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Archive for September, 2010

Germany Unveils Bold Energy Plans

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 30 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

Last Tuesday the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, announced a bold plan to slash the use of fossil fuels by 2050. The plan calls for renewable energy to supply 60 percent of the country’s energy needs by 2050.

International Conference on Renewable Energy Begins in Abu Dhabi

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 28 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

The five-day conference on Renewable Energy being organized by the  Abu Dhabi Environment Agency and the World Renewable Energy Network (WREN) – UK bringing together more than 500 scholars, researchers and experts began in Abu Dhabi on Sunday.

Dana accepts defeat in South Korean £1.67billion takeover

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 26 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

South Korea’s national oil company KNOC said yesterday it had taken control of Aberdeen oil and gas operator Dana Petroleum, whose board had accepted defeat in the hostile takeover.

UK renewable energy industry right on target – when the wind blows

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 24 September 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Energia, English

It is fair to assume that the millions of viewers who tuned into EastEnders a week last Monday did not simultaneously give thanks for the wonder of wind. But it would have been right for them to applaud the spinning turbines which, we were later told by the National Grid, were providing a record 10% [...]

Solar Feed-in-Tariffs Still Revered in Europe Despite Revisions

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 22 September 2010 | 2 Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

The commom wisdom among renewable energy proponents on subsidies has long been the more, the better, but state supports have proved to be too successful leading to reductions in some European countries to one type of state support — the guaranteed payment rate for solar generated from photovoltaic (PV) installations.