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Norwegian oil giant Statoil to invest $7bn in North Sea project
Norway’s Statoil will develop a $7bn (£4.3bn) North Sea oil field, the largest offshore development in the UK in more than 10 years.
read more... 25/12/2012
Coal generates 35% of UK’s electricity
Coal still plays an important role in UK’s electricity generation, as in the third quarter of this year, coal generated about 35 % of the UK's electricity, according to Government figures, at the same time as gas provided 28 %of electricity, and nuclear 22 %, while renewable accounted just under 12%.
read more... 21/12/2012
DECC publishes solar, biomass incentives package for 2013-2017
The UK‘s government established a 5-year plan on Tuesday to spur the solar and biomass investment needed to achieve the country's 2020 green energy targets.
read more... 19/12/2012
Ofgem to upgrade the national gas and power grids
UK energy regulator Ofgem announced on Monday that it has allocated about 24.2 billion pounds to the improvements of the national gas and power grids. This move will add an average of about 12 pounds to annual household energy bills for the next eight years to come.
read more... 18/12/2012
Turbine installation has been completed at London Array
The last turbine has been installed at the UK’s London Array offshore wind farm. After installing all 175 turbines at the 630MW project, 55 of which are supplying power to the grid, while the remaining 120 will be connected over the coming months, the wind farm is on the way to be ready in spring 2013 and will generate enough power for more than 470,000 homes.
read more... 17/12/2012