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Carbon capture and storage needed for new coal-fired power stations
The Environment Agency has recommended that no new coal-fired power stations should be built unless they can capture and store carbon emissions. In its response to the Government’s consultation on carbon capture and storage, the Environment Agency called for faster progress on proving carbon capture and storage technology on a commercial scale. Lord Chris Smith, Chairman of the Environment ...
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Court deals major blow to UK coal-fired power plans
British Government Ministers have suffered a blow to their energy plans as six Greenpeace UK volunteers were acquitted of criminal damage by a Crown Court jury in a case that centred on the contribution made to climate change by burning coal. The charges arose after the six attempted to shut down the Kingsnorth coal-fired power station in Kent last year by scaling the chimney and painting the ...
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Germany phasing out some worst-polluting coal plants by 2020
The German government is scrapping plans for a levy on the most-polluting coal-fired power stations and will instead phase some of the plants out. The Economy Ministry said Thursday that 13 percent of Germany's total lignite-burning power plant capacity will be put into a reserve role and then phased out entirely after four years. It dropped previous proposals for a levy on such plants, which ...
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Europe dodges the carbon pollution issue
European environment ministers have sidestepped the key emissions reduction strategy of classifying carbon dioxide as a pollutant during consideration of new laws to limit industrial pollution. The move further questions Europe's claim to be a leader in climate action, with California requiring carbon pollution mitigation for the last two years and reclassification under consideration elsewhere. ...
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E.ON virtually completes divestment of 5,000 MW generation capacity in Germany
Swap of generation capacities with EDF and EnBW complete Sale of shares in Mehrum power station to Stadtwerke Hannover finalised Following approval by the relevant antitrust authorities, E.ON, EDF and EnBW have completed the swap of generation capacities, agreed last October. As a result, E.ON is receiving power from 800 MW of nuclear power capacity in France from EnBW. Furthermore, E.ON is ...
By E.ON AG
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Investing in power plants: effects of volatile CO2 prices and price caps
A recent study has modelled the effects of carbon dioxide prices and price caps on decisions to investment in new power plants. It found that unstable prices can encourage development of coal-fired power stations fitted with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology. In addition, low price caps on carbon are not likely to encourage a switch to biomass-fired power plants. The EU is committed to ...
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Greenpeace starts an energy revolution in Sardinia
Sardinian authorities have promised to revise the region's energy plans to meet EU climate protection targets, following a Greenpeace blockade at the E.ON owned Fiume Santo coal-fired power station to protest planned expansion of climate changing coal capacity in the region. Early Sunday morning, Greenpeace activists blocked conveyor belts at the plant, preventing coal from being carried to the ...
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Scotland told to hold off on new coal power until ready for CCS
Scotland, which has just issued a report extolling its potential for carbon capture and storage, should hold off on constructing any new coal-fired power stations until carbon storage becomes a reality, WWF-Scotland said last week. The government study, Opportunities for C02 Storage Around Scotland, notes that “evidence for climate change and its potentially catastrophic effects on the world is ...
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Greenpeace calls on the Italian government to quit coal and stop blocking Europe`s climate deal
This morning, five Greenpeace activists scaled a crane at the new coal-fired power station in Civitavecchia, near Rome. The protestors unfurled two banners that read: 'Italian government opposes Kyoto' ('Il governo contro Kyoto') and 'No new coal' ('mai più carbone'). At the same time, five more volunteers in inflatable boats, launched from Greenpeace ship Arctic Sunrise, painted 'Quit Coal' on ...
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UK predicted to miss UK renewable energy targets
The UK will miss the European Union renewable energy target set for 2020 by almost 10%, according to consultancy Cambridge Econometrics. It predicts in its latest UK energy and the environment forecast that the UK will only be able to produce 6% of its energy through renewable sources by 2020. However, the legally binding EU target for the UK for 2020 stands at 15%, as part of the 20% target for ...
