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UK could hold enough gas to power the country for 60 years: study shows
Northwestern England could hold enough gas to power UK for about 60 years, according to a report released by British gas producer iGas PLC.
read more... 05/06/2013
Germany breaks a new solar power record
Germany set a new solar record on Friday and Saturday, when solar energy plants produced a world record of 22 GW of electricity per hour, being equivalent to the power supplied by 20 nuclear stations at full capacity.
read more... 05/06/2013
Russia’s Renova to shift it solar activity to South Africa
Avelar Energy Group, a part of Russia’s Renova Group, envisages selling solar panels and building power stations in South Africa, as an effort to orient its market from Europe to Africa and Asia.
read more... 31/05/2013
Sweden prefers renewables to nuclear
Recently Sweden's energy minister, Anna-Karin Hatt, has announced that the government will not subsidize new nuclear power plants, favoring renewable investments. Electricity production in Sweden is dominated by nuclear power and renewables, which currently make about equal contributions to energy production- about 40%.
read more... 30/05/2013
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