London Array, the world’s largest offshore wind farm, reached its full capacity at the 630MW first phase on Saturday, 6 April, along with the commissioning of the 175th and final turbine.
read more... 10/04/2013
France is pushing ahead with plans to exploit geothermal energy trapped in rocks deep in the earth using hydraulic drilling methods, a technique which was forbidden in 2011.
read more... 08/04/2013
The renewables’ contribution in Europe’s generation capacity is expected to increase to at least 40% by 2020, overtaking the capacity supplied by coal, natural gas and oil, declared the region’s grid operators group Entsoe.
read more... 05/04/2013
Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the Danish manufacturer of wind turbines, has inked a contract to supply wind turbines to the Botievo II project in Ukraine from energy firm DTEK.
read more... 04/04/2013
Romanian energy market regulator ANRE, has announced on Friday, that Romanian government will cut its support for renewable energy, in particular for wind, solar and small hydro renewable energy projects. Romania's support scheme gives renewable power producers green certificates for each megawatt produced. Providers must get a rising percentage of the power they sell from renewable energy and buy certificates to meet these goals.
read more... 02/04/2013