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Norway: 8 new wind farms to be build in a bid to triple capacity
Norway has an excellent wind power potential. Norway has an official goal of triple its capacity to more than 2 GW and to have 67.5 % of its energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. The potential for wind power in Norway is however much greater than this and totally there is applied for 66 TWh with wind power in Norway.
read more... 27/08/2013
New green tax for France
France’s Energy Minister Philippe Martin has announced last week that it is planning to introduce a new green tax, which should encourage industries and families to reduce energy consumption, assuring them that would not result in new tax increases, but he didn’t offered any details about what form it would take or when particulars would become available.
read more... 26/08/2013
Coal- a strategic energy source for Ukraine
Coal production in Ukraine has reached its pre-crisis levels, has announced Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych yesterday. Coal production has increased by about 15 million tons in comparison to 2009 levels.
read more... 23/08/2013
Germany: Europe’s largest solar rooftop project has been completed
Germany’s largest rooftop solar power plant was officially inaugurated in Philippsburg. The project realized by PV julist and juwi is located on the roof of Goodyear Dunlop’s European logistics center and produces annually about 7.3 million kWh of clean energy, which is enough to meet the annual energy requirements of about 1,800 households, while avoiding the emission in the atmosphere of up to 5,171 tons of CO2.
read more... 22/08/2013
China to have its first floating terminal for LNG imports
China National Offshore Oil Corp (CNOOC) has announced it has obtained the permit to build its first floating terminal for liquefied natural gas in the northern port city of Tianjin. China, being the world biggest energy consumer, intends to increase the share of natural gas in its energy mix to 8% in the next two years, from the current 5 % in a move which aims to cut emissions from coal-fired power stations and reduce the reliance on oil imports.
read more... 22/08/2013