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Germany may double land for growing biofuel crops

Published: Thu, 2011-04-28 14:16

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But food production must be given priority, minister says

According to the German newspaper Passauer Neue Presse, German Agriculture Minister Ilse Aigner have said that the country could almost double the land it grows crops on for use in energy generation, to about 3 million hectares by 2020 from 1.8 million hectares today.

But food production must prevail over the growing of plants to be used in the energy industry, the newspaper cites Ilse Aigner as saying.

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Bixia Miljöfond delar ut pengar till förnybar el

Published: Fri, 2012-05-18 09:12

13 projekt inom vind, sol, värme och vatten får stöd

Framatagandet av en prototyp för en specialtillverkad värmeväxlare i Molkom, en förstudie för storskaliga solceller i Flyinge är några av Bixia Miljöfondstagare våren 2012.

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ESAB får stororder till vindkraftsindustrin

Published: Fri, 2012-05-04 15:22

Levererar till Bladt Industries

ESAB har varit inblandad i vindkraftsproduktion sedan starten. Företagets automationslösningar, svetsutrustningar och tillsatsmaterial (svetstråd) har använts i tillverkningen av mer än hälften av världens vindkraftsverk.

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Vestas tar order i Australien

Published: Tue, 2011-12-06 17:43

56 kraftverk till Tasmanien

Vestas har fått en order på leverans av 56 vindkraftverk för projektet Musselroe Wind Farm som ska byggas i Tasmanien, Australien. Ordern har lagts av Hydro Tasmania, Australiens största producent av förnybar el.

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New nuclear power plant to be constructed in Finland

Published: Thu, 2011-10-06 17:33

In the Northern part of the country

The Finnish company Fennovoima announced yesterday that it has chosen Pyhäjoki as the site for its nuclear power plant.

OECD and IEA recommend reforming fossil-fuel subsidies

Published: Thu, 2011-10-06 16:17

To improve the economy and the environment

Governments and taxpayers spent about half a trillion dollars last year supporting the production and consumption of fossil fuels.

The Smolensk NPP. Photo: Rosatom

Rosatom intends to train 60,000 international nuclear specialists

Published: Wed, 2011-10-05 14:58

Is establishing an international training campus

Rosatom, Russia's state-controlled nuclear corporation, has announced that it is able to train up to 60,000 international specialists.

IAEA will dispatch an international expert mission to Japan

Published: Wed, 2011-10-05 13:55

To remediate areas off-site Fukushima Daiichi NPP

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will dispatch an international expert mission to Japan to assist the country in its planning to remediate the areas off-site from the Fukushima Daiichi

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Largest wind farm in Argentina inaugurated

Published: Wed, 2011-10-05 12:26

Located in the windy Patagonia

Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez has officially opened her country’s largest wind farm in Patagonia, reports Merco Press. The wind farm called Rawson Aeolic Park will generate 80 MW.

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World’s first zero-emissions data center inaugurated

Published: Tue, 2011-10-04 15:57

Located in Iceland

An ABB solution is controlling what is thought to be the world’s first zero-emissions data center.

US ITER Project Director, Ned Sauthoff, and Director-General Motojima signing the Residual Gas Analyzer Procurement Arrangement. Credit. ITER Newsline