Ignacio Galán, Chairman of Iberdrola Renovables, met Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the UK at 10 Downing Street, and expressed his interest in contributing to the development of the UK’s energy system through clean technologies.
Sempra Generation is paying an undisclosed sum to acquire Hawaii-based Auwahi Wind Energy from the Royal Dutch Shell subsidiary Shell WindEnergy. Auwahi is developing a 22MW wind farm on the Ulupalakua Ranch in south easterm Maui.
The Southern African Power Pool (SAPP) will start implementing a cross-border power trading system in November, largely based on the successful Nord Pool, operating in the Nordic region, the world’s largest power derivatives exchange.