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Britain launches offshore wind farm projectBritain on May 12 launched an ambitious and controversial offshore wind farm project hailed as a strategic milestone towards the production of renewable energy at industrial level. The London Array project, which envisages the construction Britain launches offshore wind farm project Britain on May 12 launched an ambitious and controversial offshore wind farm project hailed as a strategic milestone towards the production of renewable energy at industrial level. The London Array project, which envisages the construction Germans develop ships to build offshore windparks German companies said they are to order four new high technology ships which will be able to lower stilts 50 metres to the seabed and jack themselves up. Cranes on the vessels may need only Total, GDF Suez mull solar investment in France France’s Total and GDF Suez said they are considering together locating a silicium wafers fabrication plant intended for the photovoltaic industry on the De Vernejoul industrial site in the Moselle region in France. The initial Shell, Codexis plan next generation biofuel Royal Dutch Shell and clean technology company Codexis on March 10 announced an expanded agreement to develop better enzymes that could accelerate commercialisation of next generation biofuels. Shell also increased its equity stake in Codexis World focuses attention on biofuels in Brussels The World Biofuels Markets Conference, Europe’s largest biofuels congress and exhibition will take place on March 16-18 in Brussels. “There is no doubt that the United States needs to overcome its dependence on oil in Airtricity to build wind turbine park Airtricity is to build the Netherlands’ largest wind turbine park on sea, the subsidiary of the British utility group, Scottish & Southern Energy Plc (SSE) announced on February 25. The new wind farm, Breeveertien 2, would Spanish scientists make biofuel from olive stones Spanish scientists at the universities of Jaen and Granada have developed a method of making biofuel from the stones of olives, a scientific journal has reported. The technique has the advantage of not using crops or Kazakhstan should seek alternative energy sources In the context of alternative energy sources, Kazakhstan is referred to as a country of sun, wind and water. However, many projects in that area have not received due attention, and it is unknown when, CEZ’s 1.1 bln Euro Wind Farm The CEZ Group, the leading Czech CE power utility, and Continental Wind Partners LLC, a major renewable power developer, concluded the sale of CWP’s adjacent Fantanele and Cogealac wind farms in Romania to CEZ. The Fuhrlaender to build Vietnam a big wind turbine factory Four Vietnamese companies will establish a joint venture with German manufacturer Fuhrlaender AG to build Vietnam’s first wind turbine factory, an executive of one of the Vietnamese firms said. “The negotiations are in the final Merkel calls for biofuel production restrictions German Chancellor Angela Merkel has called for restrictions on the production of biofuels in order to avert a shortage of global food supplies. Forests should not be cleared in order to plant crops used for Half-power from renewable energy The key target of the energy efficiency programme run by the Portuguese government is to secure that 45 percent of the power is to be produced from renewable energy sources. With this in mind, the RWE Innogy to develop wind power in Poland RWE Innogy GmbH, Essen, has secured access to wind power projects with a total capacity of 200 MW in Poland. The sites are located in Masuria and Pomerania. To this end, RWE Innogy has concluded Inventis launches initiative A US based multi-disciplined management consultancy, Inventis Inc, last week launched a solar energy investment initiative in Italy, a statement from the company revealed. The company has also invited overseas investors to benefit from the Solar project launched Slovenian Economy Minister Andrej Vizjak and CEO of power producer Savske elektrarne Drago Polak symbolically launched the Vrhovo solar power plant and a mini-hydro plant near Radece in central Slovenia, Slovene Press Agency reported on Vattenfall and Siemens sign a wind energy deal Sweden’s state-owned power giant Vattenfall has signed a two year framework agreement with Germany company Siemens for the supply of wind power plants in a deal worth 1.6 billion Swedish crowns (USD 260 million), the Hydropower’s future lies in the hands of the public The Ministry of Petroleum and Energy has presented a green paper on law amendments, to ensure that Norway’s hydropower will remain in public possession. Minister Aaslaug Haga stressed that the amendments will secure and strengthen Alarm over Portuguese hydropower plan On the eve of World Water Day on March 22, the European Environmental Bureau, Europe’s largest federation of environmental NGOs, together with Portuguese environmental groups Almargem, Aldeia, C O A G R E T - EDF enters Greece EDF Energies Nouvelles is expanding in Greece. The French company recently announced the commissioning of the Imerovigli wind farm with 30 megawatts in installed capacity on the island of Kefalonia. The wind farm will be |
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China is presenting its ascent not as a power shift, but as a paradigm shift. The worldwide economic recession has had European Union businesses keenly eyeing China for continuing markets, Showing there is still some major differences between the European Union and China in areas |
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