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Los Angeles to launch feed-in tariffs program
Los Angeles City Council approved on Tuesday a feed-in tariff program that will allow the City’s Department of Water and Power to purchase renewable power from projects up to 3 MW.
read more... 06/04/2012
UK launches a marine energy contest
Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has announced a £20 million contest for two large scale marine energy demonstration projects, inviting developers to submit until June 1 proposals for new wave and tidal arrays.
read more... 06/04/2012
Ukraine is ready to join Trans-Caspian Pipeline
The Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov declared during a meeting with Azeri president Ilham Aliyev on Wednesday that Ukraine is interested in joining the Trans-Caspian pipeline project, which is studied by Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan and Kazakhstan.
read more... 05/04/2012
Bulgaria gives green light to South Stream project
Following a meeting on 30 March between the head of the Russian energy giant Gazprom, Alexey Miller and Bulgaria’s newly appointed Minister of Energy and Economy Delian Dobrev, it was announced that the final investment decision on the construction of the South Stream pipeline, aimed at ensuring direct supplies of natural gas from the producer to the consumer, will be taken by 15 November.
read more... 04/04/2012
Indian government to end tax break for wind installations
The Indian government has decided to finally end the tax break given to wind power projects, move that could discourage new energy investment on world’s third-largest market for turbine producers.
read more... 04/04/2012