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Spain’s oldest nuclear power plant officially closed
Spain’s oldest nuclear power plant Santa Maria de Garoña, in the north-central province of Burgos, has been officially shut down on 6 July after 42 years in operation.
read more... 11/07/2013
EU and Algeria to take steps towards deeper gas cooperation
The European Union appreciates the value of Algeria as a key player in gas sector and supports its role in the region, according to European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso.
read more... 10/07/2013
Daily: British gas edges up on colder weather forecast, drop in imports from Norway
Brent crude oil dropped on Monday following news that Libya’s major Sharara oilfield and an Iraqi pipeline will resume operations, easing concerns about global oil supplies after an early hike to a three-month high above $108 a barrel on continuing unrest in Egypt.
read more... 09/07/2013
The future of nuclear in UK: To be or not to be?
Currently the UK has 16 reactors generating on average about 19% of its electricity and all but one of these will be retired by 2023. The exception is Sizewell B, the UK’s only pressurized water reactor (PWR), which began operations in 1995. The country has a number of reactors which are currently reaching the end of their working life, and it is now unclear how they will be replaced.
read more... 29/05/2013
China Wind Power and CNNC Rich Energy to add 700 MW of wind and solar projects by 2015
China Wind Power Group Ltd and CNNC Rich Energy have signed a strategic cooperation to invest in wind and solar energy projects with a target of some 700 MW by 2015. The two companies will jointly finance and develop 100 MW of renewable energy projects in 2013, a mix of solar and wind, and are targeting 200 MW of solar and 500 MW of wind projects in the next two years.
read more... 16/04/2013