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Global emissions can decline 10% this decade if refineries clean up their act
Global cumulative emissions could be reduced by 10 per cent during 2020-2030, if refineries adopted low carbon measures, according to the global inventory of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions published recently in One Earth.
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Belgian nuclear phase out an 'irreversible loss'
An open letter to the prime minister of Belgium, Alexander De Croo, has called for the country's anti-nuclear policies to be re-evaluated and for Belgium's nuclear facilities and skills to be positively applied in an effort to avert climate change. Writing in the major newspaper La Libre, a group of young engineers called Horizon 238 appealed to De Croo: "Our country is about to make a decision that will irreversibly shape its energy landscape for decades to come, and which will undoubtedly become one of the most significant chapters of your government's legacy."
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Serbia to construct pumped storage hydropower plants Derdap 3, Bistrica
The Ministry of Mining and Energy will present a EUR 17 billion investment plan in September. Investments in new power plants include the construction of pumped storage hydropower plants Đerdap 3 and Bistrica. According to Professor Nikola Rajaković, the two systems could play a major role in Serbia’s energy transition by facilitating the integration of solar power plants and wind farms.
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Daily (23.08.2021): Oil prices lost around 2% on Friday, on concerns over Covid-19 and demand for black gold
Crude oil prices decreased on Friday, weighed by a stronger US dollar and concerns over demand for black gold amid the spreading pandemic. Brent oil fell by 1.9% to $65.18 a barrel and WTI crude slumped by 2.4% to $62.14 a barrel.
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Orano signs contracts for return of German waste
France's Orano said it has signed contracts with German utilities EnBW, PreussenElektra, RWE and Vattenfall for the return of all the German nuclear waste remaining at its La Hague reprocessing plant. The entry into force of the contracts - worth in total more than EUR1 billion (USD1.2 billion) - is subject to the formal agreement of the German and French governments.
read more... 23/08/2021