel on Wednesday as tensions in Iraq intensified concerns about the supply perspective, while WTI crude registered a slight boost since a weekly government report indicated a decline in crude oil and gasoline inventories.
read more... 12/06/2014
UK Grid to pay energy consumers to reduce winter power demand
Britain's power network operator National Grid will initiate a tender this month soliciting large energy users to cut their power demand in periods of peak consumption next winter, according to the company on Tuesday.
read more... 11/06/2014
China: Coal consumption continues to grow
China is dealing with a big air quality problem, so recently the Government has announced that they will reduce their coal consumption share from its current 67 percent to 65 percent by 2017. The country intends to convert coal in syntethic gas, but this will result in more carbon dioxide emissions released because converting coal to make synthetic gas and then combusting the gas to make electricity will double the amount of carbon dioxide emissions released in the atmosphere.
read more... 31/03/2014
Coal consumption keeps growing in China
China is dealing with a big air quality problem, so recently the Government has announced that they will reduce their coal consumption share from its current 67 percent to 65 percent by 2017. The country intends to convert coal in syntethic gas, but this will result in more carbon dioxide emissions released because converting coal to make synthetic gas and then combusting the gas to make electricity will double the amount of carbon dioxide emissions released in the atmosphere.
read more... 21/02/2014