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NTPC to create 5000 MW of solar within two years
- 2015-04-08 18:14:53
- Junior Isles
The National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), India's state-run power generator, is aiming to develop 5000 MW of solar power capacity in the next two years, which is a third of its 15 000 MW target over the next seven years in India. This target represents a fifty-fold increase from the current levels of solar capacity.
UK offshore wind power pot collects £460 million
- 2015-04-01 20:53:27
- Junior Isles
The UK government has announced that £463 million ($684 million) has gone into a fund for wind projects headed by the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB), which has already invested £200 million ($295 million) of its own capital. This is the first stage of a planned £1 billion fund that would be geared to develop offshore wind farms.
Costa Rica runs on renewables for 75 days
- 2015-03-31 10:37:20
- Junior Isles
Costa Rica has managed a major clean energy milestone, meeting 100 per cent of its power needs with renewable sources for 75 straight days at the beginning of 2015.
Chinese wind farm developer reports jump in profit
- 2015-03-25 15:45:17
- Junior Isles
China's biggest wind farm developer, Longyuan Power Group Corp., has reported a 25 per cent jump in full-year profit as its activities in wind power generation increased.
Scandinavian companies combine renewable portfolios
- 2015-03-23 22:09:33
- Junior Isles
Sweden’s Triventus Wind Power and Norway’s Havgul Clean Energy have announced that they will merge to combine their 1.6 GW portfolio and jointly develop further renewable projects across Finland, Norway and Sweden.
RenewableUK argues for East England wind project hub
- 2015-03-18 22:32:11
- Junior Isles
RenewableUK has said the East of England could become a hub for trading renewable energy with Scandinavia, so long as the right regulatory framework is put in place.
RWE to invest in Conergy
- 2015-03-17 23:22:07
- Junior Isles
Conergy, one of the world’s largest downstream solar companies is to receive an equity investment from RWE Supply & Trading, the energy trading arm of the European utility.
Punjab to launch farmer-based solar power scheme
- 2015-03-16 22:19:30
- Junior Isles
The government of the Indian state of Punjab is set to launch a farm-level solar power scheme to promote land-owning farmers projects that range from 1 MW to 2.5 MW. The programme is initially aiming to set up 500 MW of capacity.
Enel Green to build three solar plants in South Africa
- 2015-03-13 14:57:35
- Junior Isles
Enel Green Power (EGP), has announced the beginning of construction of three solar photovoltaic (PV) plants in South Africa – in Aurora, Paleisheuwel and Tom Burke. Power from the plants will be sold to state utility, Eskom.
EU seeks to end deadlock over German transmission plan
- 2015-03-10 03:59:19
- Junior Isles
The EU has urged Germany to find a solution to political deadlock over disputed plans to build new power transmission lines between the windy north of the country to the more developed south. The power lines themselves are seen as integral to Germany's shift away from nuclear and fossil fuels.
