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UK and Denmark to develop a North Sea “supergrid”
The British National Grid operator and its Danish “copartner”, Energinet.dk, will cooperate in the development of a North Sea “supergrid” which will deliver green power between two North European countries. The movement came immediately after the announcement of the start of a new feasibility study on suggested electricity inter connector.
read more... 01/05/2012
Bulgaria to move toward small renewable projects
According to Bulgaria’s Energy Minister, Delyan Dobrev, the country, which strives for reaching 16 percent of its final energy demand from renewable by 2020, will turn its energy focus on small renewable energy projects in order to keep off the increase in electricity costs and avoid the overburden of its power grid because of the rapid development of big wind and solar projects.
read more... 26/04/2012
Fukushima’s impact on global nuclear generation in 2011
Total electricity generation by nuclear power plants worldwide decreased to 2518 TWh in 2011, down 4.3% compared to 2010’s amount of 2630TWh, this is following Fukushima’s disaster one year ago and Germany’s decision to remove its nuclear power.
read more... 20/04/2012
Ireland launches a new €500million project to upgrade the electricity grid
EirGrid, the state-owned electric power transmission operator in Ireland, revealed a €500m power line project, called Grid Link Project, implying the development of a new power line linking Leinster and Munster in Ireland.
read more... 18/04/2012
EDF to enter the Moroccan wind market
The consortium led by EDF Energies Nouvelle, the renewable arm of the French giant EDF, in association with Mitsui & Co. Ltd, were selected by Morocco’s national electricity office, Office National d’Electricité (ONE) to develop a 150 MW wind farm located to the east of Fes, northern Morocco.
read more... 18/04/2012