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Wind power in Tarragona, eight wind farms
In Camp de Tarragona, energy developers have presented 20 projects to build new wind farms. Sixteen are concentrated in Conca de Barberà (some shared with Anoia and La Segarra) and the rest in Baix Camp, in Vandellós-l’Hospitalet de l’Infant. The Renewable Energy Report, which makes a first screening of viability, has given eight the green light and has rejected eight.
read more... 28/09/2020
Greece’s target of phasing out coal by 2028 is ‘highly optimistic’
Greece apportioned €5bn ($5.9bn) to phase-out the use of coal by 80% by 2023, to reduce the nation’s carbon footprint. These are highly optimistic targets, particularly considering the fact that back in 2015 coal-based generation formed 41.6% of the generation mix. In 2019 this reduced to 27.9%, which, by 2030, if not entirely staged out, is predicted to have a small share of less than 10%.
read more... 25/09/2020
Iran Boosts Oil Output At Oilfields Shared With Iraq
Iran has raised oil production from the oilfields in its southwest it shares with Iraq to 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) from 70,000 bpd in the past seven years, Shafaq News quoted Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh as saying on Tuesday.
read more... 16/09/2020
Azores island installs giant battery energy storage system
The Gridstack system will have a power capacity of 15MW and will enable an increased share of renewable energy while limiting the consumption of fossil fuels
read more... 08/09/2020
Storm blows wind power to record 60% share of UK electricity
National Grid says new best-ever share saw turbines peak at 14.2GW of output.
read more... 28/08/2020