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Switzerland to reduce its CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020
Switzerland has established a goal to reduce its CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020, facing many challenges while it also decided to phase out nuclear power aftermath Fukushima accident in Japan in March 2011.
read more... 04/07/2012
Japan back to nuclear power after Fukushima disaster
The Japan’s government has approved the restart of the No. 3 and No. 4 nuclear reactors on June 16, while the reactor No. 4 is expected to resume its operation by July 24. Japan has switched off all its 50 commercial nuclear reactors in May following safety tests.
read more... 03/07/2012
EDF: UK economy could rise on nuclear revival
According to a research commissioned by EDF Energy and performed by the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), the UK investment in new nuclear could lead to an economic growth of more than £ 5 billion a year, in addition to the creation of over 32000 new jobs.
read more... 02/07/2012
Japan to import GNL from U.S
Japan, which is the world’s largest importer and consumer of natural gas, expects to import 15 million tons of LNG from US starting from 2016, time when U.S. lifts restrictions on exports to the world's biggest LNG buyer. Japan's LNG imports began rising at a record pace in 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima radiation crisis.
read more... 29/06/2012
Daily: UK gas declines on firmer supply and warmer weather
Brent crude traded above $93 a barrel on Thursday, after a rally due to an output cut in Norway and optimistic U.S. economic data, although gains were checked by expectations that an EU summit was unlikely to bring concrete measures to solve the region’s debt crisis.
read more... 28/06/2012