Strikes by workers protesting against a French nuclear reform plan reduced nuclear power generation by more than 1 GW on Wednesday evening (9 December).
Italy has launched a new incentive programme to encourage the local generation and sharing of renewable energy.
The UK has announced a new target to reduce the UK’s emissions by at least 68 per cent by 2030 compared to 1990 levels.
GE has won an order from RWE Generation for 11 units of its LM2500XPRESS power plant technology to build a gas-fired reserve plant in Biblis, a municipality in the Southern Hesse region of Germany.
Siemens Gamesa has signed four contracts with the independent renewable energy company European Energy to install four wind farms in Sweden and Poland.
GE has announced that Dogger Bank Wind Farm, to be located off the northeast coast of England in the North Sea, has reached financial close on debt financing for Phases A and B.
EDF has announced that it plans to start decommissioning of Hinkley Point B nuclear power station in Somerset, England by July 2022.
GE Renewable Energy has announced that it was selected by European Energy as supplier for three windfarms in Lithuania.
Siemens Gamesa has announced that it will be adding a new wind turbine to its 4.X platform range, the SG 4.7-155.
The utilities SSE and Scottish Power, along with grid operator National Grid, are planning the Eastern link project, comprising two 2 GW subsea HVDC cables between Scotland and England.