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AREVA Awarded Contract for Bellefonte NPP

Eneco opens first UK wind farm

Alstom signs MoU for hydropower in Russia

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Vestas tar order i Australien

56 kraftverk till Tasmanien

Vestas har fått en order på leverans av 56 vindkraftverk för projektet Musselroe Wind Farm som ska byggas i Tasmanien, Australien. Ordern har lagts av Hydro Tasmania, Australiens största producent av förnybar el.

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Photo: Fennovoima

New nuclear power plant to be constructed in Finland

In the Northern part of the country

The Finnish company Fennovoima announced yesterday that it has chosen Pyhäjoki as the site for its nuclear power plant.

OECD and IEA recommend reforming fossil-fuel subsidies

To improve the economy and the environment

Governments and taxpayers spent about half a trillion dollars last year supporting the production and consumption of fossil fuels.

The Smolensk NPP. Photo: Rosatom

Rosatom intends to train 60,000 international nuclear specialists

Is establishing an international training campus

Rosatom, Russia's state-controlled nuclear corporation, has announced that it is able to train up to 60,000 international specialists.

IAEA will dispatch an international expert mission to Japan

To remediate areas off-site Fukushima Daiichi NPP

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) will dispatch an international expert mission to Japan to assist the country in its planning to remediate the areas off-site from the Fukushima Daiichi

Credit: sxc.hu

Largest wind farm in Argentina inaugurated

Located in the windy Patagonia

Argentina’s president Cristina Fernandez has officially opened her country’s largest wind farm in Patagonia, reports Merco Press. The wind farm called Rawson Aeolic Park will generate 80 MW.

The first AST Modular data storage container at the Thor Data Center, Iceland. Controlled by ABB AC500 PLCs, the data center is cooled by free outside air instead of by conventional energy-hungry chillers.Credit: ABB

World’s first zero-emissions data center inaugurated

Located in Iceland

An ABB solution is controlling what is thought to be the world’s first zero-emissions data center.

US ITER Project Director, Ned Sauthoff, and Director-General Motojima signing the Residual Gas Analyzer Procurement Arrangement. Credit. ITER Newsline

ITER: procurement for Residual Gas Analyzers signed

For sampling and analyzing the composition of neutral gases

An important ITER contract has recently been signed for "deciphering" the composition of neutral gases inside the ITER vacuum vessel.

Credit: Lundin Petroleum

Lundin Petroleum makes major oil discovery in the North Sea

Recoverable resources increase to upto 1.8 billion barrels of oil

Lundin Norway AS, a wholly owned subsidiary of Lundin Petroleum AB, recently announced an updated estimate of the recoverable Contingent Resources from the Avaldsnes discovery in licence PL501, loc

Japanese setback to antinuclear movement

May provide a green signal to resume nuclear plant construction

A well-known pro-nuclear power city mayor in Japan has defeated an anti-nuclear power opponent in an election, reports Japan Herald.

Hungary looses millions of euros in wind energy investments

According to a new report from EWEA

An unambitious target, delays in grid connection tenders and a lack of legislative clarity are causing Hungary to miss out on new wind energy installations and with them as much as €42 million of i

Gazprom to focus on Northeast Asian power markets

Looks for expanding Russian gas supplies

Gazprom’s Board of Directors has ordered an analysis of foreign power markets including those located in Northeast Asia.

Credit: Airbus

Airlines have to pay for their CO2 emissions

Will receive 85 percent free CO2 permits in 2012

For the first time airlines are now included in the EU's emissions trading system (ETS).

Credit: sxc.hu

250-megawatt Colorado wind farm completed

Enbridge’s largest investment in renewable energy

Enbridge, Canada's No. 2 pipeline company, announces that it has completed its 250-megawatt Colorado wind power project, its largest-ever investment in renewable energy.

Eni restarts production in Libya

The first “giant oil field” in Libya is back on stream

Eni restarts production in fifteen Libyan wells in Abu-Attifel, located at 300 km south of Benghazi.

The vertical wind turbine resembles a flywheel. Credit: SeaTwirl

Innovative type of wind turbine tested

Can store energy

A new type of wind turbine called SeaTwirl that can store energy is reported to have been successfully tested in Sweden.

Her Majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands officially opened Gate terminal. Credit: Gate

New LNG terminal inaugurated in Rotterdam

First import terminal for LNG in the Netherlands

Nanoparticles.

Cheap solar cell made possible by linked nanoparticles

Cheap and efficient.

Researchers of the Chemical Engineering department and the Kavli institute of TU Delft have demonstrated that electrons can move freely in layers of linked semiconductor nanoparticles under the inf

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The MOU was signed by John Krenicki, GE vice chairman and president and CEO of GE Energy; and Dr. Benny Mokaba, PetroSA chairman. Credit: GE

GE, Petro SA to cooperate across South Africa’s energy spectrum

MoU signed yesterday

General Electric and PetroSA, South Africa’s National Oil Company, yesterday signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to establish a framework for exploring cooperation between the two companies

Director-General Motojima to the left. Credit: ITER Newsline

ITER DG awarded the title of Docteur Honoris Causa

An "ermine sash" on professor Motojima's purple toga

The title of Docteur Honoris Causa is one of the most prestigious French academic distinctions.

China to invest $313 billion in low-carbon economy

Will set up 100 bases for demonstrating resource utilisation and a number of pilot programs.

China will invest 2 trillion yuan (US$313 billion) to promote a green, low-carbon economy in the next five years, according to China Daily.

Massive power failure plunged Chile into darkness

Caused by a high-voltage transformer failure.

The power failure affected about 90 per cent of the population, and was caused by a high-voltage transformer failure 700 km south of Santiago.

Credit: Petrobra

New discovery of oil and gas off northeast Brazil

In the ultra-deepwater of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin

The Brasilian oil corporation Petrobras confirms the discovery of oil and gas accumulations in ultra-deepwater in the province of Sergipe.

Credit: Siemens

Germany to be world leader in offshore wind power

As early as 2015

Germany will overtake the UK as the world leader in offshore wind generated power as early as 2015, according to Greenwise Business.

Scheme of carbon sequestration.

Alstom, Datang to jointly develop CCS demo projects in China

Will demonstrate three technologies for carbon capture.

China Datang Corporation and Alstom have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to form a long-term strategic partnership and jointly develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) demonstration proj

Credit: sxc.hu

Tenaris and PCC Energy Group sign contract with Saudi Aramco

A milestone contract according to Tenaris

Tenaris and PCC Energy Group have been awarded a milestone contract to supply 9-5/8" Range-3 Corrosion Resistant Alloy (CRA) tubing for Saudi Aramco's Arabiyah & Hasbah offshore gas development

Turkish seismic ship sets sail for gas search off Cyprus

A response to Greek Cypriot’s offshore gas drilling

According to the Turkish news agency Hürryiet, a Turkish seismic ship set sail Friday for gas exploration off Cyprus.

Credit: Wikipedia

Erdogan: Cyprus drilling is insanity

A method to sabotage negotiations between the sides

Israel news reports today that Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan addressed the Greek Cypriot administration's exploratory drilling in the eastern Mediterranean and said that what Israel and

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