Innovations

This section deals with environmentally friendly innovations in the energy production sector. Over the past years many new technologies have come to light that help produce waste, greenhouse gas emissions and other harmful effects on human health and the global environment.

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[ 28.06.2009 ]
No Greek plan for low-carbon energy supply
ATHENS – The lack of a structured long-term plan to reduce emissions is hurting Greece’s climate change credentials and the satisfaction caused to Greek environmental organisations by the decision of the Ministry of Development to ban the construction of hard-coal units five months ago has given way to deep concern.
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[ 23.06.2009 ]
Spain at the forefront of Europe’s CCS development initiatives
MADRID – Spain is among the European leading countries on CO2 capture technologies. The Spanish government and the main Spanish utility ENDESA are investing a considerable amount of money in developing a project to test oxy-fuel firing in an experimental plant being built in El Bierzo (North-western Spain in the province of León), but the funding plan for a full-scale demonstration project remains uncertain.
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[ 16.06.2009 ]
EU ready to put money down on CSS
“Something is going on now and the industry smells money,” said Bellona senior advisor Dr. Aage Stangeland of European energy companies’ eagerness to work with capture and storage of CO2.
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NEWS
[ 30.05.2008 ]
Russian sub rescue team couples with Norwegian sub in unprecedented rescue drill

A Russian rescue system coupled with a NATO submarine for the first time on Wednesday in a joint exercise off Norway in an unprecedented act of cooperation for Russia, Reuters reported.

[ 25.11.2005 ]
$30 billion spent on alternative energy development

According to the Worldwatch organization, the total world investment in renewable energy development was $30 billion dollars for 2004.

[ 25.09.2005 ]
FutureGen-project back on track

The 10 year one billion USD project to build a full-scale coal-fired zero emission power plant is one step closer to realisation.

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