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Floating wind turbines could power Europe four times over, says study
2013-07-26 05:34:52| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Offshore wind farms in the deep waters of the North Sea could meet European Union electricity demand four times over, according to a new industry report that calls on the bloc to set renewable energy targets for 2030. The report, published yesterday by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), argues that floating wind turbine structures and other foundations designed specifically for deep water are the key to unlocking the energy potential of Europe's seas. While the cost of developing...
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Fixed, floating or blown away: pinning down Australia's carbon price
2013-07-16 10:30:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: What is the carbon price? Carbon pricing started on 1 July 2012 as a result of the federal government's post-election deal with the Greens and key independents Rob Oakeshott and Tony Windsor. The aim is to reduce Australia's greenhouse gases to meet a bipartisan target of a minimum 5%, and up to 25%, reduction in emissions by 2020. The carbon price works by charging Australia's major carbon emitters, such as power stations, mines and heavy industry, for their emissions. Businesses that generate...
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Australia: Northern quoll in the firing line of floating carbon price
2013-07-15 10:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The machinations of Europe's carbon permit market would initially appear to have very little to do with the northern quoll, the smallest but most aggressive member of the quoll family that has vanished from vast tracts of Queensland and the Northern Territory. But should the federal government bring forward a floating carbon price, linked to the cheaper European market, there are likely to be a number of knock-on impacts upon Australia's endangered species, farmland and national parks. The...
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EMAS AMC secures Statoils floating storage units contract in the North Sea
2013-07-15 01:00:00| Offshore Technology
EMAS AMC, the subsea services division of offshore contractor EMAS, has secured a contract worth $126m for the transport and installation of floating storage units (FSUs) for Statoil's Heidrun and Mariner projects in the North Sea.
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Australia: The real politics behind a floating price on carbon
2013-07-14 23:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Starting a "floating" carbon price one year early is not such a big deal, really. The fact that every political party is screaming about it just proves how twisted the politics of this issue has become. For Kevin Rudd, it's a way to reboot a debate Labor has been comprehensively losing, and provide businesses and households with some very short term cost relief. The $3 billion or more the government now has to find in budget savings is the same amount business won't have to pay for carbon permits...
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