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Exxon Mobil to make a huge investment in German natural gas exploration
According to an interview in the German business daily Handelsblatt published on Monday, Exxon, the U.S. energy corporation, announced that it believes the state of North Rhine-Westphalia has huge amounts of gas to explore and it will invest several million Euros in exploring gas natural reserves.
read more... 25/01/2011
UK and China to encourage low carbon growth under a memorandum.
U.K. and China have agreed to work together under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to accelerate low-carbon increase in China.
read more... 14/01/2011
Northern Ireland Electricity purchased by Electricity Supply Board.
The state-owned Electricity Supply Board (ESB), purchased Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) from Arcapita Bank-owned Viridian Group. The acquisition amount was around £1.2bn.
read more... 23/12/2010
Biggest U.S. solar plant completed by Sempra Generation.
The subsidiary of Sempra Energy, Sempra Generation, announced the completion of its 48-megawatt (MW) Copper Mountain Solar facility which is supposedly the largest photovoltaic plant in the United States.
read more... 06/12/2010
Africa has potential to become a leader in renewable energy.
As some governments, such as Kenya, plan to raise the amount of renewable energy generated from wind or solar, others, such as South Africa, plan to invest this sector as to reduce their CO2 emissions which are one of the world’s highest.
read more... 01/12/2010