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Drax calls for more UK biomass support

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-24)
  • Junior Isles

Drax Group, operator of the UK’s biggest power station, has repeated a plea for more UK Government support for biomass burning, as it reported higher annual profits and sales.

Arab states continue power spending

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-20)
  • Junior Isles

Arab nations are expected to pump more than $92 billion into projects to expand their power generation capacity.

UK’s FIT scheme sees 21 000 solar installations

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-19)
  • Junior Isles

Solar Guide, a free online resource for homeowners and engineers regarding solar-related issues, has found the average price of a domestic solar PV installation in the UK to be less than £12 000.

UK power industry shows CSS ambition

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-19)
  • Junior Isles

A total of 14 UK projects have applied for European Union funding of around €4.5 billion for carbon capture and storage and innovative renewable energy projects across the region, the UK government has said.

Jordan and Turkey sign nuclear cooperation agreement

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-19)
  • Junior Isles

Amman and Ankara are set to usher in a new era of energy cooperation between Turkey and Jordan, with the signing of a nuclear cooperation agreement.

Report released on Chinese renewables

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-17)
  • Junior Isles

A new report titled "China Renewable Energy Market Outlook” has been released detailing every segment of the renewable energy industry in China; including wind, solar, hydropower, biomass, geothermal and tidal.

Karnataka continues to expand thermal generation

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-15)
  • Junior Isles

The Indian state of Karnataka hopes to commission the third unit of the Bellary Thermal Power Station (BTPS) before July 2014 in its bid to ease the severe power shortage in the state.

India’s great renewables potential

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-11)
  • Junior Isles

Renewable energy sources can play an important role in increasing India's energy security, according to The World Bank. It said 68 000 MW of power costing less than Rs 6 per unit can be generated in the subcontinent.

Scotland to host the UK’s first CCS site

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-10)
  • Junior Isles

Shell, Petrofac and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) have joined an ambitious bid to turn Peterhead power station into the UK’s first carbon capture and storage plant, which would see carbon dioxide emissions pumped into an empty North Sea gas field.

Dong open's first UK power plant

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-10)
  • Junior Isles

Dong Energy A/S, Denmark’s biggest utility, has inaugurated its first power station in the UK, the gas fired Severn Power station at Uskmouth in south Wales.