Wärtsilä Finland, the energy companies Vaasan Sähkö and EPV Energia, and the city of Vaasa, Finland, have signed a letter of intent to cooperate in a project to utilise green hydrogen in power generation, industry, and transportation applications.
Eneco of the Netherlands and the Danish European Energy have announced that they have formed a joint venture to participate in an upcoming tender for Denmark’s Thor offshore wind farm.
Over half Britain’s daily electricity came from wind power on 28 December for the first time on record.
UK energy regulator Ofgem has announced that EDF Energy has agreed to pay a £6 million fine for breaching British energy market reporting rules regarding its power plant availability.
The UK Government has announced that it is restarting talks with EDF about construction of the £20 billion 3.2 GW Sizewell C nuclear power plant in Suffolk.
An incident in reactor 2 of the Olkiluoto nuclear power station in the southwest of Finland took place on 10 December.
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.