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UK offshore wind sector to create 215,000 jobs by 2030
UK offshore wind industry has the potential to add up to 215,000 jobs and boost the UK’s annual GDP by 1 percent, as well as to raise exports by about 22.5 billion pounds ($ 35 billion) by 2030.
read more... 12/06/2012
Gazprom to bid for EDF Energy U.K. Power Plant
The Russian giant Gazprom envisages bidding for a U.K. power plant put up for sale by EDF Energy, deal which will provide the gas major with a production base in UK to complement its growing trading business.
read more... 11/06/2012
“Landmark” energy deal between UK and Norway
The British prime minister, David Cameron singed a new energy agreement with Norway on Thursday, one of the world’s largest exporters of fossil fuels.
read more... 07/06/2012
Germany needs €20 bn to upgrade its power transmission network
Germany must invest about €20 billion ($25 billion) over the next decade to upgrade its power transmission network, as the nation decided to quit nuclear power and to use more renewable energy, aftermath the Fukushima nuclear catastrophe in Japan.
read more... 04/06/2012
UK’s Treasury to cut onshore wind farms subsidies by 25%
The UK’s government aid for onshore wind farms could be cut even further than previously scheduled, according to the Treasury.
read more... 04/06/2012