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Spain pushes renewable energy
Madrid :: Spain | about 15 hours ago
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Windmills and solar panels abound in Spain, and the country has been recognized as one of the world leaders in the development of its renewable energy industry. Miguel Sebastían, the European nation's minister of industry, tourism and trade, recently...
Tags: renewable energy, Spain, U.S, Houston Chronicle Windmills, electrical generation, wind power, Madrid, Environment, Energy economics, Energy policy, Energy, Renewable energy commercialization, Energy development, Electricity generation, Renewable-energy economy
Simon Read: Lower fuel bills could cut winter death rate
London :: United Kingdom | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Their sky-high prices are causing hardship for millions in fuel poverty while the massive increase in the winter death rate last year is clearly partly due to older people not being able to afford to turn their heating on. The Office for National Statistics...
Tags: energy companies, death rate, winter death, United Kingdom, London, Energy economics, Energy policy, Poverty, Socioeconomics, Fuel poverty
Cash promised to warm islanders' homes
London :: United Kingdom | about 16 hours ago
Credibility Scottish & Southern Energy is making the investment as part of a deal involving the Scottish Government, Western Isles Council and local contractors. Much of the funds will be targeted at those who are eligible under the Scottish Government's energy assistance...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Environment, Energy economics, Energy policy, Building insulation materials, Politics, Poverty, Business Finance, Western Isles, Socioeconomics, Fuel poverty, Cavity wall insulation
DEALTALK-Cez, Macquarie set for defeat on German energy market
Frankfurt :: Germany | 1 day ago
Credibility Foreign utilities and investors such as CEZ or Macquarie face another setback in the lucrative German power market, this time beaten by an eastern German city. Foreign competitors have had trouble expanding in Europe's largest power market after initial...
Tags: Gazprom, Germany, Frankfurt, GDF Suez, E.ON, Business Finance, EnBW, Wintershall, Graduate Employees and Students Organization, Dresden, ￃﾉlectricitￃﾩ de France, Energy in Russia, Vattenfall, Energy policy, South Stream, Nord Stream
Nuclear energy debate provides heat
Bern :: Switzerland | 1 day ago
Credibility Energy providers Alpiq, Axpo and BKW Energie are bickering about how many new plants should be built and who should run them. But before that happens, they must first convince a sceptical public. Nearly three years ago, the Swiss government decided that...
Tags: Greenpeace Switzerland, nuclear energy, GE Hitachi, nuclear power, Switzerland, Bern, Environment, Nuclear power in Switzerland, Anti-nuclear movement, Energy policy, Renewable energy, Nuclear power debate, Nuclear technology, Energy development
Summit County eyes renewable-energy rules
Frisco :: CO :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Solar panels catch the sun outside of Carbondale's Solar Energy International last winter. A solar surge in the valley could be slowed by the lack of rebate money for projects. Summit officials are revamping development rules to establish guidelines for...
Tags: winds power, winds turbines, Frisco, Environment, Wind power, Energy policy, Renewable energy in China, Renewable resource, Renewable energy, Xcel Energy, Biomass, Energy development
'World should focus on improving technologies' --
Shanghai :: China | 1 day ago
Credibility World should focus on improving technologies' Kristy Ramnarine kramnarine@trinidadexpress.com Friday, November 27th 2009 Indian businessman Ravi K Mehrotra says the developed world should focus its resources to improve existing technologies in order...
Tags: developing world, fossil fuels, China, Shanghai, Environment, Energy economics, Energy policy, Peak oil, Alternative energy, Business Finance, Fossil fuel, World energy resources and consumption, Coal, Energy development
U.S. to fund utility-scale storage projects
Berlin :: MA :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Utilities harnessing power from the wind and sun are up against a major challenge: How to store electricity so it can be delivered to customers when the air is still and the sun has set. “Cheap energy storage is sometimes called the ‘holy grail' of renewable...
Tags: compressed air, Southern California Edison, storage project, scale storage, U.S, renewable power, Stephen Byrd, Energy Department, Berlin, Environment, Energy policy, Alternative energy, Renewable energy, Solar power, Energy conversion, Compressed-air energy storage, Energy storage, Technology Internet
Snackwell effect can eat up savings
Chicago :: IL :: USA | 1 day ago
Credibility Q I was listening to a radio program on energy use, and the speaker talked about the "snackwells effect" and how this was a major problem in reducing a home's energy savings...A I have, and it is indeed a problem that occurs very often, especially in...
Tags: saving energy, energy saving, potential saving, Chicago, Recyclable materials, Energy policy, Compact fluorescent lamp, Gas discharge lamps, Energy conservation, Incandescent light bulb, Phase-out of incandescent light bulbs, Energy in the United States
Energy saving tips for the elderly from Confused.com
London :: United Kingdom | 1 day ago
Credibility There are a range of different methods older people can use to help them to stay warm, include signing up for free cavity wall insulation that is available to all individuals aged 70 years or over. Those who spend over ten per cent of their annual income...
Tags: United Kingdom, London, Energy economics, Gases, Energy policy, Business Finance, Carbon monoxide poisoning, Socioeconomics, Thermal insulation, Building engineering, Fuel poverty
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