August 27, 2009
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Energy & Renewables Newsletter August 27, 2009 |
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LDK and Canadian Solar clinch large-scale China PV projects
China-based LDK Solar and Canadian Solar have each announced plans to build 500MW projects in the country, just weeks after the launch of a new government subsidy scheme for large-scale solar developments. Solar wafer maker LDK announced earlier this week that it is partnering with the Chinese city of Yancheng, located in Jiangsu province, to develop a number of solar facilities with a total capacity of 500MW. The projects will comprise ground-mounted power stations, rooftop PV installations and building integrated systems, all of which are to be built over the next five years. To ... |
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New rules to revamp the way power plants get connected to the UK’s power grid are proposed
New rules to revamp the way power plants get connected to the UK’s power grid are proposed by Energy and Climate Secretary Ed Miliband. The shake-up will help new projects waiting to get a date to feed electricity into the grid to get out of the queue, and will in particular help renewable energy projects such as wind farms. There is currently over 60 GW of new generation capacity – around 200 projects – that are waiting to be connected to the grid, including around 17 GW from renewable sources. Ed Miliband announced as part of the Government’s Low Carbon Transition Plan in July ... |
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