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Vattenfall’s trading unit changed name to Vattenfall Energy Trading
Vattenfall Trading Services has changed its name to Vattenfall Energy Trading. “We have grown from an electricity trading unit, based in Hamburg and Stockholm, to a European energy trading unit which covers all commodities and regions in which Vattenfall is active in. The merger of Vattenfall Trading and Nuon Energy Trade & Wholesale has taken our business to the next level. Our new name reflects ...
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MEDIA ADVISORY: IEA to launch the Energy Efficiency Market Report, 8 October, Verona
Maria van der Hoeven Executive Director, International Energy Agency (IEA) will launch the IEA’s newest publication, Energy Efficiency Market Report on Wednesday, 8 October, 2014, 10:30 a.m. Central European Time, at the Verona Efficiency Summit Centro Congressi Veronafiere – Auditorium Verdi Viale del Lavoro 8, Verona, Italy The evidence is clear: energy efficiency has played, ...
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Hundreds of events around the world for Global Wind Day
From Norway to Uruguay, Israel to India, hundreds of activities will allow people around the world to discover the power of wind energy on Global Wind Day, 15 June. From concerts in Croatia to boat trips in Japan, a video contest in Georgia and a comic workshop in Argentina, activities are many and varied, but all will be a chance to find out why wind energy is good for both our economy and our ...
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Scientists witness carbon dioxide trapping heat in air
Scientists have witnessed carbon dioxide trapping heat in the atmosphere above the United States, chronicling human-made climate change in action, live in the wild. A new study in the journal Nature demonstrates in real-time field measurements what scientists already knew from basic physics, lab tests, numerous simulations, temperature records and dozens of other climatic indicators. They say it ...
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Golden Valley Electric Association of Alaska Selects OSI Technology for New SCADA and Energy Management System
Open Systems International, Inc. (OSI) has been awarded a new contract by Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) of Fairbanks, Alaska for a new SCADA and Energy Management System (EMS) based on OSI's monarch platform. The new SCADA/EMS system is intended to allow GVEA to fulfill existing needs for generation and energy management, as well as provide a platform that can be adapted to future ...
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The Great Transition Is Here!
The Earth Policy Institute’s 11th and final book, The Great Transition: Shifting from Fossil Fuels to Solar and Wind Energy will be hitting bookstores on April 20. The Great Transition, written by EPI’s research team—Lester R. Brown, Janet Larsen, J. Matthew Roney, and Emily E. Adams—focuses on a rapidly evolving global movement toward cleaner sources of energy, driven by ...
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Soaring energy prices & climate change spur calls for clean energy financing
Energy experts, policymakers, financiers, and project developers from across Asia-Pacific called for massive new investments in clean energy amid spiraling costs for oil and coal and the growing threat of climate change. More than 500 experts are meeting in Manila this week to scale up investments in clean energy solutions that enhance energy security and address global warming. “The challenges ...
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NRDC calls on major airlines to steer clear of highly polluting new fuel types
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) today urged 15 major U.S. and Canadian airlines and The Boeing Company to publicly oppose the use of jet fuel made from highly polluting sources including liquefied coal, oil shale, and so-called “tar sands,” and called on the airlines to join a campaign seeking increased investment in cleaner fuels throughout the airline industry. “The aviation ...
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Güssing Renewable Energy, Partner of GP Energy makes the new, desirable and clean fuels, CareFuels, from renewable resources
Güssing Renewable Energy, Partner of GP Energy makes the new, desirable and clean fuels, CareFuels, from renewable resources by Carbon Recycling, via their patented Güssing process. Instead of burning different kinds of waste and creating large quantities of hazardous emissions, they succeeded in turning feedstock into clean, hydrogen rich gas, - a full replacement for oil and coal. The ...
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Sweden first to celebrate national Bioenergy Day 2018
Sweden is again the first EU Member State to celebrate its national Bioenergy Day. According to Eurostat statistics and calculations by the European biomass association Bioenergy Europe, bioenergy accounts for 37 percent of Swedish final energy use. This corresponds to 135 of the 365 days of the year or from August 18 to the year-end that Sweden can run on bioenergy only. Bioenergy is the ...
