BP to invest $200m in Lightsource over three years for a 43% stake in the business Lightsource is Europe’s largest solar development company, focused on the acquisition, development and long-term management of large-scale solar projects Lightsource to rebrand as … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Investment, Management, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Bob Dudley, BP, Dev Sanyal, Lightsource, Lightsource BP, Nick Boyle, solar power
LONDON, 19-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — BP acknowledges today’s announcement by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) that it intends to oppose its proposed acquisition of Woolworths’ retail fuel business. “We are disappointed by the news today from the ACCC. We … Read the full press release
San Donato Milanese (Milan), 14-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Eni successfully drilled the Tecoalli 2 well, in the shallow waters of the Campeche Bay, offshore Mexico. Thanks to the results of this well and the revision of the reservoir models of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Italy
Tagged Eni, hydrocarbon, offshore Mexico, Tecoalli 2 well
Eni has completed today the sale of a 25 percent indirect interest in the natural gas-rich Area 4 of the Rovuma Basin to ExxonMobil Development Africa B.V. (“ExxonMobil”). The terms of the sale, agreed in March 2017, include a payment … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Italy, Management
Tagged Eni, ExxonMobil, Mozambique Area 4
Bank and global community stepping up effort to combat climate change LONDON, 13-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) joined other global development organisations in stepping up the momentum for global climate action at the One Planet … Read the full press release
ATHENS, 13-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The launch of the programme “ENGINEERS IN ACTION” for a third consecutive year, demonstrates once again the firm commitment of MYTILINEOS to combat youth unemployment and to curb brain drain; the alarming phenomenon of young, qualified … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Greece, Industrial, Science, Technology
Tagged Metallurgy, MYTILINEOS, young Engineers, “ENGINEERS IN ACTION” programme
ROME, 12-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — With a commitment of € 125 million, SACE (CDP Group) is supporting the financing of a power project in favor of Aluminium Bahrain B.S.C.(Alba), in order to cover supply contracts assigned to GE Power and Gama Power Systems (“GE-Gama”) consortium for … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Italy, Technology
Tagged Gama Power Systems, GE Power, power station in Bahrain, SACE
ABERDEEN, 11-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Wood has won a contract as sole supplier of inspection qualification services to the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station. EDF Energy, the station developer, has commissioned Wood’s Inspection Validation Centre (IVC) to qualify ultrasonic inspections … Read the full press release
MADRID, 08-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Deliveries of oil products from CLH Group facilities to the Spanish market during November almost reached 3.3 million cubic metres, 0.7% more than in the same period of the previous year after correction of the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Spain
Tagged CLH Group oil products, Spanish market
ZURICH, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB launches today TruONE, an all-new automatic transfer switch (ATS) with connectivity and monitoring functions for critical power applications. TruONE is the world’s first true ATS to package all the necessary sensors and controllers into a … Read the full press release
First e-buses with ABB’s world-record flash-charging technology go into commercial service ZURICH, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB’s 20-second flash-charging technology was a hot topic today as two articulated electric buses, the first of their kind in the world, went into service … Read the full press release
New ARC report proclaims “ABB’s Grid Automation business is at the forefront of grid automation and digitalization” ZURICH, 07-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB has been named as the global market leader in SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems for the … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Management, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB, ARC, Claudio Facchin, global market leader in SCADA systems, Steve Couther
PARIS, 05-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — New AREVA and Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co., Ltd. (KHNP) recently signed, in the presence of Nicolas Hulot, French Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition and Paik Ungyu, South Korea’s Minister for Trade, Industry … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial
Tagged Arnaud Gay, cleanup and dismantling of reactors, KHNP, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power, New AREVA
Vantaa, Finland, 05-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Kalehan Murat Enerji Üretim A.S. has awarded Pöyry with the basic design engineering services assignment for the Beyhan II Dam and Hydroelectric Power Plant (HPP) project in Turkey. The assignment includes preparation of basic design … Read the full press release
Fife, Scotland, 04-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — A breakthrough in catalysis research by academics at the Universities of St Andrews and Newcastle could lead to the development of clean diesel engine technology and help combat air pollution. Catalysis is an important process … Read the full press release
MADRID, 04-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — The demand for electrical energy on the Spanish peninsula in the month of November is estimated at 20,886 GWh, a value 1.1% higher than that registered in the same month last year. After factoring in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Spain
Tagged electrical energy demand, REE
First SGRE wind turbine launching, “One Segment/One Technology” philosophy New onshore model rated at 4.2 megawatts with 145-meter rotor, with 21% more AEP Offshore DD platform with167-meter rotor achieves 20% increase in AEP Wind Service to support multi-brand service solutions … Read the full press release
The company will install 113 SG 8.0-167 DD turbines at three offshore wind farms. Zamudio, Spain, 04-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been selected today by Vattenfall to supply close to 1 GW at three offshore wind … Read the full press release
Posted in Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Spain
Tagged Andreas Nauen, offshore wind power plants, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
This agreement is a positive development for the company in the Indian market in the wake of the temporary slowdown The company will install 100 of its G114-2.0 MW wind turbines, specifically designed for the low-wind sites typical of India … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Industrial, Spain, Technology
Tagged EPC construction, INDIA, Orange Renewable, Ramesh Kymal, Siemens Gamesa, Sudhir Nunes, wind farm in Poovani
Innovative storage technology will supply energy out of hot stones by spring 2019 Milestone in the development of a key technology in the context of the energy transition Zamudio, Spain, 04-Dec-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — Over a period of 3-years, Siemens … Read the full press release
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