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UK offshore wind industry reaches 1GW landmark

• 2010-04-26 06:57:15
• David Flin

The landmark of the first GW of installed offshore UK wind energy capacity has been reached as two wind farms off the coast of Britain began generating electricity: Robin Rigg, operated by EON; and Gunfleet Sands, operated by Dong Energy.

Hotel offers “cycle for your dinner” deal

• 2010-04-15 05:59:51
• David Flin

A Danish hotel, the Crowne Plaza Copenhagen Towers, is pioneering a pedal-power electricity generation scheme by installing two exercise bicycles hooked up to generators.

200 firms vie for solar projects in Rajasthan

• 2010-04-12 06:04:52
• David Flin

NTPC, Tata Power, JSW Energy and Sterlite Energy are among over 200 companies that have sent in proposals to set up solar power projects in Rajasthan, India.

Call for more realism in Welsh renewable energy plan

• 2010-04-07 07:18:53
• David Flin

The Welsh Assembly Government’s new energy policy statement is more “idealistic than realistic”, according to wind energy developer West Coast Energy.

Chinese wind power heads offshore

• 2010-04-05 06:40:22
• David Flin

China’s first offshore wind farm, a 102MW array is due to come to full power by the end of April 2010, is located in the Yangtze River delta near Shanghai.

Solar power lights up Bangladesh Prime Minister’s office

• 2010-04-02 05:41:16
• David Flin

The Bangladeshi government has installed a solar panel system on the rooftop of its Prime Minister’s office in the capital Dhaka in a bid to encourage green energy in a country feeling extreme electricity scarcity.

GE to invest $450 million in European offshore wind

• 2010-03-27 06:35:58
• David Flin

GE has announced that it will invest €340 million ($450 million) in offshore wind technology in Europe until 2020.

Malaysia investigates renewable energy from palm oil waste

• 2010-03-22 05:06:26
• David Flin

Sabah’s palm oil industry produces enough waste to generate up to 700MW of electricity, according to an American energy researcher.

Japan’s cabinet approves draft Global Warming Mitigation Law

• 2010-03-16 06:28:56
• David Flin

The Japanese cabinet has approved a draft Global Warming Mitigation Law. With regard to the emissions trading scheme, which had been a focus of controversy until the final process of the discussion, the bill proposes establishment of a total emissions cap as the basic control method while also including the emissions intensity approach in the provisions.

Smart grids needed to develop renewable potential

• 2010-02-22 08:13:33
• David Flin