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Billions of euros released for energy projects
Gas and electricity projects to receive €2.3bn from the European economic recovery package.
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Asia leading the way in wind energy
Latest figures from the World Wind Energy Association are out and they show quite positive results for Asia.
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Germany set to cut solar subsidy tariffs for power firms
Germany's government is set to cut tariffs that electricity companies have to pay for solar power. In the last decade, power firms have been obliged to pay more than the market rate for solar power sources.
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Germany to cut subsidies for solar energy
A law proposed by Chancellor Angela Merkel's government would greatly reduce subsidies for solar energy production, and in some cases eliminate them all together.
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Merkel puts brakes on minister's nuclear phase-out plans
Debate is still raging in the German government over the use of nuclear energy. Chancellor Merkel has distanced herself from comments by the environment minister that Germany could phase out its nuclear plants by 2030.
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Caspian Security Briefing: Azerbaijan
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The former-Soviet Republic of Azerbaijan has attracted a notable degree of attention amongst the international investor community due to the impressive potential of its hydrocarbons sector. The country’s vast (and still largely untapped) oil and gas fields, located in the strategically important Caspian Sea basin, provide the source for major energy transport arteries such as the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) oil pipeline. Future energy transport projects of strategic relevance to the European Union...
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New European Commission Members
(681 Kb) Following approval by the European Parliament, the European Council today appointed the new European Commission for the period from 10 February 2010 to 31 October 2014. The Council also appointed Mr.Günther Oettinger to replace Mr.Andris Piebalgs as the Energy Commissioner. Please, see the full list of the new Commission Members.
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Obama steps up pressure on Iran
US President Barack Obama says the US and allies are developing "significant sanctions" against Iran over its nuclear programme.
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