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E.ON and RWE give up their plans to develop UK nuclear plants
German utilities giants E.ON and RWE have decided to suspend their plans to build new nuclear plants in the UK.
read more... 30/03/2012
Vega Biofuels inks lease for a bio coal plant
Vega Biofuels, Inc. has recently announced that entered into a lease on building a 90,000 square foot bio-coal manufacturing plant in Cordele, Georgia. The facility is situated nearby Cordele Inland Port, giving it direct rail access to one of country’s largest international shipping ports, the Port of Savannah.
read more... 28/03/2012
Gazprom launches Russia’s most powerful combined cycle gas turbine unit
Gazprom announced the inauguration of a new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) unit at the Kirishkaya power plant in northern Russia with the nominal capacity of 800 MW on Friday.
read more... 27/03/2012
National Grid and Petrofac to build a £1bn carbon capture and storage plant in UK
The British energy network National Grid and oil Services Company Petrofac have entered in an agreement with Summit Power Group, a Seattle-based developer of low-carbon electric power projects to seek funding for the development of a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project in the United Kingdom.
read more... 21/03/2012
World’s oldest nuclear power station shuts down after 44 years of service
The world’s oldest running nuclear power plant, called Oldbury near Bristol in the UK, shut down last Wednesday after 44 years of operation.
read more... 05/03/2012