◆150820 China CO2 emissions: 'Coal error'
caused wrong calculations
BBC News-8 時間前 http://bbc.in/1hqE12u
Indeed, the widely quoted statistic about
the country building a newcoal power station
every week was actually exceeded in 2006,
... International organisations try to work
out accurate CO2 estimations using the energy
data and established ...
◆150820 Climate philanthropist George Soros
invests millions in coal
The Guardian-16 時間前 http://bit.ly/1HVIUFM
George Soros has recently bought shares in
struggling coal giants Peabody Energy and
Arch Coal. ... the climate challenge, he
pledged to spend $1bn of his own money on
renewable energy and funded the Climate Policy
... The coal industry has admitted that Obama's
clean power plan, which Clinton has vowed
to support, threatens the future ofcoal in
the US. ... the US coal sector has entered
a “structural decline” because of cheap
shale gas and ever-heavier regulatory pressure.
◆150820 Coal mining sector running out of
time, says Citigroup
The Guardian-16 時間前 http://bit.ly/1Lkg2vG
“On the demand side we think thermal coal
is cyclically and structurally challenged
and that current market conditions are ...
Explaining the shift in the global energy
mix, Citi cites a “politically driven”
decline in investor appetite for coal driving
the move to lower carbon forms of energy.
“The Church of England has endorsed recent
comments from the Papacy about reducing greenhouse
gas emissions, ..
◆150820 Oil Prices Drop to Fresh Six-Year
Lows
Wall Street Journal-5 時間前 http://on.wsj.com/1K7hOS9
The U.S. oil price tumbled to a fresh six-year
low on Wednesday on the latest sign of a
glut in crude supplies. The amount of crude
... or 0.9%, to 17362. U.S. oil-and-gas producers
filled the list of the worst performers with
Marathon Oil Corp.
◆150820 Here's why the green energy movement
is red, white and blue
Fortune-8 時間前 http://for.tn/1HWa3Iz
... as a passive and precious solution for
a future society?a delicate sunflower waving
in the face of a muscular coal miner, ...
Luckily, the actual transformation of the
energy economy is as American as the Hoover
Dam or the interstate ... Wind energy will
reach 5% of totalelectricity in the U.S.
next year. Three miles off New England's
Block Island, below grey Atlantic waters,
steel and concrete anchor this country's
first offshore wind farm, which will provide
power for 17,000 homes.
◆150820 The Energy Liberation Plan
Forbes-6 時間前 http://onforb.es/1hpZl8n
Thanks to American ingenuity, this country
has the potential to become the energy engine
of the world?jumpstarting our ... three most
potent sources of power: hydrocarbon energy
(coal, oil, andgas), nuclear energy, and
hydroelectric energy.
水力一般
◆150820 Thailand's Mekong water-diversion
plan raises concerns
VietNamNet Bridge-22 時間前 http://bit.ly/1hNo6vh
The water diversion has been described as
a move to 'extract blood from the Mekong's
body'. ... The Mekong, running across six
countries before reaching the East Sea through
Vietnam's Cuu Long River Delta, brings special
economic, ...
◆150820 Uganda signs ?70m financing deal
for 44.7MW Muzizi hydropower ...
Energy Business Review-14 時間前 http://bit.ly/1fqxCTe
The Uganda Government has signed an agreement
with Germany-based KfW Development Bank and
the French Development Agency to jointly
invest ?70m on the construction of the 44.7MW
Muzizi hydropower project in the district
of ...
◆150820 Vietnamese authorities indirectly
create dispute over oyster catching ...
Tuoitrenews-17 時間前 http://bit.ly/1LiJYbw
Authorities in Vietnam's Mekong Delta provinces
have indirectly created disputes over catching
natural oysters on alluvial and muddy grounds
along the coast recently. Such areas on the
coast have been the natural fishing places
of locals for ...
◆150820 Flood situation in Assam grim, over
2 lakh people affected
The Indian Express-11 時間前 http://bit.ly/1EDKVX7
The flood situation in Assam turned critical
on Wednesday affecting nearly two lakh people,
while the Brahmaputra and several of its
tributaries flowing above the red mark and
overtopping embankments, breaching them at
several places
◆150819 Billionaire George Soros warms up
to coal as stock prices hit bottom
Fox News-4 時間前 http://fxn.ws/1J2yrwg
June 2, 2014: This photo shows a hill of
coal at the North Omaha Station, a coal-burning
power station, in Omaha, Neb. ... to turn
itself around as it faces challenges from
low natural-gas prices, a glut of global
coal supplies, weakened demand from ... Soros
Fund Management previously held $234 million
in shares in the coal producing company,
CONSOL Energy, but ... Ministry for the Environment,
Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear
Safety, and the U.S. Department of State.
◆150819 Obama's Wind-Energy Lobby Gets Blown
Away
Wall Street Journal-5 時間前 http://on.wsj.com/1TTiRWK
Rather than listen to his staff, Mr. Ashe
sided with the wind-energylobby, which pushed
hard for the 30-year permits. ... The CleanPower
Plan relies on wind more than any other form
of renewable energy to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions.
◆150819 Coal prices fall to 12-year lows
as China, India join demand slowdown
Sydney Morning Herald-2 時間前 http://bit.ly/1LkeW5Z
... peak and more than 60 per cent below
its most recent high following the 2011 Fukushima
nuclear disaster in Japan. ... On thethermal
coal side we have seen power plant inventories
reach record high levels, domestic production
growth ... gas much cheaper, eating into
coal's U.S. power generation share, and the
government also plans to move away from coal
... electricity to its households and need
cheap energy to develop their industry also
still mostly rely on coal as their main ..
水力一般
◆150819 Don't divert the Mekong, Viets plead
with Thailand
The Star Online-4 時間前 http://bit.ly/1NE5VSI
Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has voiced
plans to use water from the Mekong and Salween
rivers to fill dams that have run low because
of drought and poor water management. But
his remarks have caused shockwaves in the
Mekong ..
◆150819 Brazil moves to compensate hydropower
generators for losses
Reuters Africa-9 時間前 http://bit.ly/1Lkf4lV
SAO PAULO Aug 18 (Reuters) - Brazil's government
on Tuesday offered a mechanism to partially
compensate hydropower generators for losses
related to below-capacity operations, as
the country struggles to get out of a power
crisis that has ..
◆150819 Austrian firm wins tender to construct
Muzizi Hydropower dam
NTV Uganda-20 時間前 http://bit.ly/1TSvuqj
Austrian firm wins tender to construct Muzizi
Hydropower dam. Thehydropower project will
be jointly financed by the German Development
bank, Agency for French Development and the
Government of Uganda.
