The European Commission adopted two Communications and a Decision June 10, encouraging industries, governments and NGOs to set up certification schemes on the sustainability criteria of biofuels, including the imported ones in the EU, as to aid reach the EU target in a sustainable way, the one of getting 20% of renewable energy from total energy consumption.
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Gas prices are falling down on U.S. gas market, after having registered gains in 5 consecutive sessions. The drop of the spot prices is influenced by gas futures, after expectations of warm weather in US gas consuming regions.
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ARMZ, the state-controlled miner in Russia, the country with 1/10 of the world’s uranium reserves, intends to expand outside the country, aiming to become one of the third major producers in the world. It signed a transaction on Tuesday of acquiring the majority of shares in proportion of 51% in Uranium One, Canada.
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The total energy bill for March in France was 18.6% more comparing to the same month last year.
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A consortium among the group Masdar from the United Arab Emirates (60%), French Total (20%) and Spanish Abengoa (20%) was established to build the largest solar plant in the world, located south-west of Abu Dhabi.
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