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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.
read more... 10/10/2013
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.
read more... 09/10/2013
China to ban new coal plants around Beijing
Last week China has announced that it will ban the construction of new coal power plants in three regions near Beijing, Shanghai and Guangdong, in a move which aims to reduce the consumption of coal below 65% of total power generation by 2017, in comparison to 70% currently, and to reduce country’s air pollution.
read more... 30/09/2013
The largest tidal energy project in Europe to be built in Scotland
The Scottish government received the green light for the construction of the largest tidal energy project in Europe, in the Pentland Firth, between Orkney and the Scottish mainland.
read more... 19/09/2013
France to build a € 200 million euro pilot marine project
The French government will launch a tender on Saturday, envisaging the construction of pilot marine projects of 200 million euro ($267 million). The project is designed to spur the development of wave and tidal power.
read more... 18/09/2013