11 November 2015
Poland is considering to stop coal production at several of its mines until at least 2018 in an effort to help prices by reducing a global oversupply, while trying to keep state operations afloat and avoid job cuts. The conservative Law and Justice party (PiS), which won parliamentary elections in October, would consider merging the […]
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09 November 2015
The 144MW Westermeerwind offshore wind farm delivered last weekend the first power to the grid in the Netherlands. The first 17 of 48 turbines have been installed by main contractor Siemens, with the project expected to be fully operational by the Spring of 2016. Van Oord and Mammoet completed the last pile installation in late […]
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09 November 2015
Independent service provider Availon has added 620MW of wind turbine generators under operation & maintenance (O&M) contracts this year, a record for the company. Some 390 wind turbines have been added to the company’s roster, which has grown 20% in the last 12 months : “Germany, Spain and Italy, which have had many wind farms […]
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09 November 2015
Vestas has won a firm and unconditional order for turbines totaling 200MW from Inner Mongolia Hanas Wind Power for two Chinese wind power projects. Under the deal, the Danish power equipment manufacturer will deliver 50 of its V110-2.0MW turbines for the Azuoqi 1A project, along with 25 of its V100-2.0 MW models and 25 of […]
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06 November 2015
Lekela Power, a joint venture between Irish developer Mainstream Renewable Power and investment firm Actis, has signed an agreement with the government’s transmission company to build a 250MW wind project. Lekela’s 250MW project will be located in the Gulf of Suez region of northeast Egypt. Lekela will construct the project on a build, own and […]
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05 November 2015
A £107m energy-from-waste plant (€151m) planned for Belfast has moved a step closer with news that the finance for it has been put in place. The operating company is Full Circle Generation Ltd, made up of a consortium of equity investors including RiverRidge Energy Limited, UK Green Investment Bank plc (GIB), Equitix and P3P Partners. […]
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05 November 2015
The European Investment Bank (EIB) signed on Tuesday €285 million of loans to support various energy projects in Greece, improving the electricity transmission and interconnection network across the country, while at the same time bolstering environmental-friendly energy security and efficiency. EIB president Werner Hoyer said: “We are determined to enhance our cooperation with the Hellenic […]
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05 November 2015
Lightsource has announced refinancing of £284m of its portfolio of UK solar projects. The portfolio comprises 33 operational, ground-mounted solar projects, which fall under 20-25 year fixed income tariffs under the UK government’s Feed in Tariff subsidy regime. The refinancing was completed with the Royal Bank of Scotland as Lightsource’s financial partner and takes the […]
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05 November 2015
Canadian energy company Enbridge has acquired a 24.9% interest in the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm, to be located 13 kilometres off the Sussex coast south of Brighton, England. Enbridge will become a shareholders in Rampion Offshore Wind Limited, joining existing partners Eon, which will remain the controlling shareholder at 50.1%, and the UK Green […]
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05 November 2015
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas made a net profit of €206m in the third quarter of 2015, up from €102m a year earlier, as the company saw the value of turbine orders rise by 50%. Vestas’ firm and unconditional turbine orders tallied 1508MW worth €1.5bn in Q3, up from 1170MW and €1bn a year earlier. […]
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