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The Emirate of Dubai has started 2012 by planning a multimillion green energy project. On the 31st of December 2011 officials had in fact announced a solar energy park to reduce their dependence on fossil fuels and start decreasing their carbon footprint as well. The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park, as it as been named, has the ambitious goal to reach a capacity in output of 1,000 megawatts (MW) by 2030 and will be built in phases ...

During 2010, they have followed an environmental policy that has saved  5.804 trees from being cut. They have recycle 319.250 kilograms of paper in 2010 . Since the creation of the Green Office in 2004 they have recycled 1033 tons between paper and cardboard and have saved 18.792 trees, according to the sources of this hospital, it has been said in europapress. This is the only hospital of the region subscribed in the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (EMAS), ...

Some interesting data in this article of El Pais on energy supply in the last year in Spain. Last march the amount of energy generated from wind was the first energy source for Spain, reducing CO2 emissions for 1,7 millions of tons. Together all the alternative energy sources generate 42,2% of the total electricity needs for the country. At the same time: the second energy source was nuclear with 19% of the total energy production. The data are particularly interested ...