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DECC slashes regulatory red tape for UK energy sector
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has unveiled the scraping of 86 regulations and the improvement of 48 regulatory regimes in its efforts to cut red tape and bureaucracy.
read more... 09/08/2012
TAP consortium to push forward the plans for project
On July 25,the Trans Adriatic Pipeline consortium, known as TAP, met with Greek officials to discuss the accomplishment of the Southern Gas Corridor and reiterated its engagement to remain open to collaboration with Greek companies.
read more... 30/07/2012
GT ENERGY to build the UK’s largest geothermal heating project
The developer GT Energy has unveiled its plans to build the largest geothermal heating project in UK. The project will tap into the Cheshire Basin, which holds the largest geothermal resources in UK, located beneath Manchester. The 10 MW plant using two 3,000m wells drilled in the city’s Ardwick district will provide heating needs to approximately 7 million homes. Moreover, the project will help creating new jobs in the region and sustaining the expansion of a low carbon economic zone.
read more... 30/07/2012
German power grid upgrading plan
Chancellor Angela Merkel unveiled a 20-billion-euro plan to upgrade the country's grid over the next decade as Germany quits nuclear power in favour of renewables such as wind and solar. Operators specified the type and location of new high voltage power lines to be built or modernised. Germany's 70-year old infrastructure was laid out to deliver steady power generated from fossil fuels to nearby consumers. But new installations are springing up not only far from consumers, but they tap renewable sources which produce intermittent power, creating technically challenging supply swings.
read more... 02/07/2012
UK to simplify its Emissions Trading System under the “red tape challenge”
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced its proposals to simplify the UK’s Emissions Trading System, as a result of the ‘red tape challenge’ environment theme, which aims to remove unnecessary legislation across the board.
read more... 10/05/2012