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USA: CO2 emissions from natural gas to surpass emissions from coal in 2016
This year US CO2 emissions from burning natural gas will exceed emissions from coal for the first time in more than 40 years.
read more... 24/08/2016
KfW: Germany establishes new solar storage record
With the most photovoltaic capacity of any country in Europe, Germany has succeeded to store its excess solar power to bolster local usage.
read more... 25/07/2016
Daily: POKEMON GO could lead to increased oil demand
Crude oil prices lost ground on Monday, down over 1 percent after increasing inventories of crude and refined fuel intensified concerns about another oversupply. An attempted coup in Turkey has only briefly supported the market. The application Pokemon GO is the potential for a substantial increase in car use which could lead to higher oil consumption to the level of hundreds of thousands of barrels a day.
read more... 19/07/2016
European Investment Bank injects 125 million euros in Icelandic 90MW geothermal plant
European Investment Bank (EIB) has inked a EUR 125 million loan agreement with Landsvirkjun, the National Power Company of Iceland, to finance a new geothermal power station and its geothermal wells at Theistareykir, near Husavik in northeastern Iceland.
read more... 13/06/2016
Made-in-the-USA wind power hit output record last year
American wind power industry employed a record of 88,000 jobs at the start of 2016, up 20% in a year, according to the U.S. Wind Industry Annual Market Report, Year Ending 2015, released by the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
read more... 13/04/2016