The Gas for Climate consortium has published a study to update the potential for biomethane production in EU member states. The study shows that 27 EU countries have enough raw materials to meet the targets (35 billion cubic meters) for producing fuel from renewable energy according to the European Commission’s plan to phase out the …
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The expansion of renewable energy in Lower Saxony (Germany) is currently sluggish, according to the news service of the German broadcaster Norddeutscher Rundfunk (NDR). Half as many new wind turbines were built in Lower Saxony in the first half of this year as compared to the same period last year, according to preliminary data from …
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Nuclear power is too expensive to be seen as an option to help Australia cut carbon emissions for at least the next decade, according to the latest CSIRO report. While some politicians and industry organizations continue to promote nuclear power as a way for Australia to move away from fossil fuels, the economics of large …
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Latvia will achieve energy independence earlier than 2030, as envisaged by the national energy and climate plan, but the capacity of the production base to provide the country with electricity remains a long-term problem, Latvian Economy Minister Ilze Indriksone said in an interview with LETA. Commenting on the decision taken by the government in June …
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Members of the European Parliament supported the proposal of the European Commission to list nuclear energy and the combustion of natural gas as environmentally friendly and sustainable energy sources. Therefore, nuclear and gas power plants will be included in the list of taxonomic objects. This was supported by the majority of parliamentarians – the taxonomics …
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Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki wrote in an article for the Financial Times that to ensure its energy security, the European Union needs to temporarily return to the use of traditional energy sources, including coal, abandoning green energy. “Green transition cannot be done at the expense of basic security (of the European Union ). And …
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The rejection of Russian energy is forcing European countries to return to coal, which jeopardizes plans for the transition to green energy – over the past few months, some European countries have tripled their coal production. The leaders of Austria, Germany, and the Netherlands hope coal-generated electricity will help their countries weather a predicted energy …
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The OPEC Fund for International Development (OPEC Fund) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) is making a concerted effort to promote renewable energy investment and open up access to sustainable finance in emerging and developing nations, IRENA said in a press release. The cooperation is formalized by a Memorandum of Understanding that was signed …
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The Japanese government has introduced an energy-saving regime for the first time in seven years, urging households and businesses to reduce consumption for the summer wisely. This is due to calculations that in the event of a strong heat wave in almost all regions of the country, except for southern Okinawa and the island of …
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The International Energy Agency (IEA), in its new annual Nuclear Power report, asked if nuclear power is enjoying a new dawn amid the global energy crisis and the need to reduce dependence on fossil fuels. The agency notes that today the atom is the second-largest low-emission energy source after hydropower. Nuclear power plants (NPPs) are …
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