The Australian government has agreed a deal on a new Renewable Energy Target (RET) after nearly two years of political debate. The government has says it will reduce the RET to 33 000 GWh by 2020.
The British government has announced that construction on the 400 MW, £1.3 billion ($2.02 billion) Rampion windfarm will take place next year off the coast of Sussex.
A startling new report by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has today stated that fossil fuel companies receive some £3.4 trillion ($5.3 trillion) in subsidies each year – which is equivalent to nearly $10 million every day.
The deal provides ZF with a ready-made entry point into the industrial gears market, as well as underpinning its existing wind turbine gearbox activities - especially as the Beijing factory is aimed solely at producing wind turbine gearboxes.
Stefan Sommer, ZF CEO, said: "The acquisition of the industrial gears and turbine gearbox of Bosch Rexroth AG is an excellent supplement to our industrial technology portfolio and opens up new customer groups."
Bosch Rexroth's large gearbox business generated about $340.9 million in sales last year.
Czech power company CEZ says it is keeping an eye on potential investment in assets in central Europe that its Swedish and Italian rivals may sell, although it admits there are few immediate and attractive takeover targets.
Italian renewable energy developer Enel Green Power has announced a $9.9 billion, 7 GW capacity addition and capital investment programme in Latin America.
The International Energy Agency has published its Energy Technology Perspectives 2015 (ETP 2015). The report shows that despite a few recent success stories, clean energy progress is falling well short of the levels needed to limit the global increase in temperatures to no more than 2°C.
In its annual shareholders meeting in Essen, E.On's Supervisory Board Chairman and CEO Johannes Teyssen updated shareholders on progress in dividing the company into the future E.On and a new company known as Uniper.
The EU-28 Member States and the European Parliament have agreed to introduce a market stability reserve in 2019 to tackle a glut of over 2 billion excess permits in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS).
Hungary’s government has confirmed the deal for Russia's state-owned nuclear corporation Rosatom to build two new reactors at the Paks nuclear power plant (NPP).