24 February 2014
The UK leads in offshore wind deployment across the world with approximately 3.6GW of installed operating capacity, and a further 1.4GW under construction as of January 2014, according to an annual report by Offshore Wind Programme Board (OWPB). The report noted that the UK Government’s key priority is to maximise the economic benefit from offshore […]
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24 February 2014
UK-based Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has completed a support services contract to Italy-based cables firm Prysmian with the installation of HVDC cable for the Sylwin 1 offshore wind farm in German waters. Using the DP2 vessel Vos Sweet, OMM cleared the route proposed for laying the 160km high-voltage direct current export cable after identifying and […]
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24 February 2014
Swiss power and automation technology group ABB has won orders worth $56m from Power Grid Corporation (Powergrid) of India to supply power transformers and shunt reactors for substations. As part of the order, 14,500MVA, 765kV ultrahigh voltage single-phase auto-transformers will be installed at greenfield substations being constructed in Kanpur and Varanasi to support the country’s […]
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21 February 2014
Tullow Oil has said a well on the Langlitinden prospect in Norway, in which the Irish-listed company has a 15 per cent stake, will be permanently plugged and abandoned after the operator of the well failed to find commercial levels of oil. Operator Det Norske said it drilled down to 2,878 metres below sea level […]
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20 February 2014
As many as 35,000 jobs could be generated by developing Ireland’s wind energy sector further, according to a new report from Trinity College Dublin and the Economic Social Research Institute. The study suggests that Ireland would need to meet and exceed its current 2020 targets to double the amount of wind energy it produces to […]
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20 February 2014
Despite its reputation as one of the biggest polluters per capita in the world, China leads the way in terms of investments in smart-grid technology, spending US$4.3bn in 2013. The results, reported by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF), show that China has knocked off its biggest economic rival, the United States, in terms of total […]
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20 February 2014
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced that it will not be consulting on action to address FIT degression for small scale AD. This goes against previous statements including the letter received from the Minister before Christmas. ADBA, the REA and industry colleagues have been pushing hard for a tariff review because […]
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19 February 2014
The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) has issued a call for communities to apply for the €13.5 million available for energy efficiency upgrades and improvements particularly to energy poor homes. Funding is available this year for the two community programmes which include: €8.5 million for Better Energy Communities which will provide funding for pioneering […]
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19 February 2014
There is scope for up to 1,000 wind turbines to be constructed in the midlands, a senior executive with Bord na Móna told an Oireachtas committee yesterday. John Reilly said the wind speeds that were available in the midlands were the envy of other European countries and gave Ireland a major competitive advantage. Misunderstandings The […]
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18 February 2014
Renewable energy has saved Ireland more than €1bn in fossil fuel imports, cut CO2 emissions by 12m tonnes, and does not raise electricity prices, the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) reported. Dr Brian Motherway, CEO of the SEAI, said wind energy is delivering for Ireland as the country’s greatest indigenous energy resource. This resource […]
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