04 November 2015
Spanish manufacturer Gamesa has won a turnkey contract for two 100MW wind power projects in India. While a 100 MW project in Madhya Pradesh will be commissioned by February 2017, a 100 MW project in Andhra Pradesh will be launched by December 2016. As a part of this agreement, Gamesa will provide complete turnkey solutions […]
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04 November 2015
Dr Brian Motherway is leaving his position as chief executive at The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), after having been appointed head of energy efficiency at the International Energy Agency (IEA) in Paris, France. Motherway has been SEAI’s chief executive since mid-2012, during which time he helped introduce new measures to promote sustainable energy […]
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04 November 2015
RWE has begun to produce power for the first time at the Zuidwester wind farm in the Netherlands, parts of which are still being built. The total investment is over €150 million. Fifty turbines installed during the late 1980s and early 1990s are being replaced by large new turbines. Each of the new Zuidwester turbines […]
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04 November 2015
According to a joint press release from the Centre for Solar Energy and Hydrogen Research Baden – Württemberg ( ZSW ) and the German Association of Energy and Water Industries ( BDEW ), Germany will reach 33% renewable electricity this year. ZSW and BDEW said there had been a marked increase in electricity produced by […]
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02 November 2015
Diversified conglomerate General Electric Co. (GE) said it has completed the acquisition of Alstom SA’s power and grid businesses. The completion of the transaction, which is GE’s largest-ever industrial acquisition, follows the regulatory approval of the deal in over 20 countries and regions. GE reached an agreement with Alstom in 2014 to purchase Alstom’s power […]
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02 November 2015
The Scottish government has approved Statoil plans for the 30MW Hywind 2 floating offshore wind project some 25km off Peterhead. The Norwegian company was issued with a marine licence to build five Siemens 6MW turbines on spar foundations. Statoil is due to start onshore works in 2015-16 with offshore construction to follow in 2016-17 with […]
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02 November 2015
GeoSea will install its largest-ever monopile foundations at RWE’s 336MW Galloper offshore wind farm in the UK. The DEME company has been appointed as EPCI contractor for foundations at the 56-turbine project in a deal worth €340m. Each of the monopiles at Galloper will total more than 1100 tonnes, said GeoSea. Installation of the substructures […]
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02 November 2015
One of Britain’s last standing coal miners, UK Coal Holdings, is shutting down its remaining underground operation next month, marking the end of a 300-year industry that once employed over a million workers. “We are the last of the dinosaurs,” said Chris Jamieson, one of the miners that will lose his job in a few […]
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02 November 2015
The WavEC Seminar 2015 will take place on the 16th of November in Lisbon, Portugal and the B2B meetings at the French Embassy the day after. These two events offer the opportunity to gather with several entities of the sector and allow attendees to have access to updated and quality information. The theme of the […]
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30 October 2015
Homes in the UK could soon be powered by geothermal energy piped all the way from volcanoes in Iceland, Prime Minister David Cameron announced on Thursday, following a meeting with Icelandic Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson. A 750-mile “interconnector” would transport the energy to Britain if the plans go ahead. Speaking at a press conference […]
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