Posted in CO2-Emission, Europe, Policy on 2008-04-30 | No Comments »
The Commission’s proposal to boost EU renewable energy use to 20% by 2020 is fuelling disagreements between energy traders and member states over the best regime for promoting renewables trading without undermining existing national support schemes.
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Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Policy on 2008-04-30 | No Comments »
Claims made by oil companies that an EU target to slash greenhouse gases emitted during the production, transport and use of fuels by 10% by 2020 is unachievable are false, according to a new report published by green NGO Friends of Europe.
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Posted in Energy, Europe on 2008-04-30 | No Comments »
Russian President Vladimir Putin is ending his term by sealing a deal on the South Stream gas pipeline, a project perceived as a rival to the EU’s flagship Nabucco pipeline aimed at decreasing Europe’s dependency on Russian gas.
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Posted in Biofuels, Europe, Policy on 2008-04-30 | No Comments »
The lack of internationally-agreed criteria for sustainable biofuels production and the muddle of different government measures aimed at sheltering domestic markets are holding back growth in global biofuel trade and could stunt EU progress towards its goal of gradually replacing oil in transport.
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Posted in Economics, Europe, Solar Energy on 2008-04-30 | No Comments »
Spain’s Iberdrola Ingenieria has won a $25 million contract to build a 2.3-megawatt solar photovoltaic energy plant in Ecija.
The project was put to tender by the Marin Group, and Iberdrola’s plant-engineering unit won the bidding this week.
The plant in Seville province will consist of 25 photovoltaic panels mounted on fixed structures and will use two [...]
Posted in Economics, Electricity, Policy on 2008-04-30 | No Comments »
Engineers, trade unions, farmers and house builders today backed a campaign by Friends of the Earth and the Renewable Energy Association to introduce a “feed-in tariff” system that would improve Britain’s take-up of renewable energy.
Ahead of a crucial House of Commons vote on Wednesday, which aims to add a feed-in tariff to the energy bill [...]
Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Energy on 2008-04-30 | 1 Comment »
Indonesia, the world’s biggest thermal coal exporter, should adopt new technologies to overcome the threat of global warming.
In the wake of emerging economies, the demand for energy sources has increased over the last few years. Oil prices have grown 194 percent since early January 2007, reaching a record high of US$119.4 per barrel in April [...]
Posted in Economics, Solar Energy on 2008-04-30 | No Comments »
The tender to build and operate the Negev solar power station is drawing international alternative energy companies to Israel.
The tender to build and operate the Negev solar power station at Ashelim is drawing international alternative energy companies to Israel. Sources inform ”Globes” that Germany’s Solar Millennium AG (XETRA: S2M), one of the world’s top three [...]
Posted in Economics, Energy on 2008-04-30 | No Comments »
Solar, wind and other sources of renewable energy could double or even quadruple their presence in the United States in the next 10 years, an executive in General Electric’s energy finance unit said on Tuesday.
Kevin Walsh, managing director of the renewable energy group at GE Energy Financial Services, said renewables could make up between 5 [...]
Posted in Europe, Solar Energy on 2008-04-30 | No Comments »
XL Telecom & Energy will invest 100 million for setting up solar power plants in Spain, through its Spanish Subsidiary “Saptashva Solar S.L.“
XL Telecom & Energy manufactures telecom products, photovoltaic systems and ethanol. The company operates through its business strategic units of telecom solar photovoltaic systems and ethanol. The company products are marketed to BSNL, [...]
