Article list for April, 2012

26 April 2012: Germany planning several new fossil fuel plants

Posted in Comment on 04/26/2012 12:41 pm by Stephen Tindale

Germany is planning several new coal and gas power stations – without CCS – to replace its nuclear stations. This is bad for the climate and also a waste of money.

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13 April 2012: Energy efficiency – made in Denmark and exportable to the rest of the EU?

Posted in Comment on 04/13/2012 09:14 am by Stephen Tindale

Denmark, the current president of the European Council of Ministers, should stand firmly behind the Commission’s proposals on energy efficiency and not give in to the demands of other member states.

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9 April 2012: The EU Budget

Posted in Comment on 04/10/2012 10:21 am by Stephen Tindale

The Centre for European Reform has now published a short paper by John Peet, who is Europe editor of the Economist, and me on the EU Budget.

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2 April 2012: UK struggling with low-carbon bridge technologies

Posted in Comment on 04/02/2012 12:54 pm by Stephen Tindale

The UK is running another competition on CCS. But practical progress so far has been precisely zero. And Eon and RWE have pulled out of their UK nuclear joint venture. So there’s a real risk that the UK will experience another ‘dash for gas’ without CCS.

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