The UK has recently unveiled its plans to bolster the nation’s oil and gas sector as the net energy imports last year increased to their record levels since 1976 due to a sharp decrease in domestic production.
read more... 03/04/2013
Romanian energy market regulator ANRE, has announced on Friday, that Romanian government will cut its support for renewable energy, in particular for wind, solar and small hydro renewable energy projects. Romania's support scheme gives renewable power producers green certificates for each megawatt produced. Providers must get a rising percentage of the power they sell from renewable energy and buy certificates to meet these goals.
read more... 02/04/2013
UK renewable power generation hiked by 20% in 2012 due to the contribution of new offshore wind farms in spite of lower than average wind speeds over the year, according to figures released by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
read more... 02/04/2013
The European Union unveiled yesterday a new package of carbon and renewable energy targets for 2030 that could see the bloc imposing a 40% carbon reduction target.
read more... 29/03/2013
According to the Irish Wind Energy Association, Ireland has currently reached a record level of wind power output of about 1,540 MW, corresponding to about 36% of the demand, which should be enough to power with electricity about 1 million households. The record was achieved at the same time as a new all-island record was also set for energy generation, with levels reaching 1,917MW on the island of Ireland, which should be enough to power more than 1,246,000 homes. The statistics also show that the average wind contribution on this day was almost 40% of system require.
read more... 29/03/2013