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Medgrid pushes for Mediterranean grid
- 2011-10-28 07:15:22
- David Flin
At a conference hosted by Israel’s branch of CIGRE, the International Council on Large Electric Systems, there were discussions on developing by 2020 a €5-6 billion electrical super-grid running from Spain, into northern Africa, to the eastern Mediterranean, and then back into Europe via Turkey.
Germany sets aside $130 billion for renewable energy
- 2011-10-21 06:07:17
- David Flin
Germany’s Kreditanstalt fur Wiederaufbau (German Development Bank, KfW) will underwrite renewable energy and energy efficiency investments in Germany with $137 billion over the next five years.
UK announces new subsidy profile for renewables
- 2011-10-21 00:50:57
- Junior Isles
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change has announced the new levels of government support for different kinds of renewable generation under the Renewables Obligation (RO) from 2013-2017.
Soitec releases 5th generation CPV system
- 2011-10-20 16:12:17
- Junior Isles
French semiconductor manufacturer Soitec has launched its fifth generation concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) system, designed for large-scale power plants. The new product configuration is claimed to deliver higher efficiency and a lower cost of electricity, according to the firm.
Vestas Wind Systems and State Grid Energy Research Institute announce cooperation
- 2011-10-19 05:12:21
- David Flin
China’s State Grid Energy Research Institute (SGERI) and Vestas China have announced plans to cooperate on developing techniques to overcome the difficulties of large-scale integration of wind power to the grid by applying an integrated solution encompassing technology, management and policy.
UK CSS ambitions under threat from lack of funding
- 2011-10-08 13:56:59
- Junior Isles
UK electricity generator Scottish Power is threatening to withdraw from a project to build a flagship pilot carbon capture & storage (CCS) facility at Longannet coal-fired power station near Fife, Scotland, unless the government gives it £0.5 billion ($0.78 billion) more in funding.
UK renewables approach all time high of 10 per cent
- 2011-09-30 00:40:39
- Junior Isles
Renewable electricity contributed an all time high of 9.6 per cent of the UK's power generation mix in the second quarter of this year, statistics released by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change have revealed.
OPIC approves $310 million for geothermal project in Kenya
- 2011-09-23 05:59:06
- David Flin
The Board of Directors of the Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC), the US Government’s development finance institution, has approved up to $310 million in financing for a project to increase the capacity of the Olkaria geothermal power plant in Kenya from 48 MW to 100 MW.
Alstom receives $4.1m in wind research funding
- 2011-09-20 21:35:32
- Junior Isles
Alstom has received $4.1m in research funding from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop advanced control systems and integrated sensors that increase cost-efficiency of offshore wind turbines.
CEB struggling with monsoon failure
- 2011-09-09 06:42:30
- David Flin
Sri Lanka’s Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), which has been badly hit by a failure of the island’s main monsoon, is predicting losses in 2011 of $54 million, due to the cost of extra thermal generation.
