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The development of
renewable energy in Iceland
means that by 2050 the country should be the world's first
zero-carbon economy
?
World's two largest
oil shale
-fired power plants (
Narva Power Plants
) generate more than 90% of power in
Estonia
?
NW Natural
in
Portland, Oregon
was the first gas company in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States when it started in
1859
?
The
Assistant Secretary of Energy for Fossil Energy
is responsible for America's
Strategic Petroleum Reserve
?
Despite declines in production in recent years,
Victoria
still produces almost 20% of Australia's
crude oil
?
4.26 million tonnes of the Sun are converted to energy every second by
nuclear fusion
?
The first
gasworks
in the United Kingdom was built by the
Gas Light and Coke Company
, incorporated by
Royal Charter
in 1812?
The
Baku–Tbilisi–Ceyhan pipeline
was a central plot point in the
James Bond
film
The World Is Not Enough
?
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