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Two new solar plants to open in South Africa

  • 9 years ago (2015-01-19)
  • Junior Isles

The South African Department of Energy (DoE) has recently announced that two new Concentrating Solar Power (CSP) plants will be built in the Northern Cape.

Pact agreed on international nuclear accident compensation

  • 9 years ago (2015-01-17)
  • Junior Isles

An international pact on nuclear disaster compensation will come into force on April 15 after a Japanese government representative signed the treaty and handed a letter of acceptance to the International Atomic Energy Agency.

Clean Energy Partners receives approval for wind transmission line

  • 9 years ago (2015-01-15)
  • Junior Isles

Clean Line Energy Partners, the Houston-based company backed by such investors as Britain's National Grid, has secured a major regulatory approval in Tennessee that will keep its Plains and Eastern wind transmission project on track.

Mexico attracts huge Spanish investment

  • 9 years ago (2015-01-14)
  • Junior Isles

Spanish companies Iberdrola, Gamesa and Acciona plan to invest nearly $14 billion in Mexico’s energy industry over the next three years.

Sweden boosts Barents Region wind production to record-high

  • 9 years ago (2015-01-13)
  • Junior Isles

The Barents Region, centred on the northern Baltic Sea, has set a new wind power record in 2013, generating some 1600 GWh in figures recently released by Patchwork Barents - a data pool for the region.

SunEdison and Adani to invest $4 billion in Indian solar factory

  • 9 years ago (2015-01-12)
  • Junior Isles

US firm SunEdison and Adani Enterprises have agreed to work together and pledge $4 billion in a joint venture to set-up an Indian solar power factory.

EPA delays rule on new plant emissions

  • 9 years ago (2015-01-09)
  • Junior Isles

The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) final ruling on carbon dioxide emissions from new coal-fired power plants has been delayed.

TerraForm Power buys 21 power plants from SunEdison

  • 9 years ago (2015-01-08)
  • Junior Isles

TerraForm Power Inc, a global operator of clean energy power plants, has announced that it has purchased 21 distributed generation (DG) solar power plants in the US, totalling 26 MW and worth $47 million from SunEdison.

California to increase renewables target

  • 9 years ago (2015-01-07)
  • Junior Isles

California’s Governor Jerry Brown has set out a new goal for the US’ most populous state, to increase renewable energy use to 50 per cent in the next 15 years.

UK and Germany set wind stage for 2015

  • 9 years ago (2015-01-06)
  • Junior Isles

The UK and Germany both recorded substantial increases on their annual wind power records for 2014, setting the stage for further growth of this industry across Europe.