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Romania expects €5.5bn price tag and 2025 final investment decision for small modular reactor
Romania is seeking to deploy ‘small modular reactor’ (SMR) technology as part of its drive to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and its energy minister Sebastian Burduja said this week that a final investment decision will be taken in 2025 for a new nuclear power plant in Doicești.
read more... 25/03/2024
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UK offers cash bonuses for green wind investments
The UK Government plans to encourage offshore wind companies to cut their carbon footprint by providing extra payments in Allocation Round 7 of the Contracts for Difference scheme, scheduled to launch in 2025
read more... 15/03/2024
Norway’s Ambitious Plan to Store Carbon Dioxide in the North Sea
Norway has big plans to pump waste carbon from oil and gas operations and heavy industry under the seabed of the North Sea to be stored safely underground. It believes this method will be key to decarbonizing its fossil fuel activities in the coming years and supporting a green transition. However, some fear that this process cannot be done safely without risk to the environment. Others believe that carbon capture and storage (CCS) is merely a band-aid on a bullet wound and that countries should be fixing their carbon problem at the source rather than mitigating the effects of fossil fuel production. Nonetheless, so long as the world relies on oil and gas, companies will be looking for ways to produce lower-carbon fossil fuels through innovative methods, such as CCS technology.
read more... 14/03/2024
Germany launches green subsidies for industry
Germany on Tuesday launched a bidding process for subsidies to support energy-intensive firms switching to green production in a 4 billion euros ($4.37 billion) funding round, the economy ministry said on Tuesday.
read more... 13/03/2024
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Italy's green transition efforts held back by lack of big solar projects
Italy's energy transition is building on a myriad of solar panels mounted on roofs, but the country has installed far fewer large plants than its neighbours, data seen by Reuters show, signalling hurdles on Rome's path to decarbonisation.
read more... 06/03/2024