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Biggest Irish wind farm became operational
Ireland-based renewable energy company Invis Energy unveiled the biggest wind farm it has built in country in 2013 has started to operate, generating power to households and businesses.
read more... 14/02/2014
2013: a great year for Enel and for geothermal energy
Last year the geothermal energy industry celebrated 100 years of commercial geothermal power generation. Italy is the country where geothermal energy was first exploited for industrial reasons and it is still one of the main producers of geothermoelectric energy in the world. The first example of a geothermal power plant went into operation in 1905, in Larderello, Tuscany.
read more... 13/02/2014
EBRD is financing a new wind farm project in Poland
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is financing the construction and operation of phase 1 of a new wind farm project in Orla, eastern Poland. The EBRD supports the 37.5MW wind farm project with an investment loan of up to 22 million euros.
read more... 12/02/2014
UK and France agreed to develop safe nuclear energy
The UK and French Governments have pledged to beef up the two countries' cooperation regarding the defense, nuclear energy and climate policy as well as trading opportunities and skills. British Prime Minister David Cameron and French President Francois Hollande agreed to develop safe nuclear energy, to build new nuclear power stations, to cooperate on climate change action as well as pushing for European Commission's domestic emissions reduction agenda.
read more... 03/02/2014
China reached a new solar record in 2013
Chinese developers installed a record 12 GW of solar panels throughout the country in 2013, almost matching the total amount of solar power in operation in the United States, and it is likely that in 2014 it will exceed that record reaching 14GW of additional PV capacity. Until now, no one has ever added more than 8GW of solar power in a single year previous to 2013, and China’s record exceeded even the most optimistic estimates of a year ago.
read more... 24/01/2014