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Daily: European power prices firm alongside carbon prices
Brent crude oil registered at a three-month low on Tuesday, dragged down by the downturn in emerging markets, while U.S. crude settled higher, spurred by continued demand for heating fuels and the expectation of oil inventory figures to indicate a large draw from storage at the benchmark's delivery point, at Cushing, Oklahoma.
read more... 05/02/2014
Denmark: Wind energy production sets world record
Wind energy capacity is growing quickly in many countries all over the world, despite many disadvantages of using wind energy, most particularly is the intermittent accessibility of wind energy.
read more... 05/02/2014
Gazprom remains the leading natural gas provider in Turkey
Russian energy giant Gazprom is the top provider of natural gas to Turkey, after the energy-hungry Turkey imported more than half of its gas needs from the Russian company last year.
read more... 04/02/2014
Germany: solar PV installations more than halved in 2013
According to the federal solar industry association BSW, Germany’s total installed solar capacity additions plunged 55% in 2013 to 3.3GW, decreasing considerably if compared to 7.6GW in 2012, when it detained the world's top spot in new installations, bringing annual solar PV additions back in line with government expansion targets. Generally, Germany's total installed solar PV capacity has reached around 35.7 GW, having more than tripled over the past four years.
read more... 04/02/2014
UK and France agreed to develop safe nuclear energy
The UK and French Governments have pledged to beef up the two countries' cooperation regarding the defense, nuclear energy and climate policy as well as trading opportunities and skills. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande agreed to develop safe nuclear energy, to build new nuclear power stations, to cooperate on climate change action as well as pushing for European Commission's domestic emissions reduction agenda.
read more... 03/02/2014