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CCS in trouble without significant subsidies, report claims
- 2012-05-11 17:16:17
- Junior Isles
New coal-fired power plants with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology are unlikely to be built in the US without federal subsidies –even with the new environmental regulations that support the technology, a Bloomberg Government report says.
EU slump underlies shift back to coal-fired generation
- 2012-05-11 01:24:17
- Junior Isles
Europe's economic slump has depressed overall emissions and the price of carbon in the EU ETS, allowing utilities to turn back to cheap, highly polluting coal-fired generation while still meeting their emissions targets, recent figures show.
Germany’s natural gas transition at risk
- 2012-04-28 14:04:24
- Junior Isles
Wingas GmbH, one of Germany’s largest importers of natural gas, claims the German government needs to improve investment conditions for gas-fired power plants if it is to ensure continued energy security.
TEPCO submits 10-year restructuring plan to government
- 2012-04-28 06:29:09
- David Flin
Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and a state-backed bailout fund have submitted a restructuring plan to the government.
Centrica threatens to withdraw from UK nuclear project
- 2012-04-21 12:46:58
- Junior Isles
Centrica, the only UK company left in the running to build Britain’s new generation of nuclear plants, has threatened to pull out over uncertainty around the government’s energy policy.
China exploits western caution to take nuclear initiative
- 2012-04-10 00:04:20
- Junior Isles
China has moved ahead of its rivals competing to build a new nuclear power station on Turkey’s Black Sea coast, underlining the declining ambitions of many developed nations' nuclear industries.
TEPCO considers contingency plans as nuclear plants go dark
- 2012-03-27 13:15:01
- Junior Isles
Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) is seeking alternative electricity supplies following the closure of the last of its 17 nuclear reactors.
China resumes nuclear development one year on from Fukushima
- 2012-03-15 13:24:06
- Junior Isles
China is set to resume construction of 43 new nuclear power plants one year on from Japan’s Fukushima disaster.
US ‘Clean Energy Standard’ proposed by Senator
- 2012-03-06 20:12:21
- Junior Isles
US Senator Jeff Bingaman has proposed the enactment of a ‘Clean Energy Standard’, which would reassure renewables investors, diversify US power generation and help to reduce carbon emissions.
Scotland proceeds with plans for 100 percent renewables by 2020
- 2012-03-06 05:09:46
- David Flin
Scotland’s Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has launched a draft Electricity Generation Policy Statement (EGPS), which sets out plans to build up renewable energy, with a target of achieving 100 percent of its electricity being delivered by renewable sources by 2020.
