13 August 2015
Calon Energy has selected General Electric to upgrade the 800MW Sutton Bridge power plant in Lincolnshire, UK. The upgrade is intended to increase the energy output of the natural gas-fired, combined-cycle facility by 3.4%, as well as lowering its start-up times and operating costs. GE will be responsible for upgrading two existing GE 9FA gas […]
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12 August 2015
Teesside is to be the site of the world’s largest new power and steam biomass plant as part of a new £424m project. The project in Middlesbrough will have a capacity of 299 MW combined heat and power (CHP), enough to power at least 600,000 UK households. Abengoa and Toshiba will construct the £424m power […]
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12 August 2015
Forewind has withdrawn from participating in the 2.4GW Dogger Bank Teesside C and D offshore wind projects, based in the UK North Sea. The international consortium, formed by energy giants Statoil, Statkraft, RWE and SSE, has reached an agreement with the Crown Estate to cease work on the remaining development consent application for the projects. […]
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12 August 2015
Spanish Abengoa and Japan-based Toshiba have been selected as preferred bidders for developing the 299MW Tees Renewable Energy Plant in Middlesbrough, UK. Located at the Port of Teesside, the biomass-fuelled facility that produces electricity and steam will be self-sufficient, and also export power to industries and nearby users. Owned by a subsidiary of UK-based MGT […]
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12 August 2015
Swiss power and automation technology provider ABB has installed a 320kV converter station called DolWin beta at the 916MW DolWin2 offshore wind project in the German North Sea. The equipment will be able to connect offshore wind farms in the North Sea’s DolWin cluster with the electricity grid in Germany. Once operational, the offshore project […]
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11 August 2015
SEAI, the Marine Institute and Commissioners of Irish Lights deliver Ireland’s latest marine research environment Tuesday 11th August 2015: A significant piece of ocean research infrastructure was brought to fruition with the completion of the Galway Bay underwater ocean observatory over the weekend. Through the combined effort of the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI), […]
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10 August 2015
In association with Oxford University’s Department of Engineering Science, UK-based Kepler Energy has developed Transverse Horizontal Axis Water Turbine (THAWT) technology, which can generate tidal energy in shallow water. The horizontal axis turbine can be economically installed underwater at depths of up to 30m. Once operational, it can eliminate expensive set-ups of large dams and […]
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10 August 2015
German utility firm E.on has agreed to sell its Italian hydroelectric assets with a generation capacity of 527MW to ERG Power Generation for €950m. ERG Power Generation is a subsidiary under ERG group and, following the deal, it will own the Terni Hydroelectric Complex, which extends across Regions of Umbria, Lazio and Marche. The divested […]
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06 August 2015
Along with GE, Kraftanlagen München (KAM) has won a contract to develop a gas-fired thermal power plant in Kiel for German municipal utility Stadtwerke Kiel. The facility is expected to generate 190MW of electrical and 192MW of thermal energy. While Kraftanlagen München has been appointed as the general contractor for the facility, GE will supply […]
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06 August 2015
UK-based Kite Power Solutions (KPS) has started a £10m funding drive to support commercial development and deployment of its windpower technology in offshore waters. KPS intends to deploy its patented 3MW power system in offshore waters for the first time by 2019. The technology involves generation of windpower with the use of hi-tech flying kites. […]
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