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France to face a gap in power generating capacity
The grid operator Reseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) announced that in three years France will face a gap in power generating capacity due to the closure of two nuclear reactors and some fossil fuel power plants. In his report RTE added that power will be assured until 2015 when as much as 7.6 GW of coal and heating fuel-fired power plants may be turned-off.
read more... 06/09/2012
China surpassed the U.S. as the leader in installed wind power
The U.S. is not the leader anymore when it comes to world installed wind power generating capacity.
read more... 06/09/2012
E.ON to expand in the U.S solar market
German utility E.ON wants to expand in the U.S. solar market and is planning to install a capacity of 120 MW annually from 2015, said Mike Winkel, the CEO of the company’s renewable unit. The first photovoltaic plant that E.ON will build in the U.S. will be located in Arizona and will have a total capacity of 8 MW.
read more... 05/09/2012
Enel Green Power has completed a new wind farm in Romania
Italian renewables giant Enel Green Power (EGP) has fully grid-connected the new Moldova Noua wind farm in the Banat, Romania. The fully operational plant includes 21 wind turbines with a total installed capacity of 48MW, and will be able to generate some 130 million kilowatt hours, therefore avoiding the emission of over 70 thousand tons of CO2 into the atmosphere.
read more... 30/08/2012
E.ON will not build new gas or coal plants in Western Europe
Germany’s largest utility announced its intent not to build new power capacity based on coal or gas in Western Europe at least until 2020 because the market seems to become oversupplied until the last remaining German nuclear reactors will be shut down permanently, while in Eastern and Southern Europe the situation is different.
read more... 29/08/2012