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Ember Study: Half of the World is Past a Peak in Fossil Power
Half of the world’s economies are already five years past a peak in power generation from fossil fuels, new analysis from energy think tank Ember shows. Emissions from these 107 power sectors, representing 38% of global electricity demand, have fallen by almost 20% in the last decade. The vast majority (78) of these economies have displaced fossil fuels from their power sectors through clean ...
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Johannes Lambertz appointed CEO of RWE Power, Heinz-Werner Ufer takes the helm at RWE Energy
The RWE Group has made some important new appointments affecting its management companies RWE Power and RWE Energy. The Supervisory Board of RWE Power AG has appointed Dr. Johannes Lambertz to succeed Dr. Ulrich Jobs as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of RWE Power. Johannes Lambertz, whose appointment is with immediate effect, has until now been in charge of the fossil-fuel power plant portfolio. ...
By RWE AG
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IRENA Analysis Explores the Potential and Impact of Smart Charging Electric Vehicles on the Energy Transition
Today the average car runs on fossil fuels, but growing pressure for climate action, falling battery costs, and concerns about air pollution in cities, has given life to the once "over-priced" and neglected electric vehicle.With many new electric vehicles (EV) now out-performing their fossil-powered counterparts' capabilities on the road, energy planners are looking to bring innovation to the ...
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B&W Announces Retirement of Power Generation Group President; Names J. Randall Data Successor
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (B&W) (NYSE: BWC) announced today that Richard L. Killion, 64, President and Chief Operating Officer of Babcock & Wilcox Power Generation Group, Inc. (B&W PGG) will retire effective July 1, 2012. In addition, J. Randall (Randy) Data, 46, is named President and Chief Operating Officer of B&W PGG, effective April 1, ...
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Boeing 737 factory to move to clean energy
Boeing said Tuesday it plans to buy renewable energy credits to replace fossil-fuel power at the factory in Washington state where it assembles its 737 commercial airplanes. The aerospace company and the utility, Puget Sound Energy, said the plan will move the Renton factory near Seattle toward an all-renewable energy mix. Boeing Co. says it will offset electricity from coal and other fuels by ...
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Bord Na Mona Project
Biomass Silo Systems recently completed the installation of a custom designed 30.0 ton capacity pellet silo for Bord Na Mona main headquarters in Co Kildare, Ireland. Bord na Mona are one of the largest power generation companies in Ireland and will be leading the transition from fossil fuel to biomass power generation in Ireland over the coming ...
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B&W Closes $700 Million Credit Facility; Extends Maturity to 2017
The Babcock & Wilcox Company (NYSE: BWC) (“B&W”) today announced that it has completed the amendment and restatement of its existing $700 million senior secured credit facility. B&W currently has no borrowings outstanding and approximately $218.5 million of letters of credit outstanding under the amended and restated facility. The entire unused ...
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IRENA Report: All Renewable Technologies To Be Competitive by 2020
The cost of generating power from onshore wind has fallen by around a quarter since 2010, with solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity costs falling by 73 per cent in that time, according to new cost analysis from the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). The report also highlights that solar PV costs are expected to halve by 2020. The best onshore wind and solar PV projects could be ...
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Coal & gas power plants - efficiency & cost
Which of today's fossil fuel-fired power plants have highest efficiencies and lowest emissions? And how much do they cost? These are some of the questions answered in IEA's recently released publication Fossil Fuel-Fired Power Generation - Case Studies of Recently Constructed Coal- and Gas-Fired Power Plants. But the authors' case studies covering nine selected facilities in Europe, Asia and ...
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NIB finances new hydropower station in Greenland
NIB has provided a EUR 33.5 million (DKK 250 million) loan to the Greenland Self Rule Government to finance the construction of a new hydropower station near Sisimiut, on the western coast of Greenland. The 15-year-maturity loan will help finance the construction of the new hydropower plant, which was officially opened in April 2010. The plant is expected to generate 52 GWh this year and will ...