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Market Research Forecasts Thermal Power Maintenance Market Growth at 5.5% CAGR Through 2020
MarketResearch.com has announced the addition of the new report "Thermal Power Maintenance Market to 2020 - Rising Electricity Demand and New Installations Stimulate Asia Pacific and Middle East Markets," to their collection of Energy market reports. For more information, visit http://www.marketresearch.com/GBI-Research-v3759/Thermal-Power-Maintenance-Rising-Electricity-6842484/ This report ...
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Covanta developing waste-to-energy projects in China
Covanta Holding Corporation (Covanta) has announced that is has taken a 40 percent stake in a joint venture with Guangzhou Development Industry (Holdings) Co., Ltd. (GDIH) to develop energy-from-waste projects in the Guangdong Province of Southeast China. GDIH is one of the largest power companies in China's Guangdong Province and has extensive experience in energy and electric power ...
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GE Grid Expert Comments on White House’s Policy Framework for the 21st Century Grid: Enabling Our Secure Energy Future
Bob Gilligan, CEO of GE Energy’s (NYSE: GE) Digital Energy business, issued this statement today about the White House’s smart grid announcement: “We applaud the White House’s Policy Framework for the 21st Century Grid:Enabling Our Secure Energy Future and its streamlined vision and comprehensive approach to create a policy framework focused ...
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South Africa achieves its first CSP plant fuelled 100% by the sun
The 100 MW Redstone Solar Thermal Power Project will be located in Postmasburg, near Kimberley in the Northern Cape Province and will count with 12 hours of molten salt energy storage. "The Redstone project marks important technology advancement for South Africa in solar power," said SolarReserve's CEO Kevin Smith. The 100 MW tower plant with 12 hours of energy storage will be able to deliver a ...
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Reducing Energy’s Footprint: Restoring land after coal, oil, & gas development
At an educational Congressional briefing on September 12, two expert panelists will discuss the process of restoring land that has been used in energy development to beneficial uses. Since 2010, the United States has been the second largest energy consumer in terms of total use, surpassed only by China. While the development of renewable energy sources is making significant progress, fossil ...
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Hydro beats nuclear and coal, beats oil and gas
Researchers in Italy and the UK have reviewed the economic, social and environmental impact of hydro, coal, oil, gas and nuclear power. Each has its advantages and disadvantages, but of these conventional electricity generation technologies, hydroelectric power appears to be the most sustainable and acceptable environmentally and economically. Nuclear and coal run a close second place but oil or ...
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New Climate Plan: The 100% Clean Energy Economy Act
A United States powered by 100 percent clean energy by 2050 is the goal of a new bill announced by Rep. Don McEachin at the Energy and Commerce Committee earlier today. The 100% Clean Energy Economy Act of 2019, cosponsored by Reps. Haaland, Dingell, Blumenauer and Tonko, would set several new environmentally-responsible requirements, including: requiring net-zero greenhouse gas emissions ...
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Renewable US energy industries note reduction in government investments
The Bush administration’s just-released $3.1-trillion budget flies in the face of common sense in solving America’s energy crisis, according to energy and policy experts at the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC). The same pen that slashed investments in energy efficiency and renewables by 28 percent ups the giveaways to outdated dirty energy like nuclear power, conventional coal, and oil. ...
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Poland gives coal a voice during UN climate talks
With coal-reliant Poland hosting U.N. climate talks, the fossil fuel industry will get a rare chance to play a more visible role in the global warming debate. But in a move that has infuriated climate activists, the Polish government will also preside over a high-level coal industry event on the sidelines of the two-week climate conference, which starts Monday. "It's been seen as a real ...
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South Korea willing to buy LNG from Australia
Expressing its interest to Australia regarding the supplies of LNG from Browse & the two other nations, South Korea has given its consent to increase co-operation on the project. The Ministry of Commerce, Energy and Industry of Korea made this declaration on 8 December 2006. Korea is contesting with India and China for LNG, which is a cleaner and environmentally friendly alternative to crude ...
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