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The Czech Republic to considerably increase the share of nuclear power production
The Czech government is planning to considerably increase the country’s nuclear power production to at least 50 percent of its electrical energy mix by around 2040 from the current 30 percent and to slash coal use to meet greenhouse gas emission targets.
read more... 14/11/2012
UK is the European leader in terms of carbon emissions cuts in 2011
The United Kingdom reduced its greenhouse gas emissions by more than any other European country last year, exceeding its Kyoto target, mainly due to milder weather, alongside increased renewable energy generation, as well as due to the stagnant economy.
read more... 29/10/2012
EU and China sign a deal on greenhouse gases
The European Commission (EC) announced that the EU development commissioner Andris Piebalgs and Chinese commerce minister Chen Deming have signed a financing agreement promoting the environment transition towards a low-carbon economy and a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in China at an EU-China summit in Brussels.
read more... 21/09/2012
Didcot and Fawley power stations to be closed in 2013
RWE npower has announced that the two power stations in Oxfordshire and Hampshire which are 42 years old will be closed soon, as the EU rules required reducing greenhouse gasses emissions. The closures will occur at the end of March 2013, when the power stations will have exhausted their permitted hours of operation before they have to shut down, the energy company said.
read more... 19/09/2012
The objectives of the Kyoto Protocol are far from being achieved
The Kyoto Protocol countries have to diminish total greenhouse gas emissions by 2012, compared to 1990 levels, but according to some analysts, there will be registered an oversupply of about 13 billion tons of CO2, while the estimated demand is at 11.5 million tons.
read more... 14/09/2012