Keyword: Renewable Energy

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Despair After Climate Conference, But UN Still Offers Hope

10.12.2012 - At the end of another lavishly-funded U.N. conference that yielded no progress on curbing greenhouse emissions, many of those most concerned about climate change are close to...

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Germany Legislates to Help Prevent Power Blackouts

29.11.2012 - Germany passed legislation designed in part to help prevent blackouts as the country moves towards relying on renewable energy and out of nuclear power. Following the Fukushima...

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German Green Power Surcharge to Rise 47% in 2013

15.10.2012 - Subsidies levied on German consumers to support renewable power will rise by 47% next year, putting pressure on Chancellor Angela Merkel's ruling coalition to keep energy costs in...

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EU Energy Chief Urges "Speed Limit" on German Green Power Costs

25.09.2012 - Germany must rein in the runaway costs of subsidising electricity from renewable sources or risk overburdening consumers, European Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger said on...

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A Showcase for Energy Efficiency

25.09.2012 - As part of Dow Corning's global research network, the new €9 million Solar Energy Exploration and Development (SEED) research center in Belgium contributes to the development and...

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Green Energy to Hit Germans' Bills

27.08.2012 - Germany's energy strategy will cost consumers dearly as costs for new renewable power generation units and networks must be passed on, the head of the German unit of Swedish state...

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US Government Mandate or No, Fuel Ethanol Is Here to Stay

24.08.2012 - For the past five years, the U.S. government has paid fuel companies billions of dollars in subsidies to buy home-grown, corn-based ethanol, making it a viable part of the nation's...

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Shale Gas Failure Offers Rescue for EU Green Energy Drive

23.08.2012 - Europe has been unable to repeat the shale gas revolution that has swept the United States, and that could prove to be the unlikely saviour of long-term EU efforts to spur...