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Leading marine energy developer Minesto has been awarded a €2.5 million grant from the European Commission’s SME Instrument programme. The awarded funding will support the installation of Minesto’s technology in the Faroe Islands together with the utility company SEV. “This is great news for Minesto and our joint project with…
The tidal energy industry in North Wales has this week received a major boost following a Welsh Government investment of £12.6m EU funds in Anglesey-based developer, Minesto. The funding will support the next phase of the company’s ground-breaking project which involves underwater kites generating energy from tidal and ocean currents.…
Geminor has signed a five year contract to export secondary fuels, or RDF, from Iceland to an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant in the Netherlands. The waste will be used as a fuel to produce electricity, steam and heat for industry and district heating. The first shipment will leave Iceland this summer,…
STROMNESS AND LONDON, UK – June 5, 2019 – Schneider Electric, the leader in digital transformation of energy management and automation, today announced a project to supply locally produced ‘green’ electrical power to the MV Hamnavoe NorthLink ferry while docked in Stromness, Orkney, due to get underway shortly. The project…
Earlier this year, South Miami Mayor Philip Stoddard went “off the grid” for seven days and lived entirely on energy from the solar panels attached to the roof of his home. Stoddard, a longtime critic of Florida Power and Light who is also a Florida International University biologist, told the Miami…
GE Renewable Energy announced today it signed with the Enel Group’s renewable business line Enel Green Power (EGP) a three-year agreement to provide predictive Operation and Maintenance (O&M) capabilities to the group’s hydro plants in Spain with a total capacity of up to 3.2 GW through a combination of digital…
The UK and Azerbaijan have committed to renew combined efforts to tackle challenges facing the energy sector, including building on growing renewable energy sectors in both countries. In trade talks in London this week (Wednesday 22 May), the two nations agreed to further strengthen their existing trade relationship. Trade Policy…
04 June, London. Expleo, the technology partner for innovative companies, is today announcing the launch of Smart Services, a new testing service for smart meter systems. The retail energy sector is gearing up to meet the government target of every home having a smart meter installed by 2020. Successful and…
Aggreko partnered with National Grid U.S. to complete the installation of a 2MW/3.8MWh battery storage system in Pulaski, New York. The system, which is the first of its kind in National Grid’s U.S. service area, will provide supplementary electricity load relief to the utility’s customers at peak times, enhancing grid…
Eversheds Sutherland’s energy and infrastructure team has advised CGN Energy International Holdings Co. Limited (CGN) on the acquisition of three renewable energy projects with a combined capacity of 540 MW. A global, cross-practice team advised CGN on its acquisition of three sites owned by Enel S.p.A. for approximately 2.9bn Brazilian…
