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France: renewables will aid power grid resist summer heat wave
Increasing solar and wind power capacity will aid France handle with a heat wave this summer without bringing in power from its neighbours, despite seasonal repairs on its nuclear power flotilla, as stated by the French power grid on Friday.
read more... 09/06/2014
EDF on the point to vend Edison wind assets to F2i
France's EDF intends to sell a 70 percent stake in Italian unit Edison's wind farms to local infrastructure fund F2i at the end of June, as stated by two sources on Wednesday.
read more... 05/06/2014
Siemens: 150 wind turbines totaling 600 MW to be provided to Gemini plant
The Dutch Gemini offshore wind farm project signed an agreement with a conglomerate run by Siemens estimated at 3 billion euro ($4.1 billion) for the construction and services, offering the German engineering group its major ever energy services deal.
read more... 16/05/2014
France: $5.6 billion offshore wind tender awarded to group led by GDF
The French government has awarded a tender of 4 billion euro ($5.57 billion) to a consortium managed by French gas and power conglomerate GDF Suez on the construction and running of two offshore wind farms, as stated on Wednesday by French Energy Minister Segolene Royal.
read more... 08/05/2014
Vattenfall to close carbon capture R&D
Vattenfall stated on Tuesday it was closing research and development in carbon capture for coal power and reduce it in domains such as offshore wind power in a move that would cut over 40 jobs across the state-owned energy group.
read more... 07/05/2014