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Ireland to get over 70 percent of its electricity from renewables by 2030
Ireland is planning to get more than 70 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030, according to a new report commissioned by the World Wildlife Fund of Northern Ireland.
read more... 26/11/2012
Prince Charles opens a new biogas plant in Dorset
Last week Prince Charles has opened a new biogas plant near Poundbury, in Dorset. The plant, will inject gas into the National Grid to be sold on the market. It is owned and run by J V Energen, a joint venture between the Duchy of Cornwall and local farmers, which along with some nearby businesses will supply approximately 41,000 tons of maize, grass silage, manure, and food waste to be processed each year.
read more... 22/11/2012
China’s wind installations capacity to surpass 60GW by the end of the year
The capacity of China’s wind installations will surpass the 60GW by the end of the year and is on the way of being the country’s third largest power source in 2013, has announced the vice director of China’s National Energy Bureau (NEB), Liu Qi, speaking at China Wind Power 2012.
read more... 21/11/2012
Areva to build a new wind turbine factory in Scotland
French nuclear and renewables group Areva has signed a contract with the investment agency Scottish Enterprise to site one of the three new factories it is opening in Europe, in Scotland, the plant would manufacture turbines for use off the coast of the UK, each generating 5 megawatts of electricity, which could supply 6,000 homes per year and could create up to 750 jobs.
read more... 20/11/2012
Germany could install 111GW of renewable capacity by 2017
Germany is on the way to install 111GW of renewable energy capacity by 2017, a 38% increase over forecasted 2013 levels, according to the latest report by the four transmission system operators.
read more... 19/11/2012