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Global energy demand – and C02 emissions – is expected to double by the middle of the century as a result of rising population and per-capita consumption. Such a development is unsustainable: • Climate change will prevent humanity from continuing along the energy pathway of the past. Business as usual will put the very existence… » read more
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C02 Emission, Eco-technologies, efficiency, electricity, electricity transmission, Energy and Climate Change, English |
The Sun supplies the Earth with enough light and heat to cover humanity’s energy demand several times. But to fully use it we have to overcome two crucial obstacles: make solar power cheap enough to compete with fossil energy and send it over long distances to the consumption centres. Acting at the request of the… » read more
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electricity transmission, Energy and Climate Change, energy prices, English, solar energy |
In here introductory speech, Ninna Commeau – Adviser to Deputy Director General, DG Energy and Transport – European Commission – clearly stated the importance for the EU to maintain and develop the nuclear energy sector. [kml_flashembed movie=”http://www.youtube.com/v/1TgtgEY5EC0″ width=”320″ height=”350″ wmode=”transparent” /] Some years ago, speaking about nuclear energy was more or less a bad word.… » read more
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climate, electricity transmission, enel, Energy, energy markets, energy prices, Ninna Commeau |
Giancarlo Aquilanti, Head of the Nuclear Technology Area at ENEL, explains why nuclear energy represents an opportunity in the EU in terms of competitiveness and CO2 emissions. Why there is such a new interest for nuclear technology? Oil, if we take it as a reference the year 1999, has increased of 100%, gaz: 300% and… » read more
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electricity transmission, enel, Energy, energy markets, energy prices |
System reliability and legitimacy for the release of rules governing the sector are at stake when the Commission moves to a liberalisation of the electricity transmission market, says Marcel Bial, Secretary General with UCTE, the Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity. “There is today no legal way, no tool to enforce codes” such… » read more
