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Bouygues bags N Ireland bio job

08 December 2015

Bouygues Energies & Services, a subsidiary of Bouygues Construction, has been awarded by the Full Circle Generation investment fund a €202m contract to build a 15MWe waste-to-energy gasification plant in Northern Ireland. Bouygues will be responsible for engineering, procurement and construction of the Belfast facility and will also perform operations and maintenance for 17 years. […]

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Democratic Republic of the Congo to start work on $12bn hydropower project by early 2017

07 December 2015

The project has an estimated value of around $12bn (€11.1bn) and represents the first phase development under the Grand Inga project, which has been planned as a hydropower complex across the Congo river, and which will be the world’s largest once developed. Construction is likely to be carried out in six phases, with the final […]

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Vestas wins 201MW turbine delivery order for EDF RE’s US wind project

04 December 2015

Danish wind turbine maker Vestas Wind Systems said on Monday it has received an order from EDF Renewable Energy (EDF RE) to supply 201 MW of its machines for a project in the US. Financial details and the name of the project have not been disclosed yet, but the Danish giant has also signed a […]

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India and France launch $1tn solar power tie-up

04 December 2015

India has launched a global alliance with France to boost solar power generation across countries, especially in developing ones that have ample solar energy resources but insufficient capital. The International Solar Alliance (ISA) initiative was launched by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande on the first day of the UN […]

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UE aims to produce biofuel from green algae.

04 December 2015

Ten partners from seven countries have joined in an innovative project to show that ethanol, biodiesel and bio-products can be produced from algae on a large scale. The BIOfuel From Algae Technologies (BIOFAT) project, largely funded by the European Commission’s Seventh Framework Program, aims to demonstrate that biofuels made from microalgae can offer energy efficiency, […]

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DONG pens Isle of Man lease agreement

03 December 2015

Dong Energy has signed an agreement for lease with the Isle of Man government to carry out preliminary investigations for an up to 700MW offshore wind farm in Manx waters off the north east coast of the island. The agreement gives Dong the right to investigate an area approximately six to 12 miles off the […]

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EGP exits Portugal

03 December 2015

Enel Green Power España has sold to First State Wind Energy Investments all of its assets in Portugal totalling 624MW for €900m. EGPE, 60% owned by Enel Green Power and 40% owned by Endesa, offloaded the entire share capital of Finerge Gestão de Projectos Energéticos – its Portuguese subsidiary – including the repayment of a […]

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Schneider Electric named preferred bidder for Hinkley Point C contract

01 December 2015

Schneider Electric, U.K. & Ireland, has been chosen as the preferred bidder for a contract to supply its medium-voltage PIX switchgear range for the £24.5bn (€33bn)Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in the UK, EDF Energy said last week. Final contract terms for the nuclear power project had been agreed with a number of suppliers […]

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Siemens secures 126MW of Scottish onshore wind orders

01 December 2015

German technology giant Siemens has won three onshore wind orders for projects in Scotland that will provide a combined capacity of 126MW. The Scottish projects under consideration include the Dersalloch wind farm in the South Ayrshire region, the Ewe Hill project, which is situated at a 15km distance from Lockerbie in Dumfries and Galloway, and […]

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NTR half-year profits reach €72.6m

25 November 2015

Irish renewables group NTR has booked a €72.6 million profit for the first half of its 2016 financial year. In a statement this morning, the company says the gain – which is up €67.2 million from the same period a year earlier – is down to the sale of its US wind farms completed earlier […]

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