PGE SA is looking at acquisitions outside Poland as the country’s largest power utility prepares to release a new strategy in December to… By Maciej Martewicz (bloomberg) [mappress] Source: bloomberg, November 14, 2011
A £6M energy centre has been opened to ensure young people can take advantage of nuclear, wind and tidal power jobs heading to Anglesey. by Owen R Hughes (dailypost) [mappress] Source: dailypost, November 14, 2011
The Nordex Group achieved an increase of roughly 9 percent in sales to EUR 668.2 million in the first nine months of 2011 (previous year: EUR 614.2 million). At EUR 264.9 million, sales in the third quarter were on a par with the previous year. Growth in the first nine months was driven by the [&hel
Egyptian energy minister Hassan Yunis has said the government is to launch a tender offer for the installation of wind farms on the Gulf of Suez with a capacity of 200 megawatts, AFP has reported. The wind power plant, scheduled to start work in April 2014, is estimated to cost $500m, with contribut
Aberdeen Renewable Energy Group (AREG) today said that exhibitor space and sponsorship opportunities on Aberdeen City and Shire’s pavilion at All-Energy 2012 is already fast running out – more than six months before the UK’s largest renewable energy trade exhibition and conference is set to open. Th
Toshiba Corporation today announced that the company has signed a Global Partnership agreement with EcoIsland, the ambitious project to make the Isle of Wight a model sustainable community offering a high quality of life. Deeply grounded in a partnership with the local community, EcoIsland will expl
While positive progress has been made with clean energy technologies, the world is still largely dependent on fossil fuels to satisfy growth in global energy demand The leaders of the G20 group of industrialised nations, who met at a summit in Cannes on 3-4 November, endorsed a new IEA report entitl
Energy will become “viciously more expensive” and polluting if governments don’t promote renewable and nuclear power in the next two decades… By Lananh Nguyen (journalgazette) [mappress] Source: journalgazette, November 14, 2011
According to official studies, the theoretical worldwide generation potential of tidal energy has been estimated at over 7,800 TWh/year. Working to support the growth in this emerging sector of the renewable energy industry, tidal energy experts from GL Garrad Hassan are aiding Kawasaki Heavy Indust
AN investigation has been launched after an engineer was airlifted to hospital from the top of a turbine at a huge off-shore wind farm. By Elliot Furniss (eadt) [mappress] Source: eadt, November 14, 2011
Health Wales is highlighting the work of Welsh Crucible researchers – the cream of Welsh research talent. Dr Simon Neill explains his research into the impact of tidal energy and other sources of marine renewable energy ” ANYONE living by the sea will be familiar with the twice daily rise and fall o
Energy production should be a simple matter of physics, engineering and economics, taken strictly in that order. (heraldscotland) [mappress] Source: heraldscotland, November 14, 2011
Plans being considered by the industry regulator could undermine the prospect of new UK nuclear power plants. By Douglas Fraser (bbc) [mappress] Source: bbc, November 14, 2011
On 30 May, in the aftermath of Japan’s Fukushima nuclear disaster, German Chancellor Angela Merkel announced that Germany would close… By John C.K. (mensnewsdaily) [mappress] Source: mensnewsdaily, November 14, 2011
