Danish wind turbine maker, Vestas Wind Systems has decided to halt production at its factory in Hohhot, China, making redundant 300-350 employees.
read more... 25/06/2012
Lithuania’s government has approved a deal with Japan’s Hitachi involving the construction of a new nuclear power plant, aimed to reduce the Baltic country’s energy dependence on Russia.
read more... 22/06/2012
Following the closure of nuclear power plants, Japan increased its coal and LNG imports by a fifth in May in order to deal with its energy shortage. Therefore, Japan should import as much as 90 million tons of LNG in the year through March, to generate the power needed to set off for the shut reactors
read more... 20/06/2012
U.S.-based First Solar, the second maker of solar cells in the world, will increase the production at its German plants, expected to close later this year, move aimed to meet an expected hike in demand.
read more... 14/06/2012
The Russian giant Gazprom envisages bidding for a U.K. power plant put up for sale by EDF Energy, deal which will provide the gas major with a production base in UK to complement its growing trading business.
read more... 11/06/2012