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Alstom building Israeli hydropower plant
Alstom building Israeli hydropower plant Posted on 09 January 2014 by Vicky Ellis French engineering firm Alstom is to build a hydropower plant in Israel which will be ready by 2018. Today the firm said it signed two contracts worth €120 million (£99m) to build and run the power plant 60 kilometres east of Haifa, […]
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Amsterdam footie ArenA turns to green energy
Amsterdam footie ArenA turns to green energy Posted on 09 January 2014 by Priyanka Shrestha The Netherlands’ largest football stadium is upping its green credentials by covering its roof with solar panels. Home to the Ajax football club, Amsterdam ArenA (pictured) will have 4,200 solar panels installed on the roofs, generating around 930,000 kWh of […]
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Strike threat at Shetland gas plant “over room sharing”
Strike threat at Shetland gas plant “over room sharing” Posted on 08 January 2014 by Vicky Ellis The GMB union is threatening oil company Petrofac with strikes in a row over accommodation at the building site of a Shetland gas site. Petrofac has been building a plant on the Shetland isles, on behalf of Total, to […]
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2013: The Year in Energy
2013: The Year in Energy Posted on 08 January 2014 by ash garwood The Big Freeze, Sainsbury’s energy saving efforts and a long-awaited nuclear handshake – ELN’s Chief Reporter Vicky Ellis talks you through the biggest energy stories of 2013. Leave a Reply Article source: http://www.energylivenews.com/2014/01/08/2013-the-year-in-energy/
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Electric racing car rolls into Las Vegas
Electric racing car rolls into Las Vegas Posted on 07 January 2014 by Vicky Ellis It’s a fair gamble to say Las Vegas has probably never before seen this powerful an electric car. Yesterday the vehicle to be used in Formula E’s racing series made its public debut by rolling into the American gambling capital. […]
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Manchester anti-fracking protests ‘cost taxpayers £330,000’
Manchester anti-fracking protests ‘cost taxpayers £330,000’ Posted on 07 January 2014 by Priyanka Shrestha Anti-fracking protests in Greater Manchester have cost taxpayers a staggering £330,000 so far and is rising. The figure was released by Greater Manchester Police as protests against IGas’ attempt to drill for shale gas in Barton Moss continues. Two women blocked […]
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Next step for design of new UK nuclear plants
Next step for design of new UK nuclear plants Posted on 06 January 2014 by Vicky Ellis Nuclear regulators will today begin the second phase of assessment of the design for two new nuclear power plants in the UK. This is step two of four which regulators must go through before approving Hitachi’s design for […]
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EDF and AREVA back Saudi Arabia’s nuclear programme
EDF and AREVA back Saudi Arabia’s nuclear programme Posted on 06 January 2014 by Priyanka Shrestha French firms EDF and AREVA have signed a series of two agreements with organisations in Saudi Arabia to support the nation’s nuclear energy programme. The first set includes Memorandums of Understanding with five Saudi companies which aim to help […]
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Ofgem sniffy after criticism
Ofgem sniffy after criticism Posted on 03 January 2014 by Vicky Ellis Energy watchdog Ofgem today wrote to three tabloids dismissing criticism as “completely untrue”. It was responding to articles in the Sun, Daily Record and Daily Mirror suggesting the body doesn’t know whether energy consumers are being ripped off or not. They were reporting […]
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Honda factory’s solar farm gets Dutch investor
Honda factory’s solar farm gets Dutch investor Posted on 05 January 2014 by Vicky Ellis A solar energy farm which will help power Honda’s car part factory in Swindon has a new Dutch investor. Eneco has been named as the new investor in the 10MW Sevor Farm project which will provide around 64% of the […]
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