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Biggest ever onshore wind farm to be built in South Wales
The UK government gave green light to an expensive and controversial onshore wind farm, which will be the biggest ever in England and Wales, despite campaigners claimed it is “inefficient” and “intrusive."
read more... 10/05/2012
Shell-Exxon venture to discover the largest gas field in the Netherlands since 1995
A joint venture between Shell and ExxonMobil, called Nam, said it has successfully drilled a significant new onshore natural gas field in the Netherlands.
read more... 10/01/2012
Gamesa to start the 2012 with several new deals
Gamesa, a Madrid –based wind Energy Company, started the year by signing several contracts in order to strengthen its presence in the global energy market. The company signed an agreement with Iberdrola to provide onshore wind turbines until at least 2022, aimed to be installed for planned projects.
read more... 09/01/2012
UK renewable sector sees crash in investments
The development of new renewable capacity fell significantly this year following a “dash gas” policy of the big six British energy suppliers that could damage UK’s climate change targets and keep households bills up. UK’s offshore wind market underwent a strong decline this year with only 540 MW of new onshore and offshore installed capacity, comparing to 1, 192 MW installed last year.
read more... 06/12/2011
UK onshore, offshore wind subsidies slashed in favor of marine energy
The British government envisages cutting onshore and offshore wind subsidies from 1 Renewable Obligation Certificate (ROC) per MWh to 0.9 ROC/MWh and from 2 to 1.9 ROCs/ MWh respectively, while it will boost the support for wave and tidal technologies.
read more... 21/10/2011