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Sweden prefers renewables to nuclear
Recently Sweden's energy minister, Anna-Karin Hatt, has announced that the government will not subsidize new nuclear power plants, favoring renewable investments. Electricity production in Sweden is dominated by nuclear power and renewables, which currently make about equal contributions to energy production- about 40%.
read more... 28/10/2013
Europe threatened by blackouts
Energy companies informed that Europe could face power blackouts if the economy in Europe would improve while energy provision would remain inadequate. Energy security in Europe is under menace and the area could soon be exposed to substantial power outages during this winter, due to a lack of production capacity.
read more... 23/10/2013
The solution to Europe’s high energy prices could be Russia or fracking
Chief executive of Italy’s Eni, Paolo Scaroni said at the Council on Foreign Relations in New York that Europe is facing dramatic energy costs and that there are two directions which could be a solution for Europe: fracking or increasing Russian imports.
read more... 16/10/2013
Czech Republic: Nuclear power seems to be “crucial” in its new energy strategy
While many European countries decided to give up nuclear power, the Czech Republic wants to increase the share of nuclear power in its energy mix.
read more... 16/10/2013
EDF to build and operate nuclear reactors in UK
The U.K. government and Electricite de France SA are close to announcing a great deal that would see France's EDF Energy building the country's first new nuclear power station since 1995. The project could have a total cost of more than 22.4 billion dollars and would be built on the west coast of England.
read more... 14/10/2013