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TRIG adds French solar: €10.6 million agreement
The Renewables Infrastructure Group (TRIG) has decided to acquire a 51% interest in the 12MW Midi solar park in southern France.
read more... 13/07/2016
Bosnia to sign a deal with Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems for the cleanup of gas emissions
Bosnia’s 300 MW coal-fired power plant Ugljevik had inked a 79 million euro ($87.6 million) deal with a consortium led by Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, a joint venture including Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and Hitachi, on the installment of desulfurization equipment at its power plant.
read more... 13/07/2016
Nine offshore wind energy developers join forces to slash levelised cost of energy
Nine of the largest offshore wind developers in Europe: DONG Energy, EnBW, E.ON, Iberdrola, RWE, SSE, Statkraft, Statoil and Vattenfall have joined forces with independent company Carbon Trust to work on collaborative research, development and demonstration (RD&D) programme - the Offshore Wind Accelerator (OWA) in order to slash the levelised cost of energy from offshore wind, improve efficiency and availability of existing and future offshore wind farms.
read more... 12/07/2016
French EDF acquires a 80 % stake in Chinese wind energy firm
State-owned French energy giant EDF on Tuesday acquired a majority 80 percent stake in Hong Kong-based Chinese firm UPC Asia Wind Management (AWM), growing its presence on the Chinese renewable energy market.
read more... 12/07/2016
France will impose a tax on coal-fires power plants
A French government advisory committee suggested that France should up its taxes on coal-fired power plants as alternative options for France to phase out coal in favor of gas in order to reduce carbon emissions.
read more... 12/07/2016