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China Gogreen unit to develop 60MW solar power plants in China
2013-02-21 01:00:00| Power Technology
Hong Kong-based China Gogreen Assets Investment has announced that its subsidiary Beijing Jun Yang has agreed with the Xuchang government to develop solar power plants in Henan Province, China.
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Australia: Plants soaking up carbon pollution: report
2013-02-20 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AAP: PLANTS and soils absorbed one third of the carbon pollution released from burning fossil fuels in Australia over the past two decades, a CSIRO study has found. But the report's main author said this didn't mean the environment was finding new ways of dealing with man-made climate change, warning the biosphere wouldn't be able to store excess carbon forever. The three-year study saw scientists put a value on the amount of carbon cycled through the atmosphere from plants and soil "breathing"....
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United Kingdom: EDF confirms it wants 40-year contracts to build nuclear plants
2013-02-19 21:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Electricity firm EDF has confirmed it wants the UK government to sign 40-year contracts to support building new nuclear reactors in Britain as the national energy regulator warned prices are likely to rise higher than expected. The French-owned company is in talks with ministers over "contracts for difference" funding, under which the government guarantees generators will be paid a minimum price for electricity from new nuclear plants: if the market price falls lower than this "strike price"...
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U.K. Power Regulator Warns Bills Will Rise as Plants Shut
2013-02-19 07:52:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: U.K. household energy bills are set to rise, with the share of generating capacity from gas doubling as aging oil and coal-fired stations close, the regulator said. About 10 percent of capacity will retire through April, forcing the U.K. to shift from coal and oil to gas, Ofgem Chief Executive Officer Alistair Buchanan said. Britain will have to raise the proportion of power it gets from gas to 60 percent over the next five years from 30 percent now, he said. Things are going to be very tight...
The politics of emissions: Keystone is an easier target than U.S. coal-fired power plants
2013-02-18 13:17:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Globe and Mail: Canada's oil sands are one of the most carbon-intensive sources of crude in the world, and for American climate activists, the Keystone XL pipeline represents a "line in the sand" on climate policy. But greenhouse gas produced by the oil sands is a fraction of the amount spewed by U.S. coal-fired power plants. In 2010, the oil sands produced 48 million tons of carbon-dioxide emissions. Coal-fired power plants in the state of Wisconsin alone produced 43 million tons. No wonder Canadian politicians...
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