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Siemens: 150 wind turbines totaling 600 MW to be provided to Gemini plant
The Dutch Gemini offshore wind farm project signed an agreement with a conglomerate run by Siemens estimated at 3 billion euro ($4.1 billion) for the construction and services, offering the German engineering group its major ever energy services deal.
read more... 16/05/2014
Siemens strikes the second onshore wind deal in Peru
Siemens, the German multinational engineering and electronics conglomerate, has been awarded a contract by Spain-based Cobra Energia to supply 97MW of onshore wind turbines to the Tres Hermanas wind project in Peru. The new wind plant is the second project that Spanish developer Cobra is performing with Siemens in Peru.
read more... 06/05/2014
Czech Cabinet approves deal for NWR coal mine to remain open
The Czech government has approved an accord consenting New World Resources to keep on running its unprofitable Paskov hard coal mine to end-2017, which would maintain 1,800 jobs, according to Industry Minister Jan Mladek.
read more... 29/04/2014
Belgium, Finland deal with daily penalties for violating energy waste law
Belgium and Finland are confronting with daily penalties for violation of the European Union law related to the more efficient construction of buildings, as stated by EU regulators on Wednesday.
read more... 17/04/2014
French court enacted backdated electricity price increases for households
Approximately 29 million French households and small businesses deal with a retrogressive increase in their power bills after the country's administrative Supreme Court annulled on Friday a 2012 ceiling on raises to regulated electricity prices. The pronouncement is applicable to power bills between August 2012 and August 2013.
read more... 14/04/2014