March 05, 2009
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Energy & Renewables Newsletter March 05, 2009 |
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Europeans pursue better energy technologies
The Nordic region is renowned for its work on the protection of the environment. For its part, the Research Council of Norway has announced that it will grant funding to eight national research centres for the development of environmentally friendly technologies. Each centre will receive up to NOK 20 million (EUR 2.26 million) a year for five years. Various topics will be covered during this period, including solar, bioenergy and wind power, and carbon dioxide (CO2) capture and storage, said representatives from the Norwegian gas technology centre SINTEF/NTNU, which is either heading or participating ... |
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Aquamarine touts `biggest deal in the history of marine energy`
Fresh from securing `the biggest deal in the history of marine energy` with Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE), wave and tidal power specialist Aquamarine Power is in talks to agree similar supply deals with utilities in Ireland and Portugal. Earlier this week, the company signed a major alliance with SSE`s renewables division Airtricity that could see the developer of tidal and wave energy systems provide the company with up to one gigawatt of marine energy by 2020. Under the terms of the deal, the two companies will launch a 50:50 joint venture that will work to gain consent for wave and tidal ... |
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