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China to end nuclear ban after Japan's Fukushima disaster
China is seeking to steadily resume construction of new nuclear power plants, approving a small number of nuclear power projects by 2015. The government froze new nuclear power projects and ordered a national scrutiny of existing plants after Japan's Fukushima disaster.
read more... 25/10/2012
Shell and Exxon Mobil to develop a huge North Sea field
The two oil giants, including Shell and Exxon Mobil, have received the final approval from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) for the development of a huge project in the North Sea, involving the development of Fram oil and gas field, 136 miles east of Aberdeen, which was described as one of the most significant central North Sea developments for more than a decade and among the largest planned for UK waters.
read more... 23/10/2012
Significant Irish wind project will supply with power the UK
The UK government is taking into consideration strategies to import wind power from Ireland to the National Grid via cables under the Irish Sea to north and west Wales. The cables would re-emerge at two sites in Wales with one of them at Pentir near Caernarfon, and the other one at Pembroke.
read more... 16/10/2012
Solarstrom to build 440MW of solar generation capacity
Solarstrom ( SAG), a German developer of renewables, intends to build 4 solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in western Spain ,in the Extremadura region, totaling 440 MW. The four projects will be built by a joint-venture, which includes Valsolar, in which Solarstrom holds a 51% share.
read more... 11/10/2012
World’s largest wind farm will be built in British waters
Spanish utility Iberdrola together with the Swedish company Vattenfall has started the construction of the world’s largest wind power project East Anglia, as Iberdrola intends to become the world leader in offshore wind farm technology.
read more... 10/10/2012