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The nuclear energy problem of Japan
Since the Fukushima catastrophe in April 2011, nearly all of the country’s nuclear plants closed, leaving a significant capacity gap which has had to be filled with more coal, oil and gas which provoked substantial costs in both economic and environmental terms, as the price of power increased due to a sharp turn toward the use of fossil fuels.
read more... 16/08/2013
Wind power No. 1 in the USA in 2012
Last year, wind power became the number one source of new electricity generation capacity for the first time in the US, accounting about 43% of new electric additions with more than 13 GW added to the grid, nearly double compared to 2011.
read more... 07/08/2013
Enel investments in Spain’s energy sector at risk
Enel, Europe's second utility in terms of installed capacity, has announced recently that its future funds in Spain’s energy sector could be at risk unless the energy reform was revised. The Spanish government imposed a 7% levy on all incomes from power generation at the beginning of 2013, and approved a second wave of reforms in July.
read more... 05/08/2013
Solar photovoltaic continues to grow worldwide
According to a study made by Worldwatch Institute, solar energy consumption worldwide continues to register a significant growth, increasing by 58% to 93 TWh last year. The installed PV capacity augmented by 900% in the last five years.
read more... 31/07/2013
Daily: German Cal’14 asphyxiated by overcapacity, low demand
Crude oil dropped on Tuesday, widening the spread between North Sea Brent and U.S. WTI crude amid a rally of U.S. crude price to a 16-month high as infrastructure developments allowed oil in landlocked Cushing, Oklahoma, to flow to the U.S. coast.
read more... 31/07/2013