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Google makes wind power play

24/05/2013

Global web giant Google has made a move into the wind power generation business having acquired California-based Makani Power.

441 MW hydropower plant opens in Spain

24/05/2013

The Santo Estevo II hydroelectric power plant in Galicia, Spain has opened and is set have an installed capacity of 441 MW.

IEA warns Germany on price threat to Energiewende

24/05/2013

The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) executive director, Maria van der Hoeven, has warned the German government to curb retail prices in order to ensure the country’s shift to green power isn’t threatened.

Alstom to fit out Indian coal power plant

24/05/2013

Alstom is to equip the Gadarwara super thermal power plant in India with components and services in a deal worth $129m to the French energy solutions provider.

Mexican PV plant will be biggest in Latin America

24/05/2013

A 30 MW photovoltaic plant believed to be the biggest to date in Latin America is to be built in Mexico.

Congo hydropower project set to eclipse Three Gorges

24/05/2013

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and South Africa have announced a treaty to develop a giant hydroelectric project at Inga Falls, near Congo’s capital Kinshasa, the first phase of which will have a capacity of 4800 MW.

Politicians must look ‘beyond bureaucratic imagination’ to progress CCS

23/05/2013

For carbon capture and storage to move forward in Europe, politicians and policymakers “need to look beyond the limits of the current bureaucratic imagination,” according to the author of a new report into CCS development.

Engineers form UK expert panel to advise on T&D strategy

23/05/2013

Europe’s largest professional body for engineers has formed a panel of experts to devise a ‘one-system approach’ to the UK’s electricity networks. 

Vattenfall upgrades Swedish nuclear reactors

23/05/2013

Vattenfall has upgraded the nuclear reactors at its Forsmark and Ringhals power plants in Sweden.

Belgium's Elia eyes up Dutch and French TSOs

22/05/2013

Elia, Belgium's transmission system operator (TSO), is reportedly considering buying stakes in two neighbouring grid operators, TenneT of the Netherlands and France’s RTE.

European energy firms suffering ‘a perfect storm’, power bosses tell EU

22/05/2013

The bosses of eight European energy companies have warned EU leaders that the region’s energy sector is in a “perilous situation” and action is urgently needed.

RusHydro to modernise 1.3 GW of key hydro capacity in Nigeria

22/05/2013

RusHydro International AG has signed a five-year service agreement with Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited of Nigeria, which will see the JSC RusHydro’s subsidiary upgrade two key hydroelectric facilities and improve their available capacity.

Russia’s ‘first of a kind’ gas engine-based power plant

22/05/2013

Wärtsilä of Finland has been awarded a contract to supply a 110 MW gas-engine-based power plant by Transmashenergo, an independent power producer in Russia. The value of the deal was not disclosed.

UK energy secretary warns Scotland against independence

22/05/2013

UK Energy Secretary Ed Davey has warned that Scotland will damage its standing as a prime mover in renewable energy if it votes to become independent.

Shale gas could be ‘new North Sea’ for UK says report

22/05/2013

Shale gas could be “a new North Sea for Britain, creating tens of thousands of jobs and reducing gas imports”, according to the UK’s Institute of Directors (IoD).

Better site choices for renewables could save Europe $58bn

21/05/2013

Europe could save €45bn ($58bn) by 2030 if renewable energy installations were built on sites that offer the highest power potential, according to a new study by Siemens.

Europe and Asia-Pacific follow US lead on demand response

21/05/2013

There are at least 1342 demand response programmes currently underway worldwide – and 95 per cent of them are in North America, according to a new report.

First turbine installed at 576 MW UK wind farm

21/05/2013

The first of 160 turbines at the Gwynt y Môr wind farm in the UK has been successfully installed.

Europe faces blackouts risk from plant closures and policy inertia

21/05/2013

Europe could face power blackouts if utilities shut loss-making gas plants and aging coal facilities while governments dither over how to cope with the growing impact of renewables.

Oklahoma utility assesses tornado damage

21/05/2013

Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co is assessing the damage to its power grid following yesterday’s tornado which ripped through suburbs of Oklahoma City in the US.

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