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UK: Westmill Solar plant goes cooperative
UK-based community group Westmill Solar Cooperative completed its acquisition of the 5 megawatt (MW) Westmill solar photovoltaic (PV) plant, making it the largest collectively-owned PV plant in the world, comprising over 20,000 solar PV panels spread across 30a.
read more... 09/11/2012
Biomass could be the solution to cope with the British energy crisis
Biomass could be the solution the UK is looking for to cope with its energy crisis, according to some energy experts. Biomass could provide cheap, sustainable, reliable energy for the UK.
read more... 09/11/2012
UK’s electricity grid needs an investment of 1.6 billion pounds to switch to a smart grid
UK‘s electricity grid is facing the biggest challenge since 70 years and will need an investment of up to 1.6 billion pounds ($2.56 billion) to switch to renewable energy capacity, according to a report commissioned by the Energy Networks Association (ENA) on behalf of the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and the industry regulator Ofgem. The report comes amid growing concern over Britain’s future ability to meet electricity demand.
read more... 08/11/2012
RWE and Naftogaz: Ukraine starts to import gas from Western Europe
The newspaper Zerkalo Nedeli Ukraina reported on Monday that Ukraine has got the first 3.3 million cubic meters of natural gas from Germany’s RWE on Monday.
read more... 07/11/2012
Daily: UK gas slips on oversupplied system
Brent crude futures declined on Thursday as the North Sea Buzzard oilfield was expected to restart after maintenance and on worries about the euro-zone economy. Brent crude for delivery in December dropped 53 cents or 0.49 percent, settling at $108.17 a barrel, having traded from $107.75 to $109.03.
read more... 02/11/2012