Europe
24 May 2013
The Swansea Bay tidal lagoon developer Tidal Lagoon Power has named a former opencast mining worker and executive as development director for Wales.
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24 May 2013
3i Group has made an offer for Barclays’ European infrastructure fund management business.
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24 May 2013
UK and Ireland renewable energy group Kedco has received €1.15m of senior term loans from Allied Irish Banks for the construction of its Pluckanes wind farm.
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23 May 2013
Dong Energy has called for greater industry certainty to be created through the implementation of the long-awaited UK Energy Bill.
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23 May 2013
Europe’s largest professional body for engineers has formed a new group to ensure that networks are ready to meet the significant challenges of low carbon generation technologies.
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23 May 2013
Sustainable Marine Energy is to build and test a new generation systems integration platform, fitted with 50 tidal turbines provided by propulsion specialist Schottel.
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23 May 2013
Scottish Energy Minister Fergus Ewing has promised to continue drawing in private sector financing for Scotland’s renewable energy industry off the back of a world-first £18m marine renewables fund.
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22 May 2013
UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey told NewNet Scotland will struggle to meet its renewable energy generation targets if it becomes independent as investment levels will suffer.
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22 May 2013
SolarWorld will update shareholders in July at an extraordinary meeting called after the business recorded losses totalling half of its capital stock.
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22 May 2013
Asset management firm Capital Dynamics has invested in a 21MW onshore wind farm project in Northern Ireland.
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22 May 2013
An £18m marine renewables fund launched by the Scottish government last year will now be used to provide a dedicated support mechanism for the wave sector to enable wave projects get to the first array stage and development.
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22 May 2013
Centrosolar creditors have reportedly approved a debt swap deal, which will see debt from a €50m bond equated to 5.5 million newly-issued shares.
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22 May 2013
Italian developer Falck Renewables will sell its non-controlling interests in UK wind plants, amounting to 49 per cent of its business in the country, is seeking a co-investment partner for the construction of new plants.
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22 May 2013
Xeros, a UK-based innovator of an ultra-low water cleaning system, has partnered with chemical company BASF to jointly develop polymer beads based on engineering plastics.
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22 May 2013
Danish investor Better Energy has acquired a 4MW portfolio of solar assets in Germany from Sunowe Photovoltaic.
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22 May 2013
Numis Securities has teamed with ex-Foresight team Bluefield Partners to launch a £150m UK-based listed fund targeting large-scale solar assets.
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22 May 2013
Aquamarine Power, has received full consent from the Scottish Government for a 40MW wave farm off the north-west coast of Lewis, Scotland, making it set to become the world’s largest fully-permitted ocean energy site.
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22 May 2013
UK utility SSE reported pre-tax profits of £1.4bn for the 12 months to the end of March, an increase of 5.6 per cent against the previous year.
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22 May 2013
Orcan Energy, a private equity-backed waste heat recovery technology supplier, told NewNet its latest equity round in which it attracted strategic investor E.ON was ‘significantly greater’ than previous fundraises.
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22 May 2013
UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey will today call on Scotland to remain within the UK, saying nationwide legislation protects low carbon investment in the country.
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