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Enel Launches Industrial-Scale Hydrogen-Fueled Power Plant

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Enel has inaugurated an industrial-scale hydrogen-fuelled combined cycle power plant at Fusina (Venice, Italy). The industrial-scale plant—the first facility of its kind—has an overall capacity of 16 MW. In addition, Fusina is a leader in waste disposal. That is the equivalent of the waste produced by 300,000 people.

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Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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Global emissions of CO 2 have increased by 45% between 1990 and 2010, and reached an all-time high of 33 billion tonnes in 2010 despite emission reductions in industrialized countries during the same period. tonnes are still below the EU-27 average, but now equal those of Italy. jumped by more than 5% in 2010, which is unprecedented.

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Get Your Monkeywrenches Ready! Politicians Beg For Climate Change Wake Up Call

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Obama is at the G8 meeting in Italy to discuss the global warming crisis with other world leaders. Brave environmental activists from Greenpeace actually took a bold climate initiative today, doing so in my grandfather’s homeland of Italy, where they occupied four coal-fired power plants. Stop global warming.

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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Information on the other two greenhouse gases, methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O), is only available until 2012, as international statistics on agricultural activities—the main source of these emissions—are not updated as frequently as on energy and industry-related activities. Europe’s downward trend stalling.

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The Case for Nuclear Cargo Ships

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The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. The industry now faces serious pressure to pick up the pace. body that governs the industry, representatives doubled down on carbon-reduction ambitions, setting a net-zero emissions goal for 2050.

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The Future of Fission Reactors May Be Small

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It’s a really exciting time for the nuclear industry,” says Victor Ibarra Jr. , Even France, a traditional nuclear powerhouse, plans a billion-euro investment in developing an SMR industry by 2030. “I Just like their larger counterparts, SMRs will produce nuclear waste. What will nuclear authorities do with that waste?

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Who is going to take the lead on building the transmission capability that is needed: private industry, states or the federal government? Anderson has worked in power industry finance since 1992.

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