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Carbon Connect: UK has to close coal fired stations to achieve carbon targets
UK should give up its coal-fired power stations if it wants to achieve its carbon emissions targets by 2020, recommended a report released by the think tank Carbon Connect.
read more... 24/04/2013
EDF may erase hopes of new nuclear power plants in UK
The U.K. government is seeking to restore nuclear energy as part of a program to limit its carbon emissions and has been in talks with French state-controlled EDF, the world's largest nuclear operator, to build as many as four new reactors.
read more... 19/04/2013
Daily: UK spot gas increases on higher demand, weaker oil prices
Brent and U.S. crude oil futures turned lower on Thursday in choppy trading following reports indicating that the future economic activity dropped in March and factory activity in the mid-Atlantic region eased in April.
read more... 19/04/2013
Daily: UK spot gas price down as warmer weather cuts demand
Brent crude oil futures for May delivery, which are expiring soon, dropped more than 2 percent on Monday following data showing weaker Chinese economic growth, which reinforced fears about world economy and demand for oil. Meanwhile, Brent May crude dropped $2.72, or 2.64 percent, to settle at $100.39 a barrel, having fluctuated from $100.02 to $103.09. Brent crude for June delivery declined $2.41 to settle at $100.63 a barrel.
read more... 16/04/2013
UK’s largest solar farm connected to the National Grid
Lark Energy has obtained the approval from Charnwood Borough Council in November 2012, and has built the solar farm in a record time of less than 8 weeks.
read more... 15/04/2013