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China to begin shale gas commercial production by 2015
China aims to start its first commercial production of shale gas by 2015, according to Che Changbo, deputy director of the Ministry of Land and Resource’s oil and gas strategy center.
read more... 26/12/2011
Russia and Ukraine failed to reach a gas agreement
Russia and Ukraine failed to reach an agreement after another round of gas talks on Tuesday night, over Kiev’s struggle for a gas price cut.
read more... 23/12/2011
China eyes natural gas generation to cut down air pollution
China is focusing now on a higher natural gas –fired generation capacity as an alternative to polluting coal for power generation and as its electricity demand is growing sharply, according to Bloomberg.
read more... 23/12/2011
Centrica acquires a biomass heating company Ecoenergy
The British gas company Centrica has recently acquired the Ecoenergy, a leading supplier of biomass heating solutions to the public and private sector. In 2010, Ecoenergy sold 500 projects, characterizing itself as the most accomplished biomass heating company in the UK.
read more... 22/12/2011
Germany: Green energy slowly surpassing coal, gas and nuclear
Renewable energy became the second most important energy resource in Germany, ranking just behind the lignite and even surpassing nuclear, hard coal and natural gas. The renewable energy now represents about 20% of Germany’s energy mix, an industry group reported last week.
read more... 22/12/2011