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Statkraft and Siemens increase the gas power capacity in Knapsack
Statkraft, Europe's leader in renewable energy, and Siemens signed an EPC contract on the power plant project Knapsack II near Cologne/Germany. The Norwegian energy generator is planning the construction of one of the world's most modern gas and steam combining power plants with a production capacity of 430 MW at the chemical industry park Knapsack. The recently signed EPC contract (Engineering, ...
By Statkraft
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SEaB Energy meets the world’s media at COP21
COP21 is the 2015 United Nations Climate Change Conference, and probably the most important gathering of its kind ever. The conference will put in place targets, agreed by all nations around the world, that will limit carbon output and will effectively phase out large-scale fossil-fuel burning power stations. The conference’s focus is, therefore, firmly on renewables and particularly ...
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Majority of UK public say oil and gas firms should pay for extreme weather
Almost three-quarters of UK adults think fossil fuel companies should be made to pay damages for their role in contributing to global warming, a YouGov survey has found. he research also reveals that eight in ten believe oil and gas firms that oppose action to mitigate global warming should be held responsible if they are aware of the dangers. Nearly two-thirds said investing in these ...
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Utilities looking for industry input on CSP yield optimization engineering ahead of CSP today’s Denver conference
A crucial area of discussion when it comes to CSP Plant output engineering is the impact that CSP output optimization has on utility agreements, PPAs and ongoing LCOE, and the subsequent impact on the perception of the value of power produced through CSP Last week, Utilities Panel Moderator Mark Lausten from the DoE, along with utility representatives from PG&E and Xcel Energy, discussed the ...
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NRDC signs energy efficiency agreement with China
A representative of the Natural Resources Defense Council Thursday signed an agreement to collaborate on an energy efficiency program for Beijing that would cut demand for electricity by 800 MW, roughly the output of a standard fossil-fuel power plant, by 2015. At a State Department ceremony, Mona Yew, Beijing-based deputy director of NRDC’s China Program, signed a Statement of Intent with ...
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Abengoa Yield celebrates grand opening of Mojave solar plant in California
Mojave Solar, with a gross capacity of 280 MW, reached commercial operation in early December 2014. Construction of Mojave Solar has generated thousands of jobs in the United States Abengoa Yield (NASDAQ: ABY), the sustainable total return company that owns a diversified portfolio of contracted assets in the energy and environment sectors held today the grand opening of Mojave. The solar ...
By Abengoa
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Efficiency meets eco-friendliness
In an opening ceremony on August 10, 2012, Northern California Power Agency (NCPA) officially dedicated the Lodi Energy Center (LEC). The new plant with an installed capacity of 300 megawatts (MW) is located in Lodi, California. For this natural gas-fired plant Siemens (NYSE: SI) supplied the SCC6-5000F 1x1 Flex-Plant power islandwhich will enable NCPA to bring the plant to full load in very ...
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Mainstream successfully concludes sale of SMart Wind offshore wind to DONG Energy
Mainstream Renewable Power (“Mainstream”) has today successfully concluded its negotiations with DONG Energy for the sale of its remaining interest in the SMart Wind offshore wind consortium. SMart Wind is a joint venture between Mainstream and Siemens Financial Services, which was formed in 2009 to successfully bid for and then to develop the 4,000 megawatt Hornsea Offshore Wind ...
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E.ON and Siemens switch on pilot CO2 capture facility at the Staudinger coal-fired power plant
E.ON and Siemens are starting up a pilot CO2 capture plant at the E.ON power plant Staudinger in Grosskrotzenburg near Hanau. The two companies are thus pushing further ahead with the development of a process geared toward climate-friendly coal-based power generation. A lab-proven process is to be employed under real operating conditions at the power plant’s hard-coal-fired Staudinger Unit 5. The ...
By E.ON AG
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Siemens Receives Further Contract for High-Efficiency Power Plant in the United States
Siemens has been awarded an order for the turnkey supply of the Panda Temple II power plant in Temple, Texas. Following the Temple I and Sherman Power Projects, this is the third order awarded to Siemens by the private equity firm Panda Power Funds within less than a year. Siemens will supply the natural-gas-fired combined-cycle power plant in consortium with its partner, Bechtel. The plant, with ...
By Siemens AG
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