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IEA: nuclear power can play a major role in transition to low emissions energy systems; Russia, China leading on new reactor starts

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In countries that choose to continue or increase their use of nuclear power, it can reduce reliance on imported fossil fuels, cut carbon dioxide emissions and enable electricity systems to integrate higher shares of solar and wind power.

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IEA: time to tap into hydrogen’s potential to play a key role in a clean, secure and affordable energy future

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Hydrogen can help to tackle various critical energy challenges, including helping to store the variable output from renewables like solar PV and wind to better match demand. A wide variety of fuels are able to produce hydrogen, including renewables, nuclear, natural gas, coal and oil. million by 2030.

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Shell pledges half a million charge points in it’s network by 2025

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Shell is at the forefront of becoming a net-zero emission oil firm by 2050. Probably, the fact that the company acquired Ubitricity, one of the largest on-street EV charging network provider in the United Kingdom, necessitated Shell to have these goals. Shell’s declining oil production ends century-long company blueprint.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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Russia is the world’s second largest producer of crude oil, behind the United States and ahead of Saudi Arabia, and its second largest exporter, behind Saudi Arabia. For natural gas, it is the world’s second largest producer , behind the United States and ahead of Iran, and its largest exporter.

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EU greenhouse gas emissions from transport increased for the second year in a row in 2015; on-road up 1.6%

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The United Kingdom showed the largest decrease of greenhouse gas emissions in the EU. Total energy consumption and energy-related emissions increased, due to increased use of natural gas and crude oil. Spain, Italy and the Netherlands accounted for the largest increases in greenhouse gas emissions in the EU.

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Algae.Tec Signs MOUs for China and Australia to Deploy Algae Bioreactor Technology

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The photo-bioreactors which are at the heart of the McConchie-Stroud algae production technology are designed to generate four revenue streams: oils which can be refined into biodiesel; carbohydrates (sugars) that can be used in the production of ethanol; proteins that can be used as feedstock for farm animals; and.

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Total investing €200M to convert La Mède refinery to produce renewable diesel, €400M to upgrade Donges for low-sulfur fuels

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Crude oil processing at La Mède will be halted at the end of 2016. The European market is steadily contracting, a situation aggravated by the shale oil and gas revolution in the United States, which gives the US refining industry an advantage, and competition from refineries in Asia and the Middle East. Axens’ Vegan process.

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