13 February 2014
Crews from Northern Ireland Electricity are helping ESB Networks restore power to some 190,000 homes and businesses in the Republic of Ireland today, after stormy weather battered the country yesterday. ESB Networks crews restored power to more than 700,000 customers through yesterday evening and into the night, ESB Networks said. Surveys of the damage show […]
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12 February 2014
Swiss company ABB has won a contract from Dudgeon Offshore Wind, a company owned by Statoil and Statkraft, for the supply of a submarine alternating current power cable system for a new wind farm in the UK. Under the $55m contract, ABB will design and deliver two 132kV three-core AC submarine cables measuring 42km each […]
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12 February 2014
An Irish renewable energy company called Mainstream Renewable Power has announced it is to begin work on eight new solar and wind projects to the tune of €3.1bn in four continents. Headed by Eddie O’Connor, the company will begin work on the eight utility-scale projects which are to reach financial close and begin construction works […]
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11 February 2014
The European Commission’s proposal for 27% of electricity to be generated by renewables by 2030 — with no reponsibility for individual countries to meet the target — has been dismissed as a “sham” by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA). The association is encouraging EU heads of state to vote for binding national targets when […]
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11 February 2014
Europe risks losing its foothold as a major competitive renewables market to China and the US if it doesn’t regain leadership on climate and green energy policies, warns a new study. The report by Climate Strategies, a European economic research institute, says that if Europe doesn’t enact policies to tackle climate change and grow investment in renewables […]
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11 February 2014
The UK is lagging behind other European nations by not using the £60bn it is expected to collect from European carbon taxes over the next fifteen years to insulate homes, a report has concluded. The report by campaign group Energy Bill Revolution, which includes contractors Mark Group, Gentoo and trade body the Federation of Master […]
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11 February 2014
Tidal Lagoon Power is seeking approval for a £12bn project to develop a series of tidal energy plants in the UK that is claimed to be the world’s first tidal lagoon power plant. The company has submitted an application, following three years of feasibility work and impact assessments, to the UK Planning Inspectorate under the […]
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11 February 2014
Finnish energy company Fortum has committed €40m in its associated company Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto’s (TSE) new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Naantali. Expected to be commissioned in the last quarter of 2017, the €260m plant, which can be fuelled by biomass, coal and high-quality recycled waste, will replace the 50-year-old coal-fired power plant […]
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11 February 2014
E.ON has completed the first phase foundations at the £700m Humber Gateway offshore wind farm, located 8km off the Holderness coast, East Riding of Yorkshire, the UK. The first phase included the creation of 24 foundations, consisting of a tubular steel monopile, for the turbines, while the second phase for the remaining 49 turbines is […]
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11 February 2014
Iberdrola has completed the Syserwind demo project to optimise the connection between wind farms and electricity transmission grids. The project was carried out in collaboration with Gamesa, Red Eléctrica de España and the University of Comillas’s Institute for Technological Research. The project created new power-frequency and voltage control equipment and systems at 15 of Iberdrola’s […]
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