The Edinburgh-based company Nova Innovation has announced it has installed the first offshore tidal turbines in the world which are already delivering electricity to the grid. The company has installed the fully operational array of tidal power turbines in the Bluemull Sound in the north of Shetland, where the North Sea encounters the Atlantic. This project marks a big step forward in using tidal energy as a reliable source of renewable power. Once finished it will supply enough electricity for about 300 households.
read more... 31/08/2016
Power plants built by Germany’s Siemens in Egypt are expected to enter into operation in December this year and will attain the full capacity of 14,400 megawatts in May 2018, according to Egypt’s cabinet.
read more... 09/08/2016
New wind farm became operational in the Northern Cape region on July 11, with all 35 turbines at the R1.9-billion 80 MW Noupoort facility connected to the Eskom grid.
read more... 14/07/2016
Finland’s largest solar power plant so far, located in Kivikko, Helsinki, which became operational in mid-April, increased the country’s solar power production by 10 percent.
read more... 03/05/2016
Croatia could initially opt for the construction of a floating instead of land-based liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal in the northern Adriatic to make it operational more rapidly, as stated by the government on Wednesday.
read more... 03/03/2016