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European Commission demands more renewable energy investment and cooperation
The European Commission announced on January 31st that the EU Member States are on the right track for achieving the 2020 renewable goals which will most likely be met. These actions could bring up to 10 billion euros of savings each year.
read more... 01/02/2011
UK - leader in the offshore wind sector
The recently released report by the European Wind Energy Association has shown that UK is the leader in the offshore wind sector with a total installed capacity of 1,341 MW. UK is followed by the Denmark (854 MW), the Netherlands (249 MW), Belgium (195 MW) and Sweden (164 MW).
read more... 31/01/2011
Unilever starts the construction of a Paques bio-digester at its Ben & Jerry’factory.
A new bio-digester will be built at Ben and Jerry’s factory in Hellendoorn, the Netherlands, which will generate electricity from waste products such as cream, milk, syrup and pieces of fruits.
read more... 28/01/2011
French offshore wind tender of 13.62 billion dollars
On the 25th of January, France announced the beginning of the tender of 600 offshore wind turbines with a total capacity of 3GW in French waters.
read more... 27/01/2011
Siemens aims to develop its market by 2012.
The largest engineering company in Europe, Siemens, intends to expand its current number of workers to 7000 people.
read more... 26/01/2011