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Italy: Electricity consumption down 3.4% in May
According to the Italian power grid operator Terna, Italy’s electricity consumption was down 3.4% last month in comparison to the year before, to 25.3 billion kWh. The drop in electricity demand is due to the crisis, but the good news is that Italy now has an abundance of energy, which is reflected positively on prices.
read more... 10/06/2013
China to apply more stringent coal regulations
China, the most polluted country in the world and with coal accounting about for 70% of the energy mix, decided to curb its coal consumption by 65%, while gas will be increased to 7.5% by 2015, according to China’s 12th five-year plan for energy industry.
read more... 03/06/2013
IEA: an increase of US shale gas prices could provoke a return to coal
According to a report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA), the production of energy from coal is little by little regaining market share from natural gas-fired power generation. After years of cutting back on its consumption in favor of low-emitting gas, the world's largest economy to increase its use of coal, because of a probable increase of shale gas prices.
read more... 30/05/2013
Estonia: The first nation to meet the EU 2020 target
According to the grid operator Elering AS, Estonia’s share of renewable energy has increased by 2% in comparison to 2011 levels and currently stands at 14.9% of total consumption, which means that Estonia is the first country in the European Union to meet the 2020 renewables target.
read more... 21/05/2013
Energiewende: German model of clean energy transformation
Germany is now in the middle of an unprecedented clean energy revolution due to “Energiewende,” a strategy to revive the national energy system, as Germany pledges to reduce its overall energy consumption by 50 percent and hit 80 percent of renewable energy by 2050. Up to present, the country has already registered a great progress toward achieving this ambitious goal.
read more... 16/05/2013