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RWE launches carbon capture plant at UK coal plant
German utility RWE has launched a carbon capture pilot project at the 1,560MW Aberthaw coal and biomass-fired power plant in Wales.
read more... 18/01/2013
Japan to build world’s largest offshore wind farm
After the Fukushima disaster in 2011, Japan has finally decided to shift away from nuclear power reliance and intends to build the world’s largest offshore wind farm, beginning from this summer.
read more... 17/01/2013
TAQA: Hydrocarbon leak at a key platform in North Sea UK
An important oil pipeline network, which handles about 6% of UK’s oil production, was forced to halt its production following a leak at a key North Sea oil platform. The shutdown was confirmed by Abu Dhabi National Energy Co (TAQA) on January 14, at one of its platforms in the UK North Sea.
read more... 16/01/2013
Daily: UK gas slips as supply exceeds demand by 8 percent
Brent and U.S. crude oil futures for February delivery rose $1.24, or 1.12 percent, at $111.88 a barrel and 58 cents, or 0.62 percent, at $94.14 a barrel respectively on Monday as fears of disruption of supply from the Middle East arose amid growing optimism for a revival in demand growth as the world's biggest economies show signs of constant recovery.
read more... 15/01/2013
UK: electricity generated from renewable at 12%
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has recently published new statistics which shows that renewable energy is now supplying about 12% of the UK’s electricity.
read more... 11/01/2013