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Italy Approves Bill For Renewables Incentives Changes

Italy Approves Bill For Renewables Incentives Changes

Τρι, 30 Νοεμβρίου 2010 - 19:05

Italy's Cabinet approved Tuesday a bill setting the guidelines for changes to the renewable energy incentives system, as part of efforts to reduce the cost to consumers.

Eni Chief To Meet Ugandan President On Oil Licenses-Minister

Eni Chief To Meet Ugandan President On Oil Licenses-Minister

Τρι, 30 Νοεμβρίου 2010 - 19:05

Italy-based Eni Spa (E) has written to the Ugandan government seeking a meeting with President Yoweri Museveni over its interest in the country's oil licenses in the Lake Albertine Graben, Uganda's energy and minerals minister said Tuesday.

Italy 2011 Electricity Demand Seen Up 1.9% -Body

Italy 2011 Electricity Demand Seen Up 1.9% -Body

Τρι, 30 Νοεμβρίου 2010 - 19:03

Electricity demand in Italy is expected to increase 1.9% in 2011 and by 2.7% for both the following two years, the country's state-controlled sole buyer of energy said Tuesday.

Three New European Research Infrastructures on Wind, Solar and Nuclear Energy Announced

Three New European Research Infrastructures on Wind, Solar and Nuclear Energy Announced

Τρι, 30 Νοεμβρίου 2010 - 17:17

Research Ministers of the EU Member States and Associated Countries, together with the European Commission, are announcing in Brussels three new pan-European energy research infrastructures. A wind research facility is planned in Denmark, a concentrated solar power installation in Spain and a nuclear research reactor in Belgium.

Romania’s Biodiesel Imports are On the Rise

Romania’s Biodiesel Imports are On the Rise

Τρι, 30 Νοεμβρίου 2010 - 17:15

Romania’s Biodiesel imports are on the rise as reports Agranet. Biodiesel imports in August 2010 amounted to 1,940 tonnes. The imports in July were 12,181 tonnes and comparing to the same month last year, the biodiesel imports were 1,662 tonnes.

Chu to Warn US Faces Clean Tech Sputnik Moment

Chu to Warn US Faces Clean Tech Sputnik Moment

Τρι, 30 Νοεμβρίου 2010 - 16:56

US Energy Secretary Chu is today expected to warn that the development of clean technologies by rival economies represents a new "Sputnik Moment", reminiscent of the Soviet Union's early lead in the development of satellite and rocket technology.

Lufthansa To Trial Use Of Biofuel In Hamburg-Frankfurt Route

Lufthansa To Trial Use Of Biofuel In Hamburg-Frankfurt Route

Δευ, 29 Νοεμβρίου 2010 - 19:17

German flagship airline Deutsche Lufthansa AG (LHA.XE) plans to use renewable fuel on its regular route between Hamburg and Frankfurt for a period of six months as of April 2011, the company said Monday during a presentation of the project in Berlin.

Iran Admits Uranium Enrichment Centrifuges Hit By Malware

Iran Admits Uranium Enrichment Centrifuges Hit By Malware

Δευ, 29 Νοεμβρίου 2010 - 19:16

President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad admitted Monday that "several" uranium enrichment centrifuges were damaged by "software installed in electronic equipment," amid speculation that Iran's nuclear activities had come under cyber attack.

Turkeys Zorlu Enerji Secures $1B For Israel Natural Gas Plant-IHA

Turkey's Zorlu Enerji Secures $1B For Israel Natural Gas Plant-IHA

Δευ, 29 Νοεμβρίου 2010 - 19:15

Turkey's Zorlu Enerji (ZOREN.IS), the energy arm of Turkish textiles-to-electronics conglomerate Zorlu Holding AS, said Monday that it has secured nearly $1 billion of financing for the 800 megawatt Dorad natural gas plant project in Israel, the Ihlas News Agency, or IHA, reports.

Gazprom and Shell To Expand Cooperation - Medvedev

Gazprom and Shell To Expand Cooperation - Medvedev

Δευ, 29 Νοεμβρίου 2010 - 19:15

Russia's state-run gas firm OAO Gazprom (GAZP.RS) and Royal Dutch Shell PLC(RDSA.LN) are to sign a memorandum on the expansion of their cooperation in and outside Russia, Gazprom Deputy Chief Executive Alexander Medvedev said Monday.