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¶ UK Prime Minister David Cameron is poised to launch an ambitious project that could see Britain harnessing the power of Iceland’s volcanoes within the next 10 years. The plan would involve the construction of 750 miles of undersea cabling, allowing the UK to exploit Iceland’s long-term, renewable geothermal energy. [The Independent]

Krafla geothermal power plant in Iceland. Photo by Hansueli Krapf. CC BY-SA 3.0. Wikimedia Commons.

¶ Published by the International Renewable Energy Agency, a new report concluded that Poland could increase its share of renewable energy in the country’s power generation mix from 7% in 2010 to nearly 38% in 2030, as well as increasing its total final energy consumption more than double to nearly 25% by 2030. [CleanTechnica]

¶ Royal Dutch Shell reported a loss for the third quarter of the year, after taking a big charge to reflect the cost…