ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
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Power companies using a lot of nuclear energy have been shown as among America's cleanest by the Natural Resources Defence Council in recently published data.
Energy ministers from the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (Apec) forum have agreed that the deployment of clean energy sources - including nuclear energy - should be promoted in the region.
Nuclear power could become the world's single biggest source of electricity, said a roadmap revealed today by intergovernmental agencies. Industry says the projections are not ambitious enough.
Electric cars will reduce emissions at point of use, but their green credentials rely on the grid and a new generation mix to charge their batteries, warns the UK's Royal Academy of Engineering. A future UK fleet could need an additional 160 GWh per day.
Economic growth in the world's developing nations will drive world energy consumption up by 49% over the next quarter of a century, according to the latest projections from the US Energy Information Administration.