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Biggest solar park in UK to be built in North Wales
The Compton Group, a green energy developer is aiming to build the UK’s largest solar park in North Wales. The project is likely to see something like 180,000 panels erected over 220 acres on land near Deeside Industrial Park and would create enough green electricity from the sun to power about 11,000 households. The development could create more than 100 jobs during the construction phase and a small number of positions once ready.
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China unveils a mega coal gasification project
China unveiled a mega coal gasification project which will be able to turn coal into natural gas as part of a strategy to increase energy efficiency and curb reliance on oil and gas imports.
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Coal is still the dominant fuel in Germany’s energy mix
According to a study made by German Fraunhofer Institute, electricity generated from Germany's coal-fired power plants contributed more than 50% to the nation's electricity demand as production from natural gas and wind dropped significantly. Germany's coal-fired power stations registered a 5.4% increase in production in the first three quarters of this year, rising to 189.4 terawatt hours (TWh).
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Chevron abandons the exploration of shale gas in Lithuania
U.S. oil and energy giant Chevron has announced it has decided to abandon the tender to explore shale gas in Lithuania because of the unfinished legislative base for hydrocarbon exploration in Lithuania.
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EBRD to finance three new wind farms in Poland
The EBRD is providing a long-term loan of more than 69 million euros to PEPSA, a group of three special-purpose companies fully owned by Polish Energy Partners S.A, aiming to support the construction and operation of three wind farms in northern and north-eastern Poland. They are Gawłowice with a total capacity of 41.4 MW, Rajgród with 25MW and Skurpie 37 MW.
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