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Carbon Connect: UK has to close coal fired stations to achieve carbon targets
UK should give up its coal-fired power stations if it wants to achieve its carbon emissions targets by 2020, recommended a report released by the think tank Carbon Connect.
read more... 24/04/2013
Enel intends to invest about 6 billion euro in renewables
The Italian energy firm Enel Green Energy plans to have about 12.4 GW of green power installed, an increase of 4.4 GW on existing power developments, with around 1 GW of that in place by the end of the year.
read more... 23/04/2013
Bright future for wind power in China
China's National Energy Administration has recently announced that China is to approve 27.9 GW of new wind power projects. Sichuan’s provincial government plans to focus on the development of renewable energy, giving more weight on wind.
read more... 22/04/2013
Daily: European spot power prices traded higher on the return of colder weather
Brent crude oil futures increased on Friday, pushed up by a strong day in equity markets, recovering after a consecutive six-day decline. Brent crude settled up 52 cents a barrel at $99.65, declining from an intraday high of $100.33.
read more... 22/04/2013
EDF may erase hopes of new nuclear power plants in UK
The U.K. government is seeking to restore nuclear energy as part of a program to limit its carbon emissions and has been in talks with French state-controlled EDF, the world's largest nuclear operator, to build as many as four new reactors.
read more... 19/04/2013