German utility company E.ON has started the construction of the Amrumbank West wind farm, a 288MW wind project in the North Sea, which will consist of 80 turbines, and should be enough to power around 300,000 households, cutting more than 740,000 metric tons of carbon emissions every year. The first foundation has been installed at the site, 37 kilometres off the island of Heligoland.
read more... 16/01/2014
Italian energy firm Eni intends to abandon its shale gas projects in Poland due to unclear regulation and difficult geology, the same concerns that have already pushed other foreign firms as Marathon Oil, Talisman Energy and Exxon Mobil, to quit Polish shale. If Eni will leave as well, Chevron and ConocoPhillips would be the last two companies committed to a shale gas industry in Poland.
read more... 15/01/2014
Since the combustion of fossil fuel is the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, changes in emissions from fossil fuel combustion have historically been the dominant factor affecting total U.S. emission trends.
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Brent crude dropped toward $107 a barrel on Monday following the conclusion of a six nation’s new deal with Iran to curb its nuclear programme and as Barack Obama urged Congress not to impose supplementary sanctions on the country.
read more... 14/01/2014
Last week, UK’s solar power industry hit a milestone, installing almost half million of rooftop solar arrays.
read more... 14/01/2014