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  • Centrica picks builder for £84m Barrow gas project

    Centrica picks builder for £84m Barrow gas project Jun 09, 2014 Vicky Ellis Infrastructure Generation 0 Barrow Gas Terminal. Image: Centrica Energy Centrica has picked engineering firm Costain as the main contractor for its £84 million project at the Barrow gas terminals in Cumbria. Its generation business Centrica Energy is building a 1.1km underground pipe […]

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  • Energy deal at heart of Qatar World Cup bid allegations

    Energy deal at heart of Qatar World Cup bid allegations Jun 09, 2014 Vicky Ellis Coal, Gas Oil 0 Image: Thinkstock Allegations of corruption in Qatar’s successful World Cup bid centre around a multi-million dollar gas deal for Thailand. A report in The Times claimed Qatari businessman Mohamed Bin Hammam arranged for Worawi Makudi, a […]

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  • Go-ahead for 67-turbine wind farm in the Highlands

    Go-ahead for 67-turbine wind farm in the Highlands Jun 06, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Sustainability Environment 0 Fort Augustus, Scotland. Copyright: Thinkstock The Scottish Government has given the go-ahead for a new 67-tubrine wind farm near Fort Augustus in the Highlands. The Stronelairg project will have a total capacity of 242MW, producing enough electricity […]

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  • Iberdrola awards €30m smart meter contract

    Iberdrola awards €30m smart meter contract Jun 08, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation 0 Spanish energy giant Iberdrola has awarded a €30 million (£24.4m) smart meter contract to Avantha group Company CG. The order includes supplying Iberdrola with more than one million smart meters within a year. Spanish utilities are expected to replace 70% of […]

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  • Romanian wind farm secures €57m grant

    Romanian wind farm secures €57m grant Jun 06, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance, Sustainability Environment 0 The Romanian renewable energy market is getting a boost with a €57 million (£46.2m) loan towards the development of a wind farm. The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing the finance for the Topolog-Dorobantu wind farm […]

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  • Georgia given $65m for CNG filling stations

    Georgia given $65m for CNG filling stations Jun 07, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Coal, Gas Oil, Markets Finance 0 A London-based bank has arranged a $65 million (£38.7m) loan for a project to promote an “environmentally-friendly alternative to conventional fuels” in Georgia. The loan will support an investment programme of Wissol Petroleum, which includes the expansion […]

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  • Finland ‘commits to 80% emissions cut by 2050′

    Finland ‘commits to 80% emissions cut by 2050′ Jun 06, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Policy Legislation, Sustainability Environment 0 Finland has reportedly adopted the nation’s first Climate Change Act, with a legally binding target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by at least 80% by 2050. The new legislation extends the country’s existing emissions reduction target for […]

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  • UK day-ahead gas price ‘lowest since 2010’

    UK day-ahead gas price ‘lowest since 2010’ Jun 06, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Markets Finance 0 Day-ahead gas contracts have dropped to around 37 pence per therm today – the lowest price since 2010 – as a result of healthy supplies and low demand, according to the daily market report from npower. There have been increased […]

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  • Investment bonds to be offered for Cornish wind farm

    Investment bonds to be offered for Cornish wind farm Jun 05, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Infrastructure Generation, Sustainability Environment 0 Cawsand and Kingsand coast, Cornwall. Copyright: Thinkstock Renewable power supplier Good Energy is proposing to offer people in Cornwall the opportunity to invest in a wind farm in north Cornwall. It plans to issue a local […]

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  • £60m energy efficiency fund for fuel poor homes

    £60m energy efficiency fund for fuel poor homes Jun 05, 2014 Priyanka Shrestha Energy Efficiency 0 Local authorities across Scotland are to share a £60 million fund to help households living in fuel poverty. The investment into the Energy Efficiency Programme for Scotland (HEEPS) will help councils install energy efficiency measures such as solid wall, […]

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