16 April 2014
IKEA has announced its largest global renewable energy investment to date, purchasing a 98 megawatt wind farm in Illinois, USThe wind farm is expected to generate up to 380GWh of renewable energy each year – the equivalent amount of electricity to meet the needs of 34,000 average American households. IKEA’s chief sustainability officer Steve Howard […]
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16 April 2014
More than €2bn (£1.6bn) is to be made available for new innovative renewable energy and carbon capture projects, the European Investment Bank (EIB) has announcedThe EIB has raised the funds by completing sales of 300 million emission allowances under the NER300 financing programme, managed jointly by the European Commission, EIB and Member States. EIB vice […]
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14 April 2014
14th April 2014 – Dublin – Today, Minister Pat Rabbitte TD officially opened ENERCON`s new European sales office in Santry, Dublin. ENERCON is Europe’s leading supplier for wind energy turbines onshore with the highest vertical integration in the wind industry. Minister Rabbitte was joined for the occasion by the ENERCON’s Head of Sales, Northern Europe, […]
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11 April 2014
Irish tidal technology company OpenHydro and Alderney Renewable Energy (ARE) have signed a joint venture that will see the two companies combine to develop a 300MW tidal array in Alderney waters at a cost of €600m. The joint venture company is to be called Race Tidal Ltd. The formal agreement took place at a signing […]
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08 April 2014
WindMW has completed the construction of the 288MW Meerwind Süd Ost offshore wind farm located in the German North Sea, with the installation of its 80th and final offshore turbine. The company began construction of the project in 2012 and was completed on schedule within 18 months. It also completed the installation of Meerwind’s 3,500t […]
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07 April 2014
Swiss power and automation technology group ABB has secured an order worth $40m from Energinet to develop an alternating-current (AC) power cable system for an offshore wind farm in Denmark. As per the order, ABB will be responsible for the technical design, engineering, manufacturing and installation of the high-voltage cable system and associated accessories. Scheduled […]
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07 April 2014
The UK Government has launched The Solar Strategy that sets out the government’s ambition to see solar energy rolled out more widely and with it the potential to support tens of thousands of jobs. The UK Energy Minister Greg Barker outlined The Solar Strategy at SunSolar Energy in Birmingham. The Solar Strategy is focused on […]
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07 April 2014
The UK Government has launched The Solar Strategy that sets out the government’s ambition to see solar energy rolled out more widely and with it the potential to support tens of thousands of jobs. The UK Energy Minister Greg Barker outlined The Solar Strategy at SunSolar Energy in Birmingham. The Solar Strategy is focused on […]
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03 April 2014
Amarenco, the renewables company set up by former Bord Gá is chief executive John Mullins, says it is in “advanced discussions” with US and German investors over a proposal to raise more than €150 million to invest in solar energy projects in Britain and France. Mr Mullins said the money would not be raised directly […]
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27 March 2014
Siemens is investing £160 million in two wind turbine production and installation sites in Yorkshire. The sites comprise the previously announced Green Port Hull project construction, assembly and service facility and a new rotor blade manufacturing facility in nearby Paull, East Riding. Siemens’ port partner, Associated British Ports, (ABP) is investing a further £150m in […]
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