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Energy Shortages Ahoy! No New UK Nuclear Before 2017

Posted on 23. Jun, 2010 by Ross.

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Remember those two nuclear power plants every year forever that the UK needs to build?
Well, last week’s announcement that the UK government would be cancelling the £80m loan to Sheffield Forgemasters to enable them to invest a new press for creating nuclear pressure vessels was the death-knell for the immediate prospects of nuclear power in [...]

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Middle East Energy Shortages: Sharjah Left Powerless

Posted on 09. Jun, 2010 by Ross.

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When countries in the Middle East start running out of power, what hope does the rest of the world have?
The Middle East is one of the most energy-rich regions on Earth. With vast reserves of fossil fuels and near-perfect conditions for solar energy, it is hard to imagine anywhere in the region ever having a [...]

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Philippines SMEs Crippled By Energy Shortages

Posted on 03. Jun, 2010 by Ross.

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Recent power outages brought about by the lack of supply for the Philippines’ Cebu-Negros-Panay Grid have had a crippling effect on local small and medium businesses (SMEs) which lack their own emergency generators.
Two-hour power outages hit much of Cebu yesterday due to the huge deficit in supply, which reached 260MW. Local power plants are either [...]

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When Hydroelectric Meets Climate Change: Lessons For Renewable Diversity

Posted on 20. May, 2010 by Ross.

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Reliance on hydroelectric power can lead to drought, famine and turmoil when not combined with other power sources and when future climate projections are ignored.
Around the world, governments which rarely agree on anything all agree with one thing: that climate change is a real danger to civilisation. Developed and developing nations are pursuing greater levels [...]

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Shorter Weddings Won’t Save Pakistan From Energy Crisis

Posted on 28. Apr, 2010 by Ross.

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After years of neglected energy infrastructure, shortages and blackouts, Pakistan is desperately clutching at straws in an effort to save energy and face in the wake of growing national protests.
Pakistan’s continuing energy crisis, which has already seen the collapse of the nation’s once-booming textile industry, is caused by a generating shortfall of around 5,000MW: approximately [...]

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UK Needs To Build Two New Nuclear Power Stations Every Year… Forever!

Posted on 19. Mar, 2010 by Ross.

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In order to meet its carbon reduction targets, the UK must build two new nuclear or CCS-equipped coal power stations every year, starting right now and continuing indefinitely - and do a whole lot more besides.
UK energy policy is failing by not facing up to the realities that its aim of an 80% reduction in [...]

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Tale Of Two Droughts: Venezuela and India Hit By El Nino Energy Shortages

Posted on 23. Dec, 2009 by Ross.

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One nation left Copenhagen happy with the weak international climate change deal; the other left screaming at the developed world and capitalism. Both have experienced severe energy shortages as a result of climate-induced droughts which have decimated the two countries’ hydroelectric power stations.
The difference between India and Venezuela, however, is that India has averted the [...]

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Copenhagen Results In Higher Energy Prices

Posted on 22. Dec, 2009 by Ross.

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Whilst power companies in the USA’s Ostrich Block are relaxing in the aftermath of a weak Copenhagen deal, their European counterparts are warning consumers that higher energy prices lay ahead as a result of the feeble international agreement on climate change and its direct effect upon the carbon market, and are calling for the market [...]

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Tanzania Wracked Again By Energy Shortages, Kilimanjaro Threatened

Posted on 06. Nov, 2009 by Ross.

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For the fourth year running Tanzania is being left in the dark by severe energy shortages which are crippling businesses.
Blaming the problems on delayed rainfall only highlights the nation’s dependence upon weather systems set to become more severe as climate change worsens, which also threaten to destroy the attractiveness of the country’s most famous tourist [...]

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India To Suffer From 20,000 MW Energy Shortage As Monsoon Fails Due To El Nino

Posted on 15. Jul, 2009 by Ross.

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With the monsoon season less of a deluge and more of a drip, India is about to suffer under a gigantic energy shortfall which threatens to only get worse unless the rains come back in force.
The country is currently facing an energy shortage of 15,000 to 20,000 megawatts (MW) in electricity generation, Indian Power Minister [...]

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Europe May Face Energy Shortages As Ukraine Is Unable To Pay For Gas

Posted on 27. May, 2009 by Ross.

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Following talks between Russia’s Gazprom and Ukraine’s Naftogaz, commentators predict a new threat to European energy security as Kiev again is struggling to pay for Russian fuel. However, the Ukraine is in advanced talks to sell the right to emit around $3.5bn worth of carbon to three foreign companies in a continuing effort to balance [...]