Energy News of the Week (Jan.6-12, 2014)
2020/07/31
< Asia >
China boosts shale gas production
Energy Live News-2014/01/08
Shale gas production in China reportedly rose by more than five times to 200 million cubic metres last year. The nation's daily output of shale gas has exceeded two million cubic metres, with around 30 million cubic metres produced in 2012, ...
Ambitious renewable energy project takes root in Japan
Hydrogen Fuel News-2014/01/10
Solar Energy Project - Minamisoma A new renewable energy project has taken root in the Fukushima Prefecture of Japan. The prefecture has become somewhat notorious due to the impact of a major earthquake and tsunami in early 2011.
< North America >
America's Third World Energy Grid
Politico-2014/01/07
AP Photo. In The Arena. America's Third World Energy Grid. By BILL RICHARDSON. January 07, 2014. As secretary of energy in the Clinton administration, I often characterized the U.S. power transmission system as resembling a “Third World ...
< South America >
Brazil's energy sector faces considerable challenges going forward
Financial Post-2014/01/08
Brazil has been touted as Latin America's budding oil powerhouse, with the International Energy Agency predicting that the country will account for one-third of global supply growth by 2035 based on an estimated tripling of current production ...
< Africa >
Oil deepens rifts in east Africa
The National-2014/01/08
In recent years, oil and gas discoveries have established eastAfrica as one of the world's most promising frontiers. While the full scale of ... Part of the problem is that county governments have had few opportunities to affect energy policy.
< Europe >
Power struggle: Is the EU's proposal for a single energy market ...
EuropeanCEO-2014/01/10
A coal-fired power station at sunset in Nottinghamshire, UK. Coal consumption in Europe is expected to decrease by 26 per cent by 2020, according to research by Deutsche Bank. As lofty ambitions go, the EU's goal of implementing an ...
< Australia >
Australia has 2m small-scale renewable systems, says Clean ...
The Guardian-著者: Oliver Milman-2014/01/08
Solar panels The 2m systems could generate 6,882 gigawatt hours of electricity a year. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAPImage. Australia now has more than 2m small-scale renewable energy systems, according to the Clean Energy Regulator, ...