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World Bank OKs $3B for World's 4th Largest Coal Power Plant

World Bank OKs $3B for World’s 4th Largest Coal Power Plant

By Zachary Shahan on April 10, 2010

The US, Britain, the Netherlands, Norway and Italy oppose a World Bank loan to one of the largest coal power plants in the world, but let the deal go through.

Category: Energy, Transportation | Tags: Britain, coal, Great Britain, Holland, italy, loan, Netherlands, norway, power plant, South Africa, united states, World Bank | 1

Oil Giant Norway to Double Spending on Renewable Energy

Oil Giant Norway to Double Spending on Renewable Energy

By Timothy B. Hurst on October 2, 2008

Norway, one of the world’s top oil and gas producers, will double its national research fund for renewable energy to 20 billion kroner ($3.4 billion) in next year’s national budget. The announcement was made yesterday by Norway’s Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg at the first annual Scandinavian Renewable Energy Forum, held near Oslo. Stoltenberg emphasized that [...]

Category: Energy, Renewable energy | Tags: europe, hydroelectric power, norway, norway oil exports, oil export, renwable energy | 7