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Czech Republic to temper its nuclear expectations
The Czech Republic has tempered its nuclear ambitions to build five nuclear reactors in the country, being scaled back to just two units, even if Germany and Poland may have been counting on those nuclear reactors to supply electricity. Germany has halted eight of its oldest reactors, intending to close another nine by 2022, aftermath the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe.
read more... 17/02/2012
Egypt to award a contract for a 1, 000 MW wind farm
Egypt’s ministry of electricity has recently announced that is planning to award a contract for the construction of a massive 1,000 megawatt wind farm in the country.
read more... 15/02/2012
Australia: new type of solar panels which use wasted energy
Sydney researchers are developing a new form of solar panels that use wasted energy to warm air and water as well as generating electricity.
read more... 14/02/2012
CRE: Electricity tariffs in France expected to increase by 30% in 2016
Regulatory Commission of Energy (CRE) announced in January 2012 that the regulated electricity tariffs distributed by EDF could increase by 30% by 2016, about 6% by year.
read more... 06/02/2012
Scottish and Southern Energy loses 50, 000 customers on higher tariffs
The energy provider, Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) announced that in the nine months to the end of the year it lost 50,000 electricity and gas customers in the UK and Ireland, due to higher energy tariffs imposed by the provider.
read more... 01/02/2012