Indian state of Gujarat plans wind project

Danish company Vestas has been awarded a contract to deliver turbines for a wind farm project in India. It will provide 20 turbines totalling a capacity of 40MW. The Khambaliya project is located in Gujarat and owned by Powerica. The company said 12MW is part of an upgrade from a previous order and the remaining […]

Work begins on 156MW US solar farm

Construction of a 156MW solar farm in Colorado has started. The $1.5 billion (£0.96bn) Comanche Solar project is expected to generate more than 300GWh of energy per year – equivalent to powering around 30,000 homes. It will reduce more than 478 million tons of carbon emissions and is scheduled to be completed in the first […]

Tennessee to build $2.25m biogas plant

A solid waste company is installing a $2.25 million (£1.46m) biomass plant in Tennessee. It is expected to convert more than 30 tons of waste a day into thermal energy, with 60% of it being made into compost. Around 90% of the biomass will become fuel gas and the remaining residue is a charcoal-like biochar, which will be […]

Kia EV picked for US wireless charging study

A South Korean automotive giant’s electric vehicle (EV) has been selected to trial a new wireless charging system in the US. Kia’s Soul EV wireless charger has reached the final stage of development and will be tested on five of its models. It won funding from the US Department of Energy for the project. It […]

Oil firm warns 200 UK jobs at risk

Oil company Maersk has warned around 200 jobs could be at risk. The firm said it is facing “ongoing challenges in the market” and is consulting on a proposed “three weeks on, three weeks off” change in rota. It expects to implement the changes in the second quarter of 2016. A spokesperson said: “All options […]

US distributed wind capacity ‘lowest in a decade’

The installed capacity for distributed wind turbines in the US has fallen. That’s according to a report from the Energy Information Administration (EIA) which stated installations of mid-sized and small turbines last year were the lowest in a decade. Distributed wind turbine installations are smaller units compared to electric utility wind facilities – below 1MW, according […]

Kazakhstan signs deal for nuclear fuel bank

Kazakhstan has signed an agreement to set up a nuclear fuel bank in Oskemen. The country will operate the bank which will be a physical reserve of Low Enriched Uranium (LEU) for International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Member States. It follows the project announcement made last month. LEU is the basic ingredient of nuclear fuel. The bank […]

Energy giant Total sells North Sea assets for £585m

Energy giant Total is selling its pipeline infrastructure assets in the North Sea for £585 million. The French company is disposing all of its interests in the FUKA and SIRGE gas pipelines and the St Fergus Gas Terminal, which has a processing capacity of more than 2,600 million cubic feet of gas per day. North […]

Solar ‘no longer cost effective’ under new proposals

Solar installations will no longer be cost effective for householders under the new proposed Feed-in Tariff rates. That’s according to Philip Sellwood, Chief Executive of the Energy Saving Trust. It follows the UK Government proposing to cut incentives for solar power and threatening to close the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme. FiTs provide householders and businesses […]

UK lends £12m to help India tackle climate change

The UK is lending £12 million to the Indian state of Odisha to tackle climate change. The Climate Change Innovation Programme (CCIP) is funded by the UK Department for International Development. According to British Deputy High Commissioner Scott Furssedonn-Wood, it will provide technical assistance to Odisha and five other Indian states. He said Odisha is one of the […]