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Troubled US nuclear plant to shut down over costs 27 Aug 2013 | 08:02 pm
WASHINGTON, District of Columbia - A 40-year-old nuclear plant in Vermont will shut down next year due to the high costs of competing with cheap natural gas, the company said Tuesday. Entergy Corpora....
India clears $27 bn for power, other projects to spur economy 27 Aug 2013 | 03:03 pm
NEW DELHI, Delhi province - India's cabinet has cleared 36 infrastructure projects worth more than $27 billion -- including 18 power projects -- to try to jumpstart economic growth and restore invest....
Iran says in Oman talks to export $60 bn worth of gas 27 Aug 2013 | 02:25 pm
TEHRAN - The Gulf sultanate of Oman is in talks to buy Iranian gas in a 25-year deal worth around $60 billion, Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said Tuesday. Zanganeh said Iran and Oman had....
The European Unions Directive to Promote Renewables will Bolster the Share of Renewable Energy in the Member States 27 Aug 2013 | 01:30 pm
Amsterdam - The European Union’s (EU) directive on renewable energy has set a target for each member state to increase its renewable energy share to 20% of gross final energy consumption by 2020. The....
Siemens successfully installs first North Sea platform 27 Aug 2013 | 01:23 pm
Erlangen, Germany - HelWin1 North Sea platform will supply more than 500,000 households with wind power Commissioning of grid connection HelWin1 on schedule for 2014 More than 100 employees perfor....
ABB positions world's most powerful offshore wind connector in the North Sea 27 Aug 2013 | 01:17 pm
Zurich, Switzerland, - ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has installed the world’s highest-voltage offshore converter station in the North Sea. Alternating current electricity g....
Gevo Opens Biorefinery for Fully Renewable Paraxylene 27 Aug 2013 | 01:11 pm
ENGLEWOOD, Colo - Gevo, Inc, the world's only commercial producer of bio-isobutanol, today held a ribbon cutting ceremony for its demonstration-scale paraxylene plant in Silsbee, Texas. The paraxylen....
Technip Awarded FEED for LNG Liquefaction Project in the US 27 Aug 2013 | 11:00 am
Paris - Technip was awarded by Trunkline LNG Export, LLC* the front-end engineering and design (FEED) contract for the potential expansion of the existing liquefied natural gas (LNG) import terminal ....
First Solar Sells Canadian Power Plants to GE-Alterra Partnership 26 Aug 2013 | 06:00 pm
Belmont - First Solar, Inc. announced today that it has sold a collection of solar projects in Ontario, Canada, totaling 50 megawatts (MW) AC to an investment partnership led by GE unit GE Energy Fin....
ONGC buys stake in African gas field 26 Aug 2013 | 05:11 pm
NEW YORK CITY, New York - India's energy giant ONGC is buying a 10 percent stake in an offshore Mozambique natural gas field for $2.64 billion from the field's US operator Anadarko Petroleum, the two....
