10 November 2014
UK’s National Grid has secured a £1.5bn loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) to strengthen the power transmission network in the country. It is the largest ever single loan to be offered by the European lending institution, EIB stated. Besides being used to set-up new power generation links, especially for renewables, the funds will […]
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06 November 2014
Belgian Eco Energy (Bee) has selected Spain-based energy and environment firm Abengoa for construction of a 215MW biomass powered plant in Ghent, Belgium. The project will involve an investment of over €315m ($395m). The plant is likely to be the largest biomass power facility worldwide and will be fuelled by 100% raw materials that include […]
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03 November 2014
ScottishPower Renewables, a subsidiary of Iberdrola, and Dong Energy have opened the 389MW West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm, which is a major renewable project for the UK. The new facility is located in the Irish Sea. UK Energy Secretary Edward Davey cut the ribbon for the €2bn facility, which is equipped with 108 […]
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03 November 2014
Danish wind manufacturer Vestas Wind Systems has received an order for 20 wind turbines from Steag for the Suloglu wind power plant in Edirne, Western Turkey. Under the deal, Vestas will be responsible for the supply, installation, and commissioning of the V126-3.3MW turbines at the facility, for a total capacity of 66MW. The V126-3.3MW wind […]
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31 October 2014
A more ambitious energy efficiency investment programme would pay for itself within 10 years and add £13.9bn annually to the UK economy by 2030. That’s according to a report commissioned by Energy Bill Revolution and co-funded by the UK Green Building Council which suggests that a national energy efficiency programme would create up to 108,000 […]
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31 October 2014
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) will be investing £5.2m in a project to deliver efficient electricity and cooling in a UK data centre in Lewisham owned by global bank Citi. The announcement comes in the month that GIB celebrates its two-year anniversary. It will fund the installation of a 2.8MW combined cooling and power […]
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31 October 2014
Energy Secretary Ed Davey has officially opened the 389MW West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm which reached full power output more than two months early. The renewable energy project developed by DONG Energy and ScottishPower Renewables in the Irish Sea is now fully operational and will generate enough electricity to meet the annual demand […]
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28 October 2014
Turkey intends to construct a third nuclear power plant by 2018-2019 as a national project, announced Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu. The plant will be built by Turkish experts Davutoglu said on Tuesday, following a meeting on the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources, reports World Bulletin. Currently, Turkey has two ongoing nuclear power projects. The […]
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21 October 2014
UK-based financial services giant Prudential is ready to invest as much as £100m for the construction of the proposed £1bn ($1.6bn) Swansea Bay Tidal Lagoon energy project. The 320MW facility will be located across Swansea Bay in Wales. The construction of the project, which is being built by Tidal Lagoon Swansea Bay, is expected to […]
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21 October 2014
Retail giant Sainsbury’s has announced that it will stop rewarding shoppers with Nectar points for every bag they reuse from April next year, as part of wider changes to its loyalty programme. The changes, which have provoked a backlash on social media, mean that from 11 April 2015 Sainsbury’s will award one Nectar point for […]
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