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Saudi King orders halt to oil and gas exploration

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 09 July 2010 | 1 Comment
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Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah has given a speech where he has said that the kingdom should halt all of its oil and gas exploration. The remarks were interpreted as a warning not to waste the hydrocarbon reserves.

DE VACACIONES………. FINALLY….

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 28 January 2010 | No Comments
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Norway opens world’s first osmotic power plant

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 27 November 2009 | 1 Comment
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Norway opened on Tuesday the world’s first osmotic power plant, which produces emissions-free electricity by mixing fresh water and sea water through a special membrane. State-owned utility Statkraft’s prototype plant, which for now will produce a tiny 2-4 kilowatts of power or enough to run a coffee machine, will enable Statkraft to test and develop [...]

What’s the Best Way to Promote Renewable Electricity?

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 18 April 2009 | No Comments
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Interesante análisis de incentivos existentes para fomentar la energía renovable (English). United States (and elsewhere) already knows that dozens of options are available. There’s the production tax credit for wind and other renewables, renewable portfolio standards, renewable energy credits, and systems benefit funds. For energy efficiency there’s stricter performance standards for buildings and appliances, energy [...]

Financiamiento para Renovables en Los Balcanes

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 01 April 2009 | No Comments
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El Banco Europeo para la Reconstrucción y el Desarrollo (BERD) anunció hoy dos nuevos instrumentos financieros, por importe de 110 millones de euros, destinados a proyectos de energías renovables y ahorro energético en los Balcanes occidentales.