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Saudi Arabia to set up civil nuclear energy centre
- 2010-04-19 06:15:08
- David Flin
Saudi Arabia is due to establish a civil nuclear and renewable energy centre to help meet demand for power as it pushes forward with economic expansion plans.
Canada reports drop in greenhouse gas emissions
- 2010-04-14 07:12:59
- David Flin
The Canadian federal government has reported to the United Nations that the country’s greenhouse gas emissions were down in 2008 because of slower economic activity and reduced reliance on coal-fired power.
Recovery of Guri dam levels to take two years
- 2010-04-10 07:10:37
- David Flin
While the rainy season has started in southern Venezuela and “the volume of water at Guri dam is gradually rising,” recovery to optimum levels “will take a long time, perhaps a couple of years,” Igor Gavidia, President of Venezuela’s electricity utility Edelca, said.
Saudi Arabia to increase fossil fuels power generation
- 2010-04-08 05:58:30
- David Flin
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest exporter of oil, will seek to produce more electricity from fossil fuels, a top government official has announced.
Call for more realism in Welsh renewable energy plan
- 2010-04-07 07:18:53
- David Flin
The Welsh Assembly Government’s new energy policy statement is more “idealistic than realistic”, according to wind energy developer West Coast Energy.
Hanoi thirsty for electricity
- 2010-04-06 05:40:36
- David Flin
The Hanoi Power Company of Vietnam has announced that it will turn off 50 per cent of street lamps from now to June 2010 to save energy for the upcoming summer.
Solar power lights up Bangladesh Prime Minister’s office
- 2010-04-02 05:41:16
- David Flin
The Bangladeshi government has installed a solar panel system on the rooftop of its Prime Minister’s office in the capital Dhaka in a bid to encourage green energy in a country feeling extreme electricity scarcity.
CO2 capture likely to increase cost of coal-fuelled electricity generation
- 2010-03-26 06:12:22
- David Flin
The cost of electricity generated from coal will increase relative to renewable energy as the world develops and implements technologies that curtail CO2 emissions at coal-fired power plants, according to some experts meeting at Globe 2010 in Vancouver, Canada.
Entergy asks OK for nuclear plans
- 2010-03-17 06:12:11
- David Flin
Entergy asked Louisiana state regulators for approval to continue early development of a new nuclear power generator in St Francisville, Louisiana, USA.
Japan’s cabinet approves draft Global Warming Mitigation Law
- 2010-03-16 06:28:56
- David Flin
The Japanese cabinet has approved a draft Global Warming Mitigation Law. With regard to the emissions trading scheme, which had been a focus of controversy until the final process of the discussion, the bill proposes establishment of a total emissions cap as the basic control method while also including the emissions intensity approach in the provisions.
