22 October 2015
EDF Energy has reached an agreement with China General Nuclear Power Corporation (CGN) for a nuclear power plant at Hinkley Point, Somerset coast. It was confirmed yesterday at a news conference by Prime Minister David Cameron and Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is in the middle of a four-day visit in England. The mainly state-owned […]
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22 October 2015
EDP Renováveis (EDPR) has signed an Investment Cooperation Agreement with China Three Gorges (CTG), allowing the latter up to a 30% stake in the up to 1.1GW Moray offshore wind project in Scotland. CTG will be entitled to 30% of the equity and shareholder loans directly or indirectly owned by EDPR in the Moray Offshore […]
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22 October 2015
Spanish Iberdrola has signed an agreement with the Young Farmers’ Agricultural Association (ASAJA) in Madrid to increase generation and use of solar photovoltaic energy in the agricultural sector. The firms will jointly boost the Smart Solar Iberdrola service to allow customers to generate their own energy for consumption using solar photovoltaic technology. The partners will […]
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21 October 2015
German conglomerate Siemens has launched a new direct-current technology solution, which enables cost-efficient and simplified grid connection for offshore wind power plants. Unlike the conventionally used large central converter platforms, the new platform housing Siemens’ transmission technology will be much smaller and compact. The firm is further developing the transmission technology, which can connect multiple […]
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21 October 2015
Italy’s renewable energy group Enel Green Power (EGP), and infrastructure fund F2i, have signed an agreement to open a photovoltaic (PV) joint-venture in the country. The new joint-venture will have equal shares, controlled by both the companies, and will include a portfolio of 210MW of operating solar photovoltaic capacity. Under the deal, EGP will contribute […]
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21 October 2015
Octopus Investments has secured £400m (€540m) in financing for its 522MW portfolio of UK solar projects. The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Investec Bank have closed the syndication for the financing deal of the portfolio. Projects under the portfolio consist of 74 operational ground-mounted solar projects that Octopus acquired from Lightsource Renewable Energy. Located […]
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21 October 2015
Finland-based Wärtsilä has won an equipment supply contract for a 378MW Flexicycle power plant in El Salvador from Energía del Pacífico. The €240m contract entitles the Finnish technology giant to deliver equipment for the liquefied natural gas (LNG) fired power plant, which is expected to be completed by 2018. Energía del Pacífico managing director Alejandro […]
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21 October 2015
German industry giant Siemens has secured a contract to deliver turbines and related equipment for the 615MW Valle de México II combined cycle power plant. Situated in the municipality of Acolman in Mexico, the natural gas-fired plant will feature two SGT6-8000H gas turbines and one SST6-5000 steam turbine, manufactured by Siemens. The German firm will […]
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20 October 2015
The developers of the 970MW Navitus Bay offshore wind farm have decided not to challenge the UK government’s rejection of the project, which would have been located off the south coast of England. MHI Vestas, which was the preferred turbine supplier, said it can confirm that Navitus Bay Development – the company set up by […]
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20 October 2015
Last week, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, attended the signing of the grant agreement on the GIPL (Gas Interconnector Poland – Lithuania), the first pipeline connecting Poland and Lithuania. The gas interconnector will end the long lasting isolation of the Baltic Sea region and bring the energy needed for a new economic […]
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