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Apex awards wind turbine contract to Siemens for 151MW project in Oklahoma, US

05 October 2015

German industry giant Siemens has secured a wind turbine delivery order from Apex Clean Energy for the Grant Wind project in Oklahoma, US. Located in Grant County, the renewable project will feature 66 Siemens SWT-2.3-108 wind turbines. Each of the turbines to be installed at the facility will have a power rating of 2.3MW, and […]

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Vestas wins two orders for wind turbine delivery in US and Finland

05 October 2015

Danish power equipment manufacturer Vestas has won two orders for the delivery of wind turbines, with one in the US for 75 turbines, and other in Finland for 27. The firm will be delivering 75 of its 2MW turbines under a firm and unconditional order for a US company, whose name has not been disclosed. […]

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G20 Energy Ministers talked about sustainable energy access, energy efficiency and renewables

05 October 2015

European Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy, Miguel Arias Cañete, attended the first ever G20 Energy Ministerial meeting in Istanbul, Turkey on 2 October. It took place back to back with the G20 Conference on Energy Access in Sub-Saharan Africa. The Group of 20 (G20) Energy Ministerial meeting centred on access to sustainable energy for […]

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Dong Energy joins Danish team to explore producing biogas from biomass

02 October 2015

Integrated energy giant Dong Energy has teamed up with other Danish companies Novozymes, Novo Nordisk and Bigadan to investigate the possibility of creating biogas from biomass. The firms intend to proceed with biogas production processes if a one-year pre-investigation supports the preliminary analyses. Pharmaceutical firm Novo Nordisk and biotechnology firm Novozymes have factories in Kalundborg […]

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Enel Green Power sells Portuguese wind assets for €900m

01 October 2015

Enel Green Power España (EGPE) has signed an agreement with Portuguese company First State Wind Energy Investments to sell all of its share capital of Finerge Gestão de Projectos Energéticos (Finerge) for €900m ($1bn). Finerge is a wholly owned EGPE subsidiary operating across the Portuguese renewable sector, chiefly engaged in the development, construction and operation […]

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Campaign launched opposing UK plans to cut financial support for small-scale renewables

30 September 2015

RenewableUK and the Solar Trade Association have initiated a joint campaign urging the UK Government to rethink its decision to reduce financial support for small-scale renewables, such as wind turbines and solar panels. Titled ‘People Power’, the campaign has called for members of the public, as well as the thousands of renewable energy employees, to […]

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Alstom and RheinEnergi connect 453MW Niehl 3 power plant to German grid

30 September 2015

France-based Alstom and German utility RheinEnergi have synchronised the 453MW Niehl 3 power plant in Cologne with the German electricity grid. The facility, which generates both heat and power from natural gas, is based on Alstom’s KA26 combined-cycle plant design, which brings operational flexibility as well as high-efficiency and district heating capabilities. The combined-cycle heat […]

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Welsh backing WaveSub

30 September 2015

Wave energy developer Marine Power Systems is the first company to benefit from new Welsh government innovation funding of almost £225 000. The money is part of a £115 million package announced last week to boost innovation in Wales, and create new products and jobs. Marine Power Systems, which is based in Swansea, was formed […]

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Revenues more than halve at Cork-based Circle Oil

29 September 2015

The Cork-based oil and gas exploration company Circle Oil has reported first-half pretax profits of $2.8 million (€2.49m) as against $9.4 million (€8.3m) for the same period a year earlier and $14.7 million for the first six months of 2013. Circle, which is quoted on the Alternative Investment Market in London, recorded an operating profit […]

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Debate the electricity markets of the future!

29 September 2015

Electricity markets are changing. Across Europe they will have to adapt to deliver increasing amounts of electricity from renewable sources, new interconnections across Europe and beyond are needed, and they must ensure a secure, affordable and sustainable electricity supply for all of Europe’s electricity consumers. Electricity markets of the future is the hot topic of […]

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