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Mexico’s wind capacity to reach 556.5 MW
Acciona Energy ended the construction of three wind farms in Mexico with a total capacity of 306 MW, consolidating its position in the country as the biggest wind power assets company.
read more... 29/09/2011
Daily – oil down on rising euro zone worries
NYMEX and Brent crude oil futures were dragged down on Wednesday as euro zone worries remained ahead of a German parliamentary vote amid to sustain new countries for the euro zone rescue fund.
read more... 29/09/2011
France envisages new carbon tax in 2012
The French conservative government is envisaging a revival of previously rejected national carbon tax, as a bid to cut the nation’s budget deficit, according to the local newspaper Le Figaro and Les Échos.
read more... 29/09/2011
Chris Huhne wants simpler tariffs for UK’s consumers
During a Lib Dem conference last week, Chris Huhne, the UK Energy Secretary, has pledged to stop the big six energy suppliers from charging millions of customers expensive rates, saying that the government wants “simpler tariffs” and requiring all energy companies to inform customers whether they could buy more cheaply on another tariff.
read more... 29/09/2011
One of the largest biomass power plant to be developed in Florida, US
The developers of a 100 MW biomass power plant (GREC), situated in northern Florida, collected a sum of 500 million dollars, necessary to complete the construction of the plant and make it operational by the end of 2013. The plant will be purveyed with clean wood waste such as tops and limbs from harvested trees, urban wood waste and residue from lumber mill operations.
read more... 28/09/2011