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Iberdrola will build 9 wind farms in Brazil
Iberdrola Renovables, in a consortium with local energy company Neoenergia, won the tender for the construction of 9 new wind farms in Brazil. The tender for the projects was called by Brazil’s electricity industry authority, Agencia Nacional de Energía Elétrica (ANEEL).The complete tender was for 50 wind farms (1,520 MW), five hydroelectric plants (101 MW) and a biomass facility (64 MW).
read more... 08/09/2010
EVN gets involved in Bulgarian hydropower project
Austrian utility EVN intends to take the majority stake in the Bulgarian hydropower project launched by NEK, the largest state energy utility in the country.
read more... 21/07/2010
Government subsidies will boost United Kingdome hydropower
The total number of hydroelectric plants is expected to increase to 1,200 by 2020, from 400 today.
read more... 24/06/2010
France among the less polluter in the world
With an annual amount of 9 tons of CO2 emissions per inhabitant, France has lower CO2 emissions than other most developed countries, due to the dominance of non-releasing gas emissions generating power sources: nuclear (77%) and hydroelectricity (12%).
read more... 21/06/2010
Marine tidal current prototype to be installed off the Scottish coast by Voith Hydro and RWE Innogy
The joint venture company Voith Hydro Ocean Current Technologies, with Voith Hydro holding an 80% share and RWE Innogy a 20% share, projects to install a 1 MW marine tidal current turbine off the Scottish coast.
read more... 15/06/2010