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US emissions increased 2% last year
Since the combustion of fossil fuel is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, changes in emissions from fossil fuel combustion have historically been the dominant factor affecting total U.S. emission trends.
read more... 15/01/2014
Daily: European power prices drop on higher wind power supply forecast
Brent crude oil dropped towards $106 a barrel on Tuesday as Libyan supply increased and a resumption of Iranian oil shipments appeared to get closer. Recent weak U.S. economic data has also softened the outlook for fuel demand in the world's largest oil consumer.
read more... 15/01/2014
Spain’s wind power sector
Wind was Spain's top electricity generator for the first six months of 2013. Spain has a vigorous and varied renewable energy portfolio that has considerably reduced its dependence on fossil fuels. Currently Spain imports more than 80% of its gas and coal for domestic use from abroad, making energy security a national precedence. Along with significant growth in solar energy and biofuels, wind energy has become a cornerstone of the Spanish renewable energy portfolio.
read more... 13/01/2014
Daily: Crude oil prices drop on both sides of Atlantic on ballooning stocks for heating oil
Crude oil futures on both sides of Atlantic dropped over $1 on Thursday, dragged down by high stocks of heating fuels.
read more... 10/01/2014
Germany’s “Energiewende” is not as successful as thought
Currently, Germany is in the process of completely transforming its energy sector at a pace unmatched by other industrialized nations. It describes the country's politically supervised shift in direction from nuclear and fossil fuels to renewable sources of energy. The very term "Energiewende" is some 30 years old, but nowadays, the term is primarily associated with a fundamental policy shift in the country after the 2011 nuclear plant disaster in Fukushima, Japan. In the wake of Fukushima, Berlin oversaw the immediate closure of eight nuclear plants in Germany, with the rest of the stations to be shut down by 2022.
read more... 02/01/2014