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Scotland wants to become the leader in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology and has published a blueprint of how it intends to do so.
The government and Scottish Enterprise (Glasgow) have just released a carbon-capture roadmap that includes ambitions to create a number of CCS demonstration projects, develop an offshore carbon-licensing regime, invest in key skills, and undertake increased lobbying of the European Union and the United Kingdom for more support for Scottish carbon-capture plans.
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The Egyptian Ministry of Electricity has approved the funding of $22.2 billion during the 2012-17 five-year plan to help meet electricity demand throughout the country. The funding will be used for generation and transmission projects.
In 2008, Egypt's electricity demand increased 13 percent. Investment in Egypt's power sector was $1.5 billion in 2008 and $2.6 billion in 2009.
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China's investment in electric power is expected to reach about $100 billion in 2010, according to the Analysis and Predication Report on National Electric Power Supply and Demand, as well as the Situation of Economic Operation report for 2009-10, that were recently issued by China Electricity Council.
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Plans for a 50-megawatt (MW) biomass plant in Bristol, England, have been shot down by the local council, despite support from council planners.
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In 2007, the electricity demand in Syria reached 41,550 gigawatt-hours (GWh). The generation per capita reached 2,037 kilowatt-hours, representing a growth rate of 4 percent. From 2007 through May 2008, 550 MW was added to the country's grid, increasing installed capacity to 7,550 MW.
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The controversial Kingsnorth coal-fired plant in Kent, England, could become the hub of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) pipeline network, according to a report submitted by plant owner E.ON AG (Dusseldorf, Germany).
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Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced a federal investment of $1.77 billion (1.3 billion euros) to fund the building of new nuclear power plants in 2010. At the same time, Russia will embark on a development program for fast neutron reactors over the next decade.
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Jordan is not endowed with traditional sources of energy, such as conventional fossil fuels or hydropower, and imports more than 95 percent of its primary energy, which is mostly crude oil, oil products, natural gas and some electricity. Energy imports, valued at about $3.7 billion, constituted about 19 percent of total imports and services, which was valued at $19.1 billion by the International Bank in 2008. The government is making efforts to develop alternatives to electricity generation based on imported fuels, such as domestic wind power and oil shale, as well as nuclear energy.
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State-owned oil utility Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) (Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates), in a joint venture with ConocoPhillips (Houston, Texas), will be supplying about 540 million cubic feet per day of processed gas to the United Arab Emirates' (UAE) gas network from its Shah sour gas field.
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Upon experiencing two instances of gas-supply shortage last year, China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) (Beijing) plans to build 10 large gas storage bases, with a total supply capacity of up to 22.4 billion cubic meters, to secure the company's natural gas supply during the 12th Five-Year Plan (2011-15). These gas storage bases will be distributed in gas source and consuming centers, as well as the surrounding area of major pipelines, including places such as the North China and Xinjiang regions, said Liao Yongyuan, the vice president of CNPC, on February 24, 2010.
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