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... 26/08/2013
Coal production in Ukraine has reached its pre-crisis levels, has announced Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych yesterday. Coal production has increased by about 15 million tons in comparison to 2009 levels.
read more... 23/08/2013
Trade body Oil & Gas UK, has recently released a new report according to which investments the North Sea are the highest in the last 30 years and continues to rise. It has revealed that investments in the UK Continental Shelf projects reached little more than £11 billion last year, and this figure is likely to rise by a further £2 billion this year.
read more... 22/08/2013
Japan's nuclear watchdog has said today it is really worried after more than 300 tons of highly radioactive water leaked from a steel tank around the wrecked Fukushima Daiichi plant.
read more... 21/08/2013
Ukraine intends to develop several gas routes from Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Romania and to increase imports from EU countries as it want to reduce imports of expensive gas from Russia. Ukraine has pointed out that a cut in Russian natural gas acquires will be deeper next year than expected, amounting to 24.5 billion cubic meters (bcm).
read more... 19/08/2013