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German coal-fired power plant projects
Following are details of the status of coal-fired power plant projects in Germany, a sector targeted by campaigners against climate-harming carbon emissions. The rapid expansion of green energy has also curbed progress for new fossil fuels-based plants, although they were expected to play a bigger role in the energy mix after Germany decided on a quicker-than-planned withdrawal from nuclear power. Coal is still Germany's most important generation fuel.
read more... 20/06/2013
Global wind turbines could exceed the threshold of 300 GW this year
World installed wind power has all the chances to exceed 300 GW of capacity this year, the equivalent of 114 nuclear power plants, according to data provided by European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) and the Global Wind Energy Council.
read more... 17/06/2013
Statoil signed a 15-year contract with Stadtwerke Düsseldorf
Norwegian oil group Statoil intends to provide Germany's Stadtwerke Duesseldorf with gas for 15 years for a planned 600 MW gas-fired power plant. The new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant will be erected at the site of Stadtwerke Dusseldorf's existing power plant in Lausward, Duesseldorf .
read more... 17/06/2013
Coal India to invest in solar power
The largest coal company in the world, Coal India, has announced it intends to invest in solar power aiming to reduce energy bills and to cut costs. The company, which is responsible for more than 80 % of coal production in India, intends to install a 2MW plant at its Sampalbur coal plant in Odisha. The plant will have the potential to be scaled up to provide excess electricity to the grid.
read more... 10/06/2013
Germany breaks a new solar power record
Germany set a new solar record on Friday and Saturday, when solar energy plants produced a world record of 22 GW of electricity per hour, being equivalent to the power supplied by 20 nuclear stations at full capacity.
read more... 05/06/2013