In 2012, electricity generated from renewables represented 11.3%, increasing in comparison to 9.4% in 2011. Generally, renewable electricity generation increased 20%, to 41.1 TWh in 2012 from 34.4 TWh in 2011, while capacity increased 26% to 15.5 GW.
read more... 29/07/2013
French Environment Minister Philippe Martin, in an interview with Le Journal de Dimanche, has announced that the country's oldest nuclear plant of Fessenheim, northeastern France, is expected to be closed by the end of 2016, as promised also by the French president Francois Hollande during the electoral campaign.
read more... 24/07/2013
The European Commission is set to enact new draft guidelines for subsidies to nuclear power projects.
read more... 23/07/2013
Currently the UK has 16 reactors generating on average about 19% of its electricity and all but one of these will be retired by 2023.The country has a number of reactors which are currently reaching the end of their working life, and it is now unclear how they will be replaced.
read more... 22/07/2013
Terna has recently published the figures of the Italian electricity consumption for the 1st half of 2013, divided by geographical area: the electricity demand fell by 3.9% in the first six months of 2013, if compared to the same period of 2012. Based on the same number of days, the decrease was 3.3%. Italy's electricity consumption plunged by 6.2% on the year in June to 25.8 billion kWh.
read more... 18/07/2013