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European Parliament rejects Commission’s 2030 policy

  • 10 years ago (2014-02-07)
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The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) has said that this week’s vote in plenary on the European Parliament’s report on ‘A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies’ gives a clear signal that the demand for three binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency prevails.

Fukushima province commits to renewable future

  • 10 years ago (2014-02-06)
  • Junior Isles
Japan’s Fukushima province, still suffering in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, has said that it will commit to 100 per cent renewable power generation by 2040 through a variety of local community initiatives.

Irish renewables funding in doubt past 2020

  • 10 years ago (2014-02-04)
  • Junior Isles
Ireland’s funding for renewable energy schemes will be scaled back from ‘elevated levels’ once EU targets are met, according to influential stockbrokers Davy Group.

German industry against energy reform

  • 10 years ago (2014-02-02)
  • Junior Isles
The Federation of German Industry (BDI) has warned that the German government's recent energy plans will jeopardise jobs in the country, with the proposal to force firms generating their own electricity to pay extra to support renewables being most problematic .

NEM supplies first HRSG behind Siemens H-class turbine

  • 10 years ago (2014-01-30)
  • Junior Isles

NEM Energy b.v. (NEM) has been awarded a contract for the supply of a three-pressure Benson heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) with reheat for the 414 MW San Gabriel combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in the Philippines.

RWE suffers write-down due to low plant profitability

  • 10 years ago (2014-01-29)
  • Junior Isles
Declines in the profitability of conventional power plants will force RWE to write down €3.3 billion worth of assets in the German utility giant’s 2013 earnings report, according to a company statement, with some analysts speculating that RWE will declare a net loss.

Kenya plans transition to geothermal

  • 10 years ago (2014-01-29)
  • Junior Isles
Kenya is to more than double power generation from its Olkaria geothermal fields this year, with power producer KenGen set to commission additional capacity from two existing power generation plants with a combined capacity of 280 MW.

UK launches distributed energy funding scheme

  • 10 years ago (2014-01-27)
  • Junior Isles
The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) this week unveiled a new ‘Community Energy Strategy’ report, aimed at encouraging decentralised power generation via community ownership.

Mott MacDonald appointed owner’s engineer on Turkish power plant

  • 10 years ago (2014-01-26)
  • Junior Isles

Mott MacDonald has been appointed owner’s engineer by Icanadolu Doğalgaz Elektrik Üretim ve Ticaret A. Ş. – a subsidiary of Gama Enerji A. Ş. – for a new 840 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Kirikkale, Central Anatolia, Turkey.

Dewa to pilot CSP plant

  • 10 years ago (2014-01-23)
  • Junior Isles

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has signed an agreement to pilot the Middle East’s first Stirling Engine Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant.