23 May 2014
Abengoa has completed a 206MW solar PV plant, which is claimed to be the world’s largest single-axis photovoltaic plant, in south-east California. Located in the city of Calexico, the Mount Signal Solar PV plant will supply power to around 72,000 households in San Diego and its surrounding area, preventing the emission of 356,000t of CO2/year […]
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22 May 2014
Norway-based DNV GL has suggested a new concept that combines floating wind turbines with water injection technology to achieve cost-effective enhanced oil recovery (EOR) projects at mature offshore fields. DNV’s initial studies have revealed that the move will reduce the cost of water injection, avoid costly modifications and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The company is […]
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22 May 2014
Shale oil & gas developer Cuadrilla yesterday confirmed it intends to submit planning applications by the end of this month to carry out fracking operations at two sites near Blackpool. A planning application to Lancashire County Council to drill, hydraulically fracture and test the flow of gas from up to four exploration wells at its […]
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22 May 2014
Alstom has installed its mammoth Haliade 150-6 MW offshore wind turbine at the Belwind site off the Belgian coast. The turbine is the largest installed in sea waters. It has a rotor diameter of 150 metres and blade lengths of 73.5 metres. It will yield 15 per cent more power than existing offshore wind turbines, or enough to supply around […]
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22 May 2014
Sheffield Forgemasters has become the first manufacturer outside Wales to join a best-in-class consortium on the Wales Tidal Industry Advisory Board. The heavy engineering specialist accepted the invitation from the board, which is working to maximise the potential of a new tidal lagoon industry in Wales. The board, established earlier this year is made up […]
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21 May 2014
A hostile press on wind power in the UK is being seen as one of the reasons why a wind farm capital investment scheme only received a fifth of the amount targeted. Fundraising for the Ventus VCT Plc (VEN) and Ventus 2 VCT Plc suffered from the negative comment, a Temporis Capital LLP partner said. “Through the […]
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21 May 2014
Aurivo, a multipurpose agricultural co-operative, has opened a biomass plant at its Dairy Ingredients site in Ballaghadareen, Ireland. The facility will operate as a combined heat and power plant, with Aurivo expecting to begin selling on excess energy to the national grid by 2016. It will use 30,000 tonnes of woodchips annually, sources from Aurivo’s […]
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21 May 2014
Assured Asset Energy (AAE), a UK-based company specialising in anaerobic digestion and waste gasification technologies, has set up £27 million (€33 million) in financing for up to 30 new on-farm biogas projects in Northern Ireland. The fund, AAE says, will help Northern Ireland reach its 2020 renewables target. Set out in the Strategic Energy Framework […]
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21 May 2014
Fukushima experienced the world’s worst nuclear disaster since Chernobyl when a 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit three years ago. Now, the region is trying to turn the “lost landscape” into massive renewable energy fields. The prefecture has declared “zero dependency on nuclear energy” and created a goal to meet 100 percent of its electricity needs with […]
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21 May 2014
GE is attempting to explore other avenues in order to facilitate a final deal on Alstom and is in early-stage talks with nuclear-plant maker Areva SA (AREVA) and other French companies about asset sales or partnerships. That’s according to a report in Bloomberg, which quotes unnamed insiders close to the negotiations as saying that the management at […]
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