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Grid upgrades to accommodate more renewables in N.Ireland given the go-ahead

  • 2012-12-18 23:19:11
  • Junior Isles
The Northern Irish Utility Regulator has approved a £44 million plan to have Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) upgrade its electricity transmission system to enable more renewables such as wind farms to connect to the grid.

Spanish Senate backs 7 per cent tax on power production

  • 2012-12-15 04:25:50
  • David Flin

Spain’s Senate has approved a reform of its energy sector that includes a 7 per cent tax on electricity generation that is likely to cost power producers hundreds of millions of euros.

EREF President criticises Ukraine subsidising the ‘traditional sector’

  • 2012-12-10 16:45:42
  • Junior Isles
Ukraine should move to favour renewable sources of energy and give up subsidies for ‘traditional energy generation’, which still dominates the country’s generation mix, according to Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes, President of the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF).

Blue Energy to build Africa’s largest solar PV power plant

  • 2012-12-04 04:21:17
  • David Flin

UK-based Blue Energy has announced that it will build Africa’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, the 155 MW Nzema project in Ghana.

New UK energy bill announced to mixed reaction

  • 2012-12-01 18:39:47
  • Junior Isles
There has been a mixed response to the UK government’s new Energy Bill, released this week. Some have criticised the bill as introducing additional uncertainty into an already fraught energy policy environment by proposing unconventional new measures to increase energy efficiency.

Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries merge thermal power businesses

  • 2012-12-01 04:36:49
  • David Flin

Japanese conglomerates Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have agreed to form a joint venture that will integrate their thermal power generation businesses.

EDF gains a nuclear site licence for UK plant

  • 2012-11-26 22:54:44
  • Junior Isles
EDF has been granted the UK’s first new nuclear plant site licence for 25 years for its planned Hinkley Point plant.

CEZ receives power bids as it seeks to comply with EU ruling

  • 2012-11-24 00:55:12
  • Junior Isles
Czech power utility CEZ AS has announced that it has received three eligible bids for its coal-fired Elektrarny Detmarovice electricity generator. It has also received separate offers for three of its other coal-burning power plants.

German solar PV up 50 per cent on 2011

  • 2012-11-07 23:20:04
  • Junior Isles
Figures from the German Federal Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) show solar PV generation has increased by more than 50 per cent in 2012 compared to 2011.

Hitachi wins rights to UK’s new £700 million nuclear project

  • 2012-10-31 21:12:26
  • Junior Isles
Japan's Hitachi has signed a £700 million ($1.13 billion) deal giving it rights to build a new generation of power plants in the UK, effectively restarting the UK's stalled nuclear expansion plans.

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