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The European investment Bank to provide a 155 million euro loan to Bord Gàis
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a 155 million euro loan to Irish energy company, Bord Gàis, to support the construction of six onshore wind farms, in Counties Tipperary, Clare and Kilkenny, with a total combined capacity of 141 MW.
read more... 05/12/2012
Verbund and E.ON. ink an asset swap deal
The biggest Austrian energy company Verbund signed a deal with the E.ON. Renewable in Germany to acquire eight German hydro power plants located on the Inn and Danube Rivers.
read more... 05/12/2012
EC is investigating over Germany’s green energy law
The European Commission said it is investigating over German subsidies for renewable energy as a pressure group representing more than 13,000 households and small businesses in the country protested that present legislation illegally favors large industrial energy customers.
read more... 03/12/2012
IBC solar completes 5 MW PV plant in Italy
German photovoltaic (PV) systems provider IBC Solar AG today revealed that it had installed and attached to the grid a 5 MW PV plant in Maniago, northern Italy, in a record of 49 days, working as the general contractor of the project.
read more... 30/11/2012
China: Renewable energy accounts less than 1% in the most polluting country of the world
Even if China is the world's greatest carbon-emitting nation, with about 70 % of China's energy which is generated from coal, hydropower and nuclear accounts 29.3% of the remaining output, while renewable energy, accounts less than 1%, at 0.7%.
read more... 28/11/2012