Germany prohibits oil companies from using previous emission credits to support the biofuel industry
German cabinet approved Wednesday reforms that will prevent oil companies from transferring excess credits for emissions reductions. This is a move to boost the biofuels industry, which has been hit hard by the rapid drop in carbon prices over recent years. According to the current law…
Ibama, Brazil's Ibama, seeks information on Petrobras Amazon project and rejects suggestions to kill it
Documents seen by on Tuesday showed that the head of Brazil's environment agency Ibama decided not to reject a Petrobras request to drill near Amazon River, even though experts at the agency recommended the request be rejected. According to regulatory documents, Ibama's Rodrigo…
Germany allocates $3 billion to decarbonisation subsidies
According to the German economy ministry, the German government has allocated up to 2.8 billion euro ($3.1 billion) for 15 industrial companies to help them decarbonise their operations under its first "climate protection contract" round. Berlin, as part of Germany’s goal to achieve…
Tilting at Windmills: Spain Strains to Meet Record Renewables Goal
Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa is booking 14 colossal specialized cranes, has hired new staff and boosted capacity by up to 80 percent at its Spanish factories as developers strain to meet a 2020 deadline for cutting carbon emissions.More wind farms are set to be built across Spain in 2019 than in any previous year…
Spain Strains to Meet Record Renewables Goal
Wind turbine maker Siemens Gamesa is booking 14 colossal specialized cranes, has hired new staff and boosted capacity by up to 80 percent at its Spanish factories as developers strain to meet a 2020 deadline for cutting carbon emissions.More wind farms are set to be built across Spain in 2019 than in any previous year…
Wood wins UK Nuclear Project
Wood has secured a framework agreement to provide technical assistance for a project to build a new nuclear power station in the UK. Effective immediately, the company is supporting General Nuclear System Limited (GNS), a joint venture between China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) and EDF Energy…
Norway Offers Record Number of Arctic Exploration Blocks
Norway offered a record number of blocks for oil and gas exploration in the Arctic Barents Sea on Wednesday, brushing off concerns about the risks of drilling in the remote, icy environment. The oil ministry proposed 102 blocks, comprising 93 in the Barents Sea and nine in the Norwegian Sea…
UK Conservatives Support Shale Energy
Britain's Conservative Party will introduce legislation to support shale energy development and impose a household energy tariff cap if it is re-elected in June, its election policy document showed on Thursday. The Conservative government pledged last month to cap standard variable tariffs…
Keppel Completes Senoko Waste-to-Energy Plant Upgrade
Keppel Infrastructure Fund Management Pte Ltd (KIFM), as Trustee-Manager of Keppel Infrastructure Trust (KIT), has completed the capacity upgrade of Senoko Waste-to-Energy plant on 1 September 2016. The upgrade was completed earlier than planned and on budget. Senoko Waste-to-Energy Pte Ltd…
Canada Seek to contain Oil Spill
Authorities are building a new containment boom to fight an oil spill in a major western Canadian river, officials said on Saturday, after the spill breached a previous barrier and threatened the drinking water of several communities along the coast. The city of North Battleford…
Nuclear Exit Unthinkable for Climate Conference Host France
Early this year, France's state energy and environment agency was set to publish a study that found the country could realistically abandon nuclear reactors and rely completely on renewable power in decades to come. But the presentation was scrapped under political pressure, with…
MHI, Hyflux JV to Build Waste-to-energy Plant in Tuas
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) group companies will participate in a waste-to-energy (WTE) project in Singapore for the incineration of municipal solid waste (MSW) and the generation of electricity using heat energy from incineration. This morning the National Environment…
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) Update
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas company with producing and exploration assets in Europe, provided today an update from Egdon Resources (‘Egdon’) regarding the decision to proceed with the development of the Wressle oil and gas discovery (‘Wressle’) on Licence PEDL180…
Britain Calls for Truck CO2 Emissions Limits
Britain and three other countries have joined calls for mandatory European Union limits on the amount of CO2 pumped out by trucks, which account for 30 percent of road transport emissions but only a small fraction of vehicles on the road. The European Commission has introduced…
France Launches Tender for Floating Offshore Wind Pilots
France has launched a tender for several floating offshore wind turbine projects in what is set to be the first attempt to test this new technology on an industrial scale. French environment agency ADEME on Wednesday posted a tender document inviting companies to submit proposals…
German CO2 Emissions Drop in 2014
Emissions in 2014 down 4.3 pct year on year. Fall due to mild winter, expansion of renewables. Germany's greenhouse gas emissions fell for the first time in three years in 2014, helped by a mild winter and the expansion of renewable sources of energy, the environment ministry said on Tuesday.
Cuadrilla Wins UK Shale Permits
Britain's Environment Agency said on Friday it had granted permits to shale gas firm Cuadrilla to carry out exploration at a site in northwest England. A nearly 60 percent drop in oil prices since June may reduce the incentive for companies to hunt for shale gas, which competes with oil in areas such as home heating.
Update on Timing of Wressle-1 Well Testing
Europa Oil & Gas (Holdings) plc, the AIM quoted oil and gas exploration and development company with a combination of producing and exploration assets in Europe informed about Egdon Resources' timing of operations to test potential hydrocarbon bearing zones in three separate reservoir intervals identified at the Wressle-1 exploration well.
Eleven EU Nations Call for Cleaner Air, Less Waste
Ministers from 11 EU member states, including France and Germany, have written to the European Commission calling on it to press ahead with a tougher air quality law and new rules on cutting waste, according to a letter seen by Reuters. As it seeks to cut down on red tape and counter Euroscepticism…
UK Environment Agency Likely To Grant Cuadrilla Permits
Britain's Environment Agency said on Monday it would likely approve environmental permits for shale gas firm Cuadrilla Resources at a site in northwest England. The approval, which is pending a second-stage consultation during which the public can comment on the agency's draft permits…
