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Brief history about the Italian V Conto Energia
The first Italian National Energy Program dates 1975 when, immediately after the first oil crisis, the Parliament noticed the problem of the increasing fossil fuels prices. The objective was to design a new national energy system fossil fuel free, the only solution was to build new nuclear power reactors, but a referendum where about 70% of the Italians decided to vote against nuclear, stopped the construction of all the nuclear plants all over Italy.
read more... 15/05/2013
Bulgaria to switch off 40% of wind, solar power capacity
The Bulgarian authorities will switch off about 40% of its wind and solar power plants in order to equilibrate a power system in danger of instability following a considerable excess of capacity after a drop in consumption and exports.
read more... 03/05/2013
EDF may erase hopes of new nuclear power plants in UK
The U.K. government is seeking to restore nuclear energy as part of a program to limit its carbon emissions and has been in talks with French state-controlled EDF, the world's largest nuclear operator, to build as many as four new reactors.
read more... 19/04/2013
How trading in the EU carbon market works
The ETS is the largest carbon market in the world, worth around $148 billion last year. It covers around 12,000 installations, such as factories and power plants in the 27-member European Union. Since Jan. 1 2012, the aviation sector was also included in the scheme. Around 85% of permits were given to airlines for free in 2012, but this free allocation will be reduced over the period 2013-2020. Many airlines have opposed inclusion in the scheme.
read more... 16/04/2013
EU curbed its carbon emissions by 1.4% in 2012: preliminary data
Europe’s carbon emissions from power plants and factories dropped by 1.4% in 2012, according to preliminary data released on Tuesday, keeping the EU on the pace to achieve its 2020 emissions reduction objective and being the second consecutive year of fall on the ETS scheme, the bloc’s main tool to fight against climate change.
read more... 03/04/2013