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UK energy mix shifts further from gas towards coal during 2012

  • 2013-01-11 09:48:54
  • Junior Isles
The UK’s generation mix shifted further from gas-fired generation towards coal during 2012, a trend that looks likely to continue in 2013 due to rising gas prices and falling fuel and emissions allowance costs for coal, according to analysis from Platts.

Coal down, gas up in USA

  • 2013-01-10 04:01:10
  • David Flin

Data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total electricity production in the country has risen by just 6 per cent over the last decade.

US wind production tax credit extended for another year

  • 2013-01-03 15:27:53
  • Junior Isles
A one-year extension to the expiring wind industry tax credit has been included in the US fiscal cliff deal passed by the US Congress this week.

US wind installations to exceed gas in 2012

  • 2012-12-24 15:40:13
  • Junior Isles
US Wind-turbine installations in 2012 are likely to exceed natural gas installations, as developers hurry to complete projects before a renewable energy tax credit expires.

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.

Japanese telecoms company to install solar panels on private homes

  • 2012-12-13 21:19:45
  • Junior Isles
Tokyo based Softbank Corp., one of Japan’s largest mobile-phone carriers, has plans to install solar panels on the rooftops of 1000 homes across the country, allowing it to increase its access to Japan’s clean energy feed-in-tariff.

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).

IDB approves loans for Uruguayan wind farms

  • 2012-12-08 11:53:42
  • Junior Isles
Two loans worth $107.7 million have been approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to finance the construction of the El Libertador and Palmatir wind farms in Uruguay.

US DOE to fund four projects to reduce solar power costs

  • 2012-12-08 04:06:28
  • David Flin

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it will give $29 million to four projects to reduce the costs of installing solar panels and help utilities figure out how to manage the growing amount of solar electricity that flows into the grids.

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