Malta 2015 power station – The Malting Pot

3% renewable energy by end 2014? Oh, come off it Konrad Mizzi!

·June 11, 2014
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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Konrad Mizzi, Malta's Minister for the Energy, reported that the country will have an energy mix consisting of 3% renewable energy by the end of the year. Do you think that Malta can manage to generate the same amount of renewable energy in eight months that it generated in the…

Lithuania pleads for gas from the US…is this Malta’s future fate?

·March 26, 2014
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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The Ukraine-Crimea crisis has received worldwide coverage ever since Russia stepped up its rhetoric and the West countered with sanctions on certain Russian officials. However, the full repercussions of these economic deterrents are just beginning to produce shock waves across the European energy market. Lithuania, a country entirely dependent on…

LNG Terminal – plug the hole, staunch the bleeding and hope for a miracle?

·March 24, 2014
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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A meeting by MEPA to consider a permit for the new gas-fired power station and a floating gas storage facility in Marsaxlokk Bay is currently underway. The outcome of this meeting is sure to be in favour of the issuing of this permit, with the public's concerns being completely disregarded…

Britain had the ‘Mad Cow’ and Malta will have the ‘Deadly Gas Explosion’, like Cyprus!

·February 7, 2014
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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With the deadline for the completion of the 2015 Malta gas fired power station etching closer, experts continue weighing in on the infeasibility of this project. Of great concern amongst the scientific, environmental and infrastructural community is the government's decision to place the gas supply next to the actual power…

New Energy Taxes in Malta? Wait for it

·October 21, 2013
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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The British government's website describes green taxes as taxes that "encourage businesses to operate in a more environmentally friendly way". The most common forms of such taxes that governments worldwide employ are generally attributed to climate change mitigation. Given Malta's recent pledge to build a gas powered power station, and…

Energy bills: Going Green may save you Green!

·October 14, 2013
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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The UK is still desperately trying to improve its renewable energy output, despite the fact that their current conservative government is boldly pledging to build more gas powered power stations. The Maltese government is also planning a new gas fired power station, and is claiming that its new energy plans…

Make no mistake: Gas fuel is not cleaner

·October 13, 2013
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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Times of Malta has reported how the deal on the new Gas fired power station has been finalised, with Electro Gas Malta consortium chosen to build a new plant and related gas supply infrastructure. While the rest of the EU and the developed world moves towards securing renewable energy sources,…

Joseph Muscat: practice what you preach

·September 26, 2013
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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The Maltese Prime Minister just addressed the UN General Assembly currently being held in New York. In a brave attempt to sound at par with other world leaders, our Prime Minister gave a very bland speech, fueled with seemingly textbook quoted phrases. Does his speech, addressed to entire world (literally),…

The 2015 Malta gas power station: Environmental concerns

·April 9, 2013
·Antoine Borg Micallef
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Energy. Energy. Energy - This was one of the many highly politicised issues we endured during the latest Maltese electoral campaign. With the onset of the new Labour government, it is expected that Malta will have a new gas-fired power station by the end of 2015. But how much does…