Irving Oil Ltd., the energy arm of the Irving family’s East Coast conglomerate, is looking at producing electricity from the powerful tides in the Bay of Fundy as a way to diversify into renewable energy.
The company, which operates oil refineries and a string of gas stations in Atlantic Canada and the U.S. Northeast, has won [...]
Archive for May 28th, 2008
Irving Oil looks to make waves with tidal power
Posted in Tidal on 2008-05-28 | 2 Comments »
The switch to renewable energy
Posted in Energy, Policy on 2008-05-28 | No Comments »
Australia’s solar energy industry might have received a big setback in the recent federal budget, but calls are mounting for the adoption of laws that will encourage more people to switch on to renewable energy sources.
An international proponent of renewable energy says Australia has huge potential with regard to the use of solar power, as [...]
EnBW Acquires Four Offshore Wind Projects
Posted in Economics, Wind Energy on 2008-05-28 | No Comments »
Utility company Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG (EnBW) has acquired offshore wind farm companies Eos Offshore AG and Offshore Ostsee Wind AG. Both companies are subsidiaries of wpd offshore GmbH and hold the rights to offshore wind developments.
Eos holds the rights to two offshore wind park projects at Hochseewindpark Nordsee and “He dreiht,” while Ostsee holds the [...]
Sputnik Ramps Up German Operations
Posted in Economics, Electricity on 2008-05-28 | No Comments »
Sputnik Engineering GmbH has transferred its operations from Stockach to Neuhausen, Germany. Sputnik Engineering plans to manufacture a total of 275 megawatts of inverters this year at the new facility.
The facility at Neuhausen provides of room for further expansion. This will allow Sputnik scope for handling short-term fluctuations in demand, according to the company.
“Germany remains [...]
GE Signs 300-MW Turbine Deal with Iberdrola
Posted in Economics, Wind Energy on 2008-05-28 | No Comments »
Iberdrola will acquire 200 General Electric 1.5-megawatt (MW) wind turbines for delivery in 2010 for projects in the United States. The U.S. projects related to the turbine deal have a total cost of development of around EUR 430 million [US $677.5 million], Iberdrola said.
This agreement with GE follows a previous purchase by Iberdrola of 300 [...]
Greater Gabbard Wind Project Gets Go-ahead
Posted in Economics, Europe, Wind Energy on 2008-05-28 | No Comments »
Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) has confirmed it will proceed with its investment in the 504-megawatt (MW) Greater Gabbard offshore wind farm off the Suffolk coast of the UK. Construction work will begin soon and SSE has now entered into a contract with Fluor Limited for the design, supply, installation and commissioning of the [...]
SMEs call for more state aid to cut energy waste
Posted in Efficiency, Energy, Policy on 2008-05-28 | No Comments »
Small businesses will simply not invest in the energy-saving technologies that are essential to reaching the EU’s climate change objectives without a fine-tuning of state aid rules, according to UEAPME, the association of small and medium-sized enterprises in Europe.
SMEs call for more state aid to cut energy waste
Climate change: ‘Clean development’ projects under fire
Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Economics, Policy on 2008-05-28 | No Comments »
New evidence has emerged that up to two thirds of projects financed under the auspices of the UN’s Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) should not be credited for reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Climate change: ‘Clean development’ projects under fire
MEPs reject watered-down airline emission targets
Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Transportation on 2008-05-28 | No Comments »
MEPs have declared a de facto war against national governments by maintaining their demands for strict emission reduction targets for Europe’s rapidly growing aviation sector, despite ministers’ insistence on a more industry-friendly approach.
MEPs reject watered-down airline emission targets
Turkey hints at “significant” moves on climate change
Posted in CO2-Emission, Climate, Policy on 2008-05-28 | No Comments »
Turkey dropped its strongest hint yet that it will sign up to the Kyoto Protocol on combating climate change, and will join in international efforts aimed at cutting greenhouse gasses.
Turkish President Abdullah Gül said he supports the UN plan for the two year negotiation process agreed in Bali last year, and added “Turkey is now [...]
