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Japan switched on its first turbine at a wind farm near Fukushima
Fukushima has become synonymous with the nuclear disaster resulting from the earthquake and tsunami that struck Japan in 2011. But it may turn that reputation and become known as home to the world’s largest offshore wind farm.
read more... 11/11/2013
Top five biggest offshore wind farms in the world
Total offshore wind capacity in Europe stands now at 6,040 MW in 58 wind farms across 10 countries, up from 4,336 MW in June 2012. However, UK remains the world leader in terms of offshore wind capacity.
read more... 08/11/2013
UK’s offshore wind sector hits a record-breaking year
The UK’s offshore wind power sector hit a record breaking year in terms of installed new capacity, according to Renewable UK’s the most recent report, “Wind Energy in the UK”.
read more... 08/11/2013
DECC: half a million of UK households have solar installations
According to new data offered by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC), at the end of October something like 478,431 homes across the UK have solar installations, which represents a combined peak capacity of about 1.3 GW, which makes domestic solar the largest sub-sector of the solar market.
read more... 05/11/2013
Centrica to abandon plans for a 2 billion pound wind farm
Centrica has announced it intends to abandon plans to build a 2 billion pound offshore wind farm as it said that subsidies offered by the government are too low. The UK based energy company added also that it will not build the Race Bank wind farm unless the government enhances the projected subsidies.
read more... 04/11/2013