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UK: Europe’s leader in terms of installed offshore wind energy
According to a new report released by the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), offshore wind power installations in Europe increased by a third in 2012 and are expected to augment by another 20 percent this year.
read more... 29/01/2013
Ireland to power millions homes in UK through wind power
Irish Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte, and his British counterpart, Ed Davey, are to sign an agreement to export wind energy from Ireland to power millions homes in the UK. Ireland has agreed to sell wind energy to Britain in a move that could create thousands of jobs by 2020.
read more... 25/01/2013
Daily: German spot electricity climbs on colder weather, lower wind
Brent crude oil futures settled higher on Wednesday on encouraging UK jobs data and after U.S. crude oil prices decreased considerably on news of an unplanned constraint on pipeline, which was expected to lessen an oil surplus in the U.S. Midwest and reduce the spread between Brent and U.S. oil prices. Meanwhile, Brent March crude climbed 38 cents, or 0.34 percent, to settle at $112.80 a barrel, having traded from $112.06 to $113.15.
read more... 24/01/2013
France launches new offshore power tender
Delphine Batho, France's environment and energy minister has launched its second offshore wind tender, putting 1 GW of capacity to be developed on sites off the coast of western and northern France.
read more... 22/01/2013
Belgium to build an artificial island to store wind power
Belgium plans to build an artificial island in the North Sea aimed to store wind energy, trying thus to lessen its reliance on nuclear power, as it intends to completely exit from nuclear power in the next future. The construction of the island in the North Sea will have a donut form and will be made out of sand, in a move that will be able to store some of the excess power generated by extensive offshore wind farms in the area.
read more... 18/01/2013