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US submits climate pledge

  • 10 years ago (2015-04-03)
  • Junior Isles

The United States has submitted its target to cut net greenhouse gas emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The submission, referred to as an Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), is a formal statement of the US target, announced in China last year, to reduce our emissions by 26-28 per cent below 2005 levels by 2025, and to make best efforts to reduce by 28 per cent.

UK offshore wind power pot collects £460 million

  • 10 years ago (2015-04-01)
  • Junior Isles

The UK government has announced that £463 million ($684 million) has gone into a fund for wind projects headed by the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB), which has already invested £200 million ($295 million) of its own capital. This is the first stage of a planned £1 billion fund that would be geared to develop offshore wind farms.

Costa Rica runs on renewables for 75 days

  • 10 years ago (2015-03-31)
  • Junior Isles

Costa Rica has managed a major clean energy milestone, meeting 100 per cent of its power needs with renewable sources for 75 straight days at the beginning of 2015.

Jordan signs $10 billion nuclear power deal with Russia

  • 10 years ago (2015-03-26)
  • Junior Isles

Jordan has signed a $10 billion agreement with Jordan for the development of its first nuclear power plant. signed an agreement on Tuesday in Amman.

Chinese wind farm developer reports jump in profit

  • 10 years ago (2015-03-25)
  • Junior Isles

China's biggest wind farm developer, Longyuan Power Group Corp., has reported a 25 per cent jump in full-year profit as its activities in wind power generation increased.

Scandinavian companies combine renewable portfolios

  • 10 years ago (2015-03-23)
  • Junior Isles

Sweden’s Triventus Wind Power and Norway’s Havgul Clean Energy have announced that they will merge to combine their 1.6 GW portfolio and jointly develop further renewable projects across Finland, Norway and Sweden.

Pakistan nuclear power to be raised to 40 000 MW by 2050

  • 10 years ago (2015-03-20)
  • Junior Isles

Nuclear installed capacity in Pakistan will be raised to 40 000 MW by 2050, the Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) chairman said.

RenewableUK argues for East England wind project hub

  • 10 years ago (2015-03-18)
  • Junior Isles

RenewableUK has said the East of England could become a hub for trading renewable energy with Scandinavia, so long as the right regulatory framework is put in place.

Commercial negotiations to start on UK tidal project

  • 10 years ago (2015-03-18)
  • Junior Isles

The British government is moving to the first phase of commercial negotiations on a Contract for Difference (CFD) with the developer of a proposed tidal lagoon at Swansea Bay.

RWE to invest in Conergy

  • 10 years ago (2015-03-17)
  • Junior Isles

Conergy, one of the world’s largest downstream solar companies is to receive an equity investment from RWE Supply & Trading, the energy trading arm of the European utility.