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SSE has announced its retreating from Scotland-Norway Project
British utility SSE has announced it is retreating from a project to build a subsea electricity cable linking Scotland and Norway. SSE is one of the U.K.'s six major energy providers, and it added also that it will no longer have a financial involvement in the NorthConnect project as it intends to focus on investments in its domestic markets.
read more... 07/03/2013
China surpassed the United States as the world’s top oil importer
China has surpassed the United States as the world’s biggest net importer of oil after, the U.S. posted its lowest import records since 1992 on the back of flourishing domestic oil production. According to provisional figures from the US Energy Information Administration US net oil imports dropped to 5.98m barrels a day in December, the lowest since February 1992, while China’s own figures rose to 6.12 million bpd.
read more... 06/03/2013
France has 4 GW of installed PV capacity
According to the Ministry of Energy, Ecology and Sustainable Development of the country, France registered a 39 % decrease of installations if compared to 2011, the country has added only 1.08 GW of new photovoltaic capacity with over 34,500 plants in 2012.
read more... 05/03/2013
UK coal consumption increased 32.5% in 2012
According to the latest statistics released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change, consumption of coal in UK increased by 32.5% in 2012, reaching its highest level since 1996, while gas output fell by 33.8%, its lowest level since the same year. Coal power surpassed gas, becoming the biggest single source of UK electricity in 2012.
read more... 01/03/2013
U.S. continues to govern the world geothermal market
The United States is continuing to be the world leader in terms of geothermal power with 147 MW of new capacity added last year, representing a 5% increase over 2011, according to data released by the Geothermal Energy Association.
read more... 01/03/2013