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Switzerland to reduce its CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020
Switzerland has established a goal to reduce its CO2 emissions by 20% by 2020, facing many challenges while it also decided to phase out nuclear power aftermath Fukushima accident in Japan in March 2011.
read more... 04/07/2012
Japan back to nuclear power after Fukushima disaster
The Japan’s government has approved the restart of the No. 3 and No. 4 nuclear reactors on June 16, while the reactor No. 4 is expected to resume its operation by July 24. Japan has switched off all its 50 commercial nuclear reactors in May following safety tests.
read more... 03/07/2012
Japan to import GNL from U.S
Japan, which is the world’s largest importer and consumer of natural gas, expects to import 15 million tons of LNG from US starting from 2016, time when U.S. lifts restrictions on exports to the world's biggest LNG buyer. Japan's LNG imports began rising at a record pace in 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima radiation crisis.
read more... 29/06/2012
Japan gives green light for feed-in-tariff scheme
Japan’s Ministry of Industry approved the introduction of feed-in-tariffs for renewable energy on 18 June, as the country shifts towards green energy in the wake of last year’s Fukushima nuclear disaster.
read more... 26/06/2012
Germany needs €20 bn to upgrade its power transmission network
Germany must invest about €20 billion ($25 billion) over the next decade to upgrade its power transmission network, as the nation decided to quit nuclear power and to use more renewable energy, aftermath the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe in Japan.
read more... 04/06/2012