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EU slump underlies shift back to coal-fired generation
- 2012-05-11 01:24:17
- Junior Isles
Europe's economic slump has depressed overall emissions and the price of carbon in the EU ETS, allowing utilities to turn back to cheap, highly polluting coal-fired generation while still meeting their emissions targets, recent figures show.
Wisconsin Public Services to spend £250 million to upgrade Wausau coal boiler
- 2012-05-08 06:23:17
- David Flin
Wisconsin Public Services Corporation (WPS) has announced that it plans to spend $250 million to upgrade a coal-fired boiler in Wausau so that it meets US Federal clean air rules.
Bolivia seizes its power grid from Red Eléctrica in nationalisation plan
- 2012-05-02 21:26:55
- Junior Isles
Bolivian president Evo Morales said he is nationalising and seizing control of the main power grid from Spanish-owned Red Eléctrica Corporaciión, which has operated most of Bolivia's electricity distribution since privatisation 15 years ago.
Germany’s natural gas transition at risk
- 2012-04-28 14:04:24
- Junior Isles
Wingas GmbH, one of Germany’s largest importers of natural gas, claims the German government needs to improve investment conditions for gas-fired power plants if it is to ensure continued energy security.
Centrica threatens to withdraw from UK nuclear project
- 2012-04-21 12:46:58
- Junior Isles
Centrica, the only UK company left in the running to build Britain’s new generation of nuclear plants, has threatened to pull out over uncertainty around the government’s energy policy.
Wind farm inaugurated on Cape Verde Islands
- 2012-04-21 06:12:07
- David Flin
Cabeólica has inaugurated a 2.5 MW wind farm on Boa Vista Island, part of the Cape Verde archipelago.
Waste2Tricity acquires exclusive UK deployment rights
- 2012-04-13 06:05:16
- David Flin
Waste2Tricity has announced that it has acquired the exclusive rights for AFC Energy hydrogen fuel cells for deployment in the UK energy-from-waste sector in a £1 million deal.
Iberdrola-led consortium wins rights to 500 MW French wind farm
- 2012-04-12 13:16:03
- Junior Isles
France has awarded an Iberdrola - Eole-RES consortium the exclusive rights to develop a 500 MW offshore wind project near Saint-Brieuc, off the coast of Brittany. The project will create around 2000 jobs and help pioneer the offshore wind industry in France.
China exploits western caution to take nuclear initiative
- 2012-04-10 00:04:20
- Junior Isles
China has moved ahead of its rivals competing to build a new nuclear power station on Turkey’s Black Sea coast, underlining the declining ambitions of many developed nations' nuclear industries.
Samsung takes stake in UK CCS project
- 2012-03-29 13:15:04
- Junior Isles
Samsung Construction & Trading (C&T) has agreed to take a 15 per cent stake in 2Co Energy’s Don Valley project in Hatfield, South Yorkshire. Samsung C&T will also take on the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the onshore power station portion of the scheme.
