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Ballard Power to provide 1 MW clean power generation in France

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-27)
  • David Flin
Ballard Power Systems has announced that it has signed an agreement to provide a 1 MW ClearGen fuel cell distributed generation system for Hydrogène de France (HDF).

NorthWestern Energy to buy 80 MW wind farm in South Dakota

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-24)

Climate talks make progress

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-23)
  • Junior Isles

Environment ministers have made progress with talks to prepare for a global climate deal due to be signed at the UN Climate Change conference in Paris in later this year.

UK proposes solar subsidy cuts

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-22)
  • Junior Isles

The British government has announced measures to deal with a projected over-allocation of renewable energy subsidies.

Talen Energy to buy three power plants for $1.18 billion

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-21)
  • David Flin
Talen Energy of the USA has announced an agreement to acquire MACH Gen, which owns over 2500 MW of combined cycle, natural gas-fired generating capacity for $1.175 billion, inclusive of any assumed debt, subject to purchase price adjustments.

Tamil Nadu needs to improve grid for wind energy generation

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-20)
  • David Flin
Madhusudan Khemka, Chairman of the Indian Wind Turbine Manufacturers Association (IWTMA), said that the Indian state of Tamil Nadu needs to improve its transmission grid capability to allow it to increase its wind power capacity.

Construction begins on South America's first geothermal plant

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-17)
  • Junior Isles

Chile’s state-owned Empresa Nacional del Petroleo (Enap) and Enel Green energy have begun construction of a 48 MW geothermal plant in Ollague, Antofagasta, Chile.

Green light for 299 MW Tees biomass plant

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-16)

The Tees Renewable Energy Plant (Tees REP), MGT Power’s proposed 299 MW biomass plant located in Redcar North Yorkshire, is to go ahead following the announcement that it has secured funding from Australian investment bank, Macquarie Group.

EU invests in central and southern Europe energy infrastructure

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-15)
  • Junior Isles

The EU will provide a €150 million ($164 million) package to develop gas and electricity infrastructure projects across the region.

Natural gas overtakes coal as top source of US power generation

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-14)
  • David Flin
Natural gas has overtaken coal as the top source of US electric power generation for the first time ever.