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Dong Energy buys 215MW Borkum Riffgrund West 2 offshore project in Germany

11 December 2014

Danish power firm Dong Energy has acquired the Borkum Riffgrund West 2 offshore wind project in Germany from Energiekontor. Application for setting up grid link for the project is likely to happen in 2017 or 2018. Construction for the project is expected to start by 2020, once grid connection is approved and the developers agree […]

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MRP group gets consent for €4.4bn UK wind project

11 December 2014

Eddie O’Connor-led group’s offshore windfarms to be operational by 2020   A consortium led by Eddie O’Connor’s Mainstream Renewable Power (MRP) has been given consent by the UK government to develop a massive 1.2 gigawatt series of windfarms off the coast of Yorkshire. The Hornsea 1 project, a joint venture between MRP’s SmartWind tie-up with SiemensProject Ventures and […]

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UK gives approval for Hornsea offshore wind project in Yorkshire

11 December 2014

The UK Government has given development consent to Hornsea offshore wind project, which will consist of three wind-generating stations with a combined capacity of up to 1,200MW. Once operational, the Hornsea Project One is expected to provide ample energy resources to suffice requirement of more than 800,000 homes in the UK. The project will be […]

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Dong Energy buys 215MW Borkum Riffgrund West 2 offshore project in Germany

10 December 2014

Danish power firm Dong Energy has acquired the Borkum Riffgrund West 2 offshore wind project in Germany from Energiekontor. Application for setting up grid link for the project is likely to happen in 2017 or 2018. Construction for the project is expected to start by 2020, once grid connection is approved and the developers agree […]

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KenGen seeking bids for development of two geothermal power plants

10 December 2014

Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) has invited bids from developers to design and construct two geothermal power plants that have a combined generation capacity of 210MW. Both the projects, the 140MW Olkaria V power plant and the 70MW plant in Olkaria I unit 6, will be built at the steam-filled Olkaria field site, Reuters reported. […]

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UK guarantees funding assistance to NuGen’s nuclear power project in Cumbria

03 December 2014

The UK has signed a cooperation agreement with NuGen, a joint venture between Japan’s Toshiba and France’s GDF Suez, for a finance scheme for the 3.6GW nuclear power station at Moorside, West Cumbria. The agreement opens access to the UK Guarantee Scheme, which was introduced in 2012 to boost infrastructure projects in the country. The […]

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UK Government to support power-generating tidal project at Swansea Bay

03 December 2014

The UK has given a boost to the £1bn plan for the development of world’s first power-generating tidal project in Swansea Bay, as the government revealed negotiations about arranging taxpayer support for it. Plans for the project have been included in the National Infrastructure Plan 2014, which was published by the HM Treasury ahead of […]

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EBRD offers €59.2m loan for 50MW wind power project in Kazakhstan

03 December 2014

European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has offered a KZT14bn (€59.2m) loan to Wind Power Yereymentau, a special-purpose vehicle in Kazakhstan, for development of a 50MW wind power project in the country. The project will be the first large-scale wind farm in Kazakhstan that will be financed under the new feed-in-tariff mechanism. Located in […]

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SSE awards contract worth £460m to ABB

03 December 2014

SHE Transmission, the network business for UK-based energy firm SSE, has awarded a £460m living wage contract to engineering firm ABB. The deal is a part of the Caithness to Moray transmission project, which involves setting up a subsea link connecting Caithness to Moray. The subsea link will feature more than 100 miles of underground […]

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EBRD to support ACWA Power’s $1bn Turkish power project

02 December 2014

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has arranged a comprehensive long-term financing package of $250m for construction of a $1bn combined-cycle gas turbine power plant in Turkey. The 950MW plant is located near Kirikkale city in Central Anatolia, around 50 km east of Ankara. It is expected to support the growing power requirements […]

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