28 October 2015
Details of the new application for the Edenderry Power Plant in Co Offaly, which was lodged in August, emerged after An Taisce yesterday secured a court order overturning a planning permission for the continued operation of the plant, which employs 180 people. The permission was quashed by Mr Justice Michael White on foot of his […]
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27 October 2015
Vattenfall’s wind business posted a third quarter operating profit of Skr887m (€94m), up from Skr620m (€66m) in the year-ago period, on the back of higher revenues and generation from onshore and offshore wind. Net sales at the Swedish utility and developer were Skr1.39bn (€148m), up from Skr918m (€98m) in the previous year’s quarter, thanks in […]
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27 October 2015
United Utilities is to build a £3.5m floating solar power system on the Godley reservoir in Hyde in Manchester. The development will consist of 12,000 solar panels and cover an area of 45,500 square metres. It will be the second biggest floating solar plant in the world when complete, after one located in Japan. The […]
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27 October 2015
MHI Vestas has confirmed that it is to supply Nobelwind with 165MW for the Belwind 2 offshore wind project in Belgium. The deal involves delivery of 50 V112 3.3MW turbines and a 15-year full scope service agreement. The units will be delivered in 2016. Commissioning will take place the following year. The developer reached financial […]
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27 October 2015
TenneT is set to start construction this week on the onshore converter substation for the 900MW Borwin 3 offshore wind farm in Emden/Ost in the German state of Lower Saxony. A transformer will be brought to the site by the end of next year, while commissioning of the converter station is slated for late summer […]
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23 October 2015
German technology giant Siemens has received a turbine supply order from Samsung C&T for a 2.5GW combined-cycle power generating facility in Qatar. Under the terms of the contract, Siemens will deliver six SGT5-4000F gas turbines, four SST5-4000 steam turbines and ten SGen5-1200A-series generators for the power plant. The facility is being developed as a part […]
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23 October 2015
The UK government consultation on whether “devastating” cuts to the Feed in Tariff should go ahead will close today. Industry has urged the renewable sector to “make its voice heard” if it hasn’t already done so before the 11.45pm deadline tonight (Friday, October 23). Greenpeace policy director Doug Parr said: “If this goes ahead the […]
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23 October 2015
DNV GL has been joined by seven companies, including ExxonMobil and Statoil, to examine the potential of floating wind turbines to power offshore petroleum installations. DNV GL said initial studies have shown that a standalone wind-powered water-injection system could become cost competitive for various types of applications. In particular, for water injection far from the […]
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23 October 2015
Eon and the UK Green Investment Bank have appointed cable and pipeline system installation specialist VolkerInfra to carry out onshore works for the 400MW Rampion offshore wind farm, which is being built 13km off the Sussex coast. The job will comprise of onshore major horizontal directional drills – under the A27, a railway crossing, the […]
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22 October 2015
On Tuesday, in a seemingly shocking move, environmental group Greenpeace has announced it plans to acquire coal mines and power plants owned by Swedish utility in eastern Germany. This decision comes after the Swedish energy giant Vattenfall has decided to shed its eastern German lignite operations, after writing down the business by $1.8 billion in […]
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