Despite pressure from oil companies, the groups do not give up on opening the door to a green tax. The latest draft conclusions prepared by the Subcommittee of the House of Representatives for the analysis of the energy strategy over the next 25 years states that a final settlement will be reached in 2013 with [...]

A total of 46 coal and hydroelectric power plants will be privatized in the near future, a senior energy sector spokesman said at a recent industry conference in Istanbul. Hasan Köktaş, president of the Energy Market Regulatory Authority, or EMRA, said at the 12th International Energy Arena on Oct. 14 that the times required further [...]

The President of the Spanish Principality of Asturias, Vicente Álvarez Areces, has today taken part in a political orientation debate to show his commitment to the future of coal “thanks to technological advances” and has asked the Spanish Government to convince other EU member states to expand the regulation of aid beyond 2014. “What is [...]

The Second Vice President and Minister for Economy and Employment of the Government of Castilla y León, Tomás Villanueva, yesterday criticized the “sterile debate” on aid for coal and the “bad regulation” of the energy sector in Spain and hoped that the Government would “skillfully overcome” the situation. Villanueva, who attended yesterday’s first presentation of [...]

The Minister of Economy, Alberto Larraz, said today that the Government of Aragon “does not rule out the need to use coal as a primary source of energy for the future without “neglecting” to work on a plan of re-industrialization of mining areas. This was stated by the policy maker, at a press conference in [...]

The UN is set to channel billions of pounds of public money from rich countries to giant energy companies to build 20 heavily polluting coal-fired power plants on the basis that they will emit less carbon dioxide than older ones. Data seen by the Guardian shows that 12 companies have applied to the UN for [...]