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Green light for world’s biggest offshore wind farm
- 2015-02-18 22:06:08
- Junior Isles
Plans for the world’s biggest offshore wind farm have been given the go ahead. The Dogger Bank wind farm with an array of up to 400 turbines, 80 miles off the Yorkshire coast, is expected to cost £6-8 billion and could meet 2.5 per cent of the UK’s electricity needs.
Balfour Beatty sells wind farm transmission system
- 2015-02-16 16:05:42
- Junior Isles
Balfour Beatty, the largest construction contractor in the UK, has today announced that it has sold 80 per cent of the transmission system for the Thanet offshore transmission project (Thanet Ofto) to Equitix, an infrastructure fund, for £40 million ($61.5 million).
Shetland wind farm cleared by Supreme Court
- 2015-02-09 14:40:50
- Junior Isles
A huge prospective onshore wind farm in the Shetland Islands, which is expected to be one of the most productive in the world, has been cleared for construction by the UK Supreme Court after it rejected an appeal based on the protection of local wildlife.
EDF forms Chinese partnerships
- 2015-02-06 23:41:53
- Junior Isles
French utility Électricité de France (EDF) has entered into strategic partnerships with China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and China Huadian Corporation in China.
Legal challenge could delay Hinkley Point C
- 2015-01-23 13:09:14
- Junior Isles
Austria is to launch a legal challenge to the price for electricity generated by EDF’s planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power station in the UK.
Ukraine doubles wind power production but sector under threat
- 2015-01-20 22:26:44
- Junior Isles
Ukrainian wind farms produced 1.12 billion kWh of renewable electricity in 2014, which is 0.62 per cent of the country's total power output, nearly doubling the figure for 2013.
Sweden boosts Barents Region wind production to record-high
- 2015-01-13 12:25:31
- Junior Isles
The Barents Region, centred on the northern Baltic Sea, has set a new wind power record in 2013, generating some 1600 GWh in figures recently released by Patchwork Barents - a data pool for the region.
UK and Germany set wind stage for 2015
- 2015-01-06 16:09:32
- Junior Isles
The UK and Germany both recorded substantial increases on their annual wind power records for 2014, setting the stage for further growth of this industry across Europe.
Ethiopian hydro project could begin power generation by June
- 2015-01-02 13:30:13
- Junior Isles
Gilgel Gibe 3, a much delayed $1.8 billion dam project under construction along Ethiopia's Omo river could start generating power by June and be fully operational early 2016, according to a government official.
Scotland's solar capacity rises by a third
- 2014-12-30 21:56:15
- Junior Isles
Scotland's solar capacity has risen by a third in the past year, according to new figures from British energy regulator Ofgem.
