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Denmark Aims To Introduce Bio-Ethanol By End Of 2007
Copenhagen (AFP) Jan 4, 2007 The Danish government wants to introduce bio-ethanol in petrol and diesel by the end of 2007, a spokesman for the ruling Liberal Party told Danish television TV2 News on Thursday. The plan is part of the centre-right government's long-term energy strategy for 2025 due to be presented soon. The government plans to add two percent bio-ethanol to petrol and diesel by the end of the year, before raising the level to six percent in 2010, according to the Liberal Party spokesman on energy issues, Lars Christian Lilleholt. "The goal is to make Denmark more 'green' and to adapt our transport sector progressively, reasonably and in a financially profitable way so that it uses more bio-fuels," he said. The increased use of bio-ethanol will enable Denmark to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels, in particular from politically unstable regions, and to pursue other alternatives, such as wind power, a field where Denmark is a world leader. The transport sector accounts for 60 percent of the petrol used in Denmark. The country is self-sufficient owing to its oil reserves in the North Sea, but "there will come a day when that will no longer be the case," Lilleholt said. The Danish government had until now been opposed to the use of first generation bio-ethanol, arguing that the environmental benefits were limited and preferring to wait for the second generation of bio-ethanol currently under development.
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Russia To Build Large Gas Pipelines To China
Beijing, China (XNA) Jan 05, 2007Russia will build two large gas pipelines to China within five years, it was announced yesterday. The two countries will also continue a feasibility study on extending a Siberia-Pacific coast oil pipeline to China. The high-profile energy deals were announced after nearly two hours of talks between President Hu Jintao and his visiting Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. |
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