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Mainstream launches $1.9bn pan-African renewable energy platform with Actis
Global wind and solar company Mainstream Renewable Power today announces the launch of a pan-African renewable energy generation platform, Lekela Power, which it has formed along with Actis, the global pan-emerging market private equity firm. Lekela Power will provide between 700 and 900 megawatts of wind and solar power across Africa by 2018. Mainstream and Actis have already formed two ...
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Scottish sandstone rocks could hold up to 100 years of carbon emissions
New scientist report estimates the Captain sandstone could store carbon emissions from power stations in Scotland using CCS technology New report found sandstone rocks under the North Sea could hold up to a century's worth of carbon emissions from Scotland’s power industry and create tens of thousands of new jobs. The study has estimated that the rock formation, known as Captain ...
By Vital Energi
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ACCIONA Energy invests EUR 366m in two wind parks in the United States
Located in the states of Illinois and Oklahoma, they are now under construction and will be completed by the end of this year. Their total capacity is 223.5 megawatts, distributed in 149 wind turbines of ACCIONA Windpower technology. They will produce clean energy equivalent to the consumption of 65,000 US homes. Before the end of the year ACCIONA Energy will complete the installation of two ...
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Carbon capture milestone for CSIRO in China
The project represents another first for the CSIRO PCC program - the first capture of carbon dioxide in China using a PCC pilot plant. It begins the process of applying the technology to Chinese conditions and evaluating its effectiveness. PCC is a process that uses a liquid to capture carbon dioxide from power station flue gases and is a technology that can potentially reduce carbon dioxide ...
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UK calls for `Green New Deal` to create jobs and investment
The Environment Agency’s Chairman, Lord Chris Smith, has urged the Government to follow Barack Obama’s example and launch a ‘Green New Deal’ for the UK economy to drive investment in clean energy and create jobs. He called on the Government to produce a comprehensive long-term strategy for investing in renewable energy, environmental technology, energy efficiency and carbon capture and storage. ...
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IWC Builds Massive GRP Fan Stacks for Kusile Power Station
Eskom’s new Kusile Power Station in Witbank, Mpumalanga, is set to benefit from the energy-efficiency of IWC’s patented glass fibre reinforced plastic (GRP) fan stacks, four of which have been manufactured for one of the station’s mechanical induced-draft cooling towers. By incorporating the flared-diffuser design, which has a slightly tapered exit cone and a well-rounded inlet ...
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South Australian Government to be powered by green energy
Under the contract, SIMEC ZEN Energy will supply more than 80 per cent of the Government’s electricity needs in 2018. This will escalate to 100 per cent in 2019 when it will be backed by local renewable energy projects. In September ZEN partnered with global company GFG Alliance to launch SIMEC ZEN Energy to help large industrial customers in South Australia use clean renewable energy to ...
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Australia and China sign clean coal agreement
In an important step towards a greener global future, Australia and China signed a formal international agreement for clean coal research in Beijing this week. The agreement, between CSIRO and China’s Thermal Power Research Institute (TPRI), will see TPRI install, commission and operate a post combustion capture pilot plant at the Huaneng Beijing Co-Generation Power Plant as part of CSIRO’s ...
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WBA Press Release on visit to Pécs, Hungary
Pécs is a beautiful city in the Southwest of Hungary with almost 160.000 inhabitants and a large district heating grid. In the past the heat was delivered using coal and natural gas. Today Pécs sees itself as the first green city in Hungary. Starting 2013 the heat generation has been based completely on biomass. Recently, a delegation of the World Bioenergy Association visited ...
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China’s key energy policy institution joins REEEP
Today at the Global Wind Energy Conference in Beijing, the Energy Research Institute (ERI), a key division of National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), formally joined REEEP. NDRC is the main policy making body in China on energy, environment and climate change. The signing ceremony was attended by senior Chinese government officials from NDRC and the National Energy Agency (NEA) and ...
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