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South Africa wants to engage in renewable energy.
South Africa jointly with its partner, the Clinton Initiative, are seeking to attract investors, public or private, in order to invest up to 150 billion euros in a solar plant.
read more... 30/09/2010
New electricity cable between Finland and Estonia
Fingrid, the Finnish grid operator announced that it intended to go through with the project of building a 650-megawatt Estlink 2 cable between Finland and Estonia that would cost 320 million euros.
read more... 30/09/2010
Kazakhstan interested in building a nuclear plant.
Three Japanese companies, Japan Atomic Power Company, Toshiba Corp and Marubeni Corp, announced Wednesday that an agreement has been reached with Kazakhstan administration to provide data and cost estimates for the construction of a nuclear power plant with an advanced boiling water reactor.
read more... 30/09/2010
Daily Energy Market Overview 09.29.2010
Oil was up on Wednesday. At 06:52 GMT, U.S. crude for November increased $0.49 to $76.67 per barrel, close to a two-week high above $77, while ICE Brent for November rose from $78.71 to $79.21. Crude stocks decreased by 2.4 million barrels, the API officials said.
read more... 29/09/2010
Study shows 127 gigawatts U.S. wind potential.
A study shows immense potential in the 13 coastal states of the U.S. that could bring up to 127 gigawatts of electricity compared to 35,000 megawatts that it registered in 2009.
read more... 29/09/2010