Britain is to become the first country in the world to introduce a minimum price for carbon, adding to household energy bills, but drawing support from nuclear firms.
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Huaneng Group and Shanxi ink framework agreement on low carbon power coal techno
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BEIJING, Sep. 19, 2010 (Xinhua News Agency) — China Huaneng Group, the largest power producer in China, recently inked framework agreement with Shanxi provincial government and Taiyuan municipal government on low carbon power coal technology cooperation.
Use Natural Gas & Carbon Tax, Forget Carbon Capture, To Help Transition Off Coal: Report
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Another take on the how to transition from coal-based electricity and its huge carbon emissions to low-carbon power sources, this time from two researchers from Rice University: A new paper coming out of Rice’s Baker Institute for Public Policy
View: Zero-carbon power do-able in EU: Study
Europe could meet a target to cut greenhouse emissions by 80 per cent by mid-century through relatively cost-effective measures to transform the power sector to a near-zero carbon footing, a new study finds. A well-regarded assortment of economic and policy groups collaborated on the study which asserts that the conventional wisdom over the obstacles to a switch to low-carbon power doesnt stand up to scrutiny.
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Information Paper: IEA Publishes Paper on Economics of Transitioning to a Low-Carbon Power Sector
January 2010: The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released an information paper titled