The EBRD is providing a long-term loan of more than 69 million euros to PEPSA, a group of three special-purpose companies fully owned by Polish Energy Partners S.A, aiming to support the construction and operation of three wind farms in northern and north-eastern Poland. They are Gawłowice with a total capacity of 41.4 MW, Rajgród with 25MW and Skurpie 37 MW.
read more... 09/10/2013
Last week China has announced that it will ban the construction of new coal power plants in three regions near Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong, in a move which aims to reduce the consumption of coal below 65% of total power generation by 2017, in comparison to 70% currently, and to reduce country’s air pollution.
read more... 30/09/2013
The Scottish government received the green light for the construction of the largest tidal energy project in Europe, in the Pentland Firth, between Orkney and the Scottish mainland.
read more... 19/09/2013
The French government will launch a tender on Saturday, envisaging the construction of pilot marine projects of 200 million euro ($267 million). The project is designed to spur the development of wave and tidal power.
read more... 18/09/2013
France’s Alstom , which is a global leader in the world of power generation, is eyeing a key role in the construction of two new 900 MW coal-fired plants.
read more... 12/09/2013