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ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, BP to develop a large-scale LNG project in Alaska
The oil majors, ExxonMobil, ConocoPhillips, BP and TransCanada have agreed on a plan to focus on a large-scale liquefied natural gas project at the Point Thomson gas fields in Alaska, US by May 2016.
read more... 03/04/2012
Japan to support solar and wind power
According to Nikkei newspaper, Japan’s government will “relax” regulations on renewable energy projects in order to promote businesses to raise the use of alternative electricity generation sources.
read more... 27/03/2012
Spain halts the award of new feed-in tariff contracts
The new center-right Spanish government decided to halt temporarily the award of new feed-in tariff contracts starting January 2013 amid rising fiscal challenges. This could affect negatively about 4,500 MW and 550 MW of wind and solar PV power projects respectively, as well as other energy classes’ projects.
read more... 23/03/2012
The world’s most powerful offshore wind turbine installed in Belgium
The world’s most powerful offshore turbine, capable of generating 6.15 MW of power was installed in Belgium by the German energy company RWE Innogy and Belgian offshore project development company C-Power NV.
read more... 23/03/2012
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