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UNRELIABLE POWER SYSTEMS
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THERE is a significant risk that Europe’s summer of blackouts could be repeated after 2008, unless effective investments are made in power generation and distribution plant, the Union for the Co-ordination of Transmission of Electricity (UCTE), has warned.…
BULGARIA LOAN
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has drawn up plans to lend Euro 50 million via Bulgarian banks to finance energy efficiency and small renewable energy projects in the country’s private sector. This money would be combined with an extra Euro 10 million from the Kozloduy International Decomissioning and Support Fund (KIDSF), which was set up to help Bulgaria cope with the loss of power supplies caused by the decommissioning of the Kozloduy nuclear power station.…
ENERGY EFFICIENCY - EU
KEITH NUTHALL
DESPITE the gloom over the European Union’s (EU) global warming emission performance, its 15 member countries have become steadily more energy efficient over the past 10 years, according to figures from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical office. It based its conclusions on energy intensity ratios, measuring how much energy produces a unit of economic output.…
SECURITY OF SUPPLY
KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has unveiled long-awaited proposals on boosting the security of energy supplies within the European Union (EU), and although the package does not table binding targets on infrastructure, it has been criticised by environmentalists. Brussels has proposed committing Member States to “clearly defined policy towards the supply-demand balance”, which “allows for targets” on reserve capacity.…
EASTERN EUROPE RENEWABLES
KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD WIDE Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned that the eight eastern European countries joining the European Union in May are failing to exploit their potential renewable energy capacity, making it harder for some to comply with the EU’s renewable energy directive.…
NUCLEAR SUBSIDIES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SUPPORT has been secured within the European Parliament for a proposed increase in the borrowing ceiling for the European Union’s (EU) nuclear energy arm Euratom, raising it from the current Euro 400 million to 600 million. The approval did not come without strings however, with MEP’s calling for Euratom to be restricted in its spending of this money to projects improving safety, decommissioning plants or establishing storage and disposal facilities for radioactive waste and spent fuel.…
EASTERN EUROPE RENEWABLES
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE WORLD WIDE Fund for Nature (WWF) has warned that the eight eastern European countries joining the European Union in May are failing to exploit their potential renewable energy capacity, making it harder for some to comply with the EU’s renewable energy directive.…
EURATOM LOAN
BY KEITH NUTHALL
SUPPORT has been secured within the European Parliament for a proposed increase in the borrowing ceiling for the European Union’s (EU) nuclear energy arm Euratom, raising it from the current Euro 400 million to 600 million. The approval did not come without strings however, with MEP’s calling for Euratom to be restricted in its spending of this money to projects improving safety, decommissioning plants or establishing storage and disposal facilities for radioactive waste and spent fuel.…
EU NUCLEAR DATA
BY KEITH NUTHALL
GUIDELINES have been issued by the European Commission, aimed at harmonising and enhancing the scope and quality of data communicated by Member States on radioactive discharges from their nuclear plants. Its formal Recommendation defines the format and content of information to be reported to the Commission on radioactive discharges into the environment from nuclear power stations and spent fuel-reprocessing plants.…
CHERNOBYL SHELTER
BY KEITH NUTHALL
THE EUROPEAN Commission has released the latest tranche (worth Euro 18 million) of its pledged Euro 100 million to help transform the existing Chernobyl sarcophagus into a safe and environmentally stable system. The money will be paid to the Chernobyl Shelter Fund.…