India could realize its renewable energy plans in four and a half years, instead of the initially projected six years, the Union Minister of State for Power, Coal & New Renewable Energy, Shri. Piyush Goyal, said at a State Power and Renewable Energy Ministers’ Conference in Kochi today. “I am confid
India and Belgium have vowed to cooperate on renewable energy by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was approved by India’s Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The two countries will focus on the development of renewable energy technologies, including win
India and Belgium have vowed to cooperate on renewable energy by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), which was approved by India’s Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi. The two countries will focus on the development of renewable energy technologies, including win
India and Belgium have signed a memorandum of understanding for energy cooperation between the two countries. The objective of this memorandum of understanding (MoU) is to establish the basis for a cooperative institutional relationship to encourage and promote technical bilateral cooperation on new
Brian Motherway will leave his CEO post in the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) to take up a new role in IEA. According to SEAI, Motherway will formally resign from the CEO post on December 2, 2015, to take up a new role as Head of the Energy Efficiency Division with the International
DONG to Build World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm DONG Energy decided to construct the 660MW Walney Extension offshore wind farm, located in the Irish Sea, approximately 19 km off the west coast of Britain. Van Oord: Dredging Companies Venturing into Offshore Wind (Interview) During the Offshore Ener
Norwegian energy company Statoil has made the final investment decision to build the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, the world’s first floating wind farm, offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, after Scotland gave the project the go-ahead yesterday. The decision triggers investments of around NOK 2 billio
Norwegian energy company Statoil has made the final investment decision to build the Hywind Scotland Pilot Park, the world’s first floating wind farm, offshore Peterhead in Aberdeenshire, after Scotland gave the project the go-ahead yesterday. The decision triggers investments of around NOK 2 billio
Norwegian-based tidal energy developer, Tidal Sails, has received all the necessary permits to develop a 4 MW tidal energy power plant in Kvalsund Strait, near Hammerfest, Northern Norway. According to Are Børgesen, Chairman and Founder of Tidal Sails, the project proposal is up for European Commiss
Wave Energy Scotland (WES) has allocated £2.25 million to 8 technology developers and consortia as part of its second competitive call for novel wave energy converters. The projects will receive £300,000 each to take their technologies through WES’ stage one technology development process over the p
The Scottish Government has granted a marine licence to Statoil for the construction of Hywind Scotland project, the world’s largest floating offshore wind development. The pilot park will comprise five floating 6MW turbines installed approximately 25km off the coast of Peterhead, with a generating
RenewableUK says today’s announcement by RWE Innogy of new project partners and investors for the Galloper offshore wind farm off the coast of Suffolk demonstrates the robustness of Britain’s world-leading offshore wind market. It follows the announcement on Wednesday that DONG Energy has made a fin
Azerbaijan is moving forward with its plans to develop an offshore wind farm in Caspian Sea. Namely, the plans for the 200MW offshore wind project have been submitted to the Azerbaijan government, writes Trend News Agency. The project, worth AZN 450-500 million (EUR 390-433 million), has attracted i
The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has placed the blame on shallow government support for wave and tidal energy for the yesterday’s announcement of Aquamarine Power’s going into the administration. Responding to the news that renewable energy firm Aquamarine Power has called in administrators to
