24 September 2015
Scotland will continue to offer Renewables Obligation (RO) guarantees for solar investments in the country, in order to eliminate energy uncertainty and boost investor confidence in solar developments. This announcement by the Scottish Government is in contrast to a proposal by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), which aims to end guaranteed […]
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24 September 2015
EnBW has started operations at the 288MW Baltic 2 offshore wind power facility in Germany. It is the second offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea by EnbW, the first being the 48.3MW Baltic 1, which was commissioned in 2010. Located 32km north to the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea, the new facility […]
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23 September 2015
German conglomerate Siemens has secured an order from Hyundai Engineering and Construction (HDEC) to deliver three generator switchgears for a $1.17bn Sarulla geothermal power project in Indonesia. Located in Tapanali Utara in the North Sumatra province, the power project will have three Siemens type HB3-80 switchgears, each with a 100MVA output, 12kV voltage and a […]
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22 September 2015
The UK Government has approved a £2bn ($3.1bn) financial guarantee for the £24.5bn Hinkley Point C nuclear power station, which will be the first new atomic power centre in the country for more than two decades. The project, to be developed in Somerset, has received the government guarantee under Infrastructure UK, according to UK Chancellor […]
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22 September 2015
EnBW has started operations at the 288MW Baltic 2 offshore wind power facility in Germany. It is the second offshore wind farm in the Baltic Sea by EnbW, the first being the 48.3MW Baltic 1, which was commissioned in 2010. Located 32km north to the island of Rügen in the Baltic Sea, the new facility […]
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21 September 2015
Amec Foster Wheeler has received a host of contracts from CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, to conduct radiochemical testing. Radiochemical testing work started earlier this year and is ongoing. The work entails characterisation of waste elements derived from high-energy accelerators such as the large hadron collider (LHC). The LHC is considered as the […]
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17 September 2015
In partnership with FloWave ocean energy research facility at the University of Edinburgh in Scotland, European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has started a programme to recreate scaled versions of Orkney’s seas in an onshore test tank. This new technology and information gleaned will be used for development of the wave energy sector. FloWave intends to […]
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10 September 2015
German energy major RWE has gained environmental consent for developing a 1.6GW coal-fired power plant at Eemshaven in the Netherlands. The approval, issued by a Dutch court, clears the way for commissioning the power plant, which involves an investment of €3bn ($3.36bn), reports Reuters. Once operational, the thermal power facility is expected to generate enough […]
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10 September 2015
Green energy firm Mainstream Renewable Power has signed a grid connection agreement for a wind project in Ghana and started construction of two wind farms in South Africa. The grid connection agreement was signed for the 225MW Ayitepa wind farm in Ghana, construction for which is expected to start early next year. The wind power […]
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08 September 2015
Alstom and Dalia Power Energies have inaugurated the 835MW Haruvit combined-cycle power plant (CCPP) in Israel. France-based Alstom was responsible for the management of the entire gas-fired project on a turnkey basis. Starting from the initial design, the firm had delivered services for the project up to its final commissioning. The facility is equipped with […]
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