Europe
23 May 2012
The UK’s Aberdeen City and Shire has doubled its biomass capacity over the last two years to around 20MW of heat generation.
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23 May 2012
The European Marine Energy Centre (EMEC) has collaborated with US company Oregon Wave Energy Trust to deliver a new facility off Pacific Northwest coast, the Northwest National Marine Renewable Energy Centre (NNMREC).
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23 May 2012
Scotland’s First Minister Alex Salmond has reaffirmed the country’s commitment to renewable energy and called for a transfer of skills from the oil and gas industry to the low carbon sector.
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23 May 2012
An $18m marine energy fund has opened for bids today, aimed at helping Scotland’s first commercial scale wave and tidal power arrays.
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23 May 2012
Photovoltaic companies, Solar Frontier, and Belectric have completed and grid connected a 28.8MW CIS thin-film solar power plant in Bochow, Germany.
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23 May 2012
Wind company Suzlon has won a 138MW project contract from the Department of Energy in South Africa.
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23 May 2012
RenewablesCareers.com has reported a significant rise in demand for green jobs after seeing seen a 55 per cent year-on-year rise in visits to its site.
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22 May 2012
Renewable energy company ThermoEnergy will be deploying its ThermoEnergy Ammonia Recovery Process system to a biogas production plant outside of Amsterdam.
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22 May 2012
The UK government has published its draft energy bill, outlining plans to attract £110bn investment to reform the electricity market and has met opposition along the way.
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22 May 2012
The UK government is set to release a draft of its much-anticipated energy market reform today, with hopes the restructuring will hep attract £110bn of investment into the low carbon economy.
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22 May 2012
UK-based i20 Water has secured a £1.5m order for advanced pressure management systems from utility South East Water.
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22 May 2012
Norwegian marine energy developer Langlee Wave Power has secured NOK18m ($3m) for a year-long test of its E1 system.
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22 May 2012
The solar industry will see a heightened level of M&A over the next few years as businesses continue to struggle in the wake of reduced government support.
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22 May 2012
With a recent report showing the UK city of Oxford has taken the title of electric vehicle capital of Europe, Ernst & Young’s Lorna Pimlott told NewNet that with government funding coming to an end there will need to be a reassessment on how to make the infrastructure commercially viable.
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22 May 2012
Wind energy company RWE has questioned Germany’s ambition of adding 10GW of offshore wind power to the country’s generating network by 2020.
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21 May 2012
Germany-based SAG Solarstrom halted the repurchase programme of its own shares at the end of trading on 18 May 2012.
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21 May 2012
Europe’s Marguerite Fund has acquired a 30MW stake in a photovoltaic (PV) project near Auxerre, France, being developed by EDF.
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21 May 2012
UK environmental specialist SLR Consulting has announced fiscal 2011 revenue of £83.3m, ending 31 October, which is a 24 per cent increase on 2010.
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21 May 2012
Energy efficiency measures being introduced by the government may lead to rising energy prices in the UK and leave 65 per cent of households worse off, according to a new report.
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21 May 2012
Pressure from governments and consumers is driving companies to think about supply chains and ensure the sustainability of their product.
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