Wintershall to acquire shares in oil and gas fields from Statoil for 1.25 billion US Dollar Daily production in Norway will increase to around 60,000 barrels of oil equivalent Kassel, Germany, 15-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — BASF Group company Wintershall is further … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Management, Norway
Tagged BASF Group company, Helge Lund, Kurt Bock, s oil and gas production, Statoil ASA, Wintershall
Gamesa will install 24 units of the G97-2.0 MW at Changfangshan wind farm located in the province of Shanxi. The project marks this Chinese company’s debut in the wind sector. The two parties have also agreed a potential supply arrangement … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Spain, Technology
A special-purpose taskforce has identified seven areas for improvement on which the parties will work during the next three years in order to ensure the firm’s goal of zero discrimination and improve employees’ work-life balance Biscay, Spain, 15-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Gamesa … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, Society, Spain
Tagged Gamesa, gender equality, ONCE Foundation
Landis+Gyr has been chosen to deliver a substantial portion of Linky meters to ERDF (the French national electricity distributor, Électricité Réseau Distribution France). These meters will be produced in Montluçon, France, where Landis+Gyr has been located since 1940 Zug, Switzerland, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Industrial, Switzerland
Tagged Christian Huguet, ERDF, John Harris, Landis+Gyr, ‘Linky’ meters
Voith rounds off its product portfolio for tugs and offshore support vessels (OSV) with the new size 34 Voith Schneider Propeller (VSP). The new design of the VSP 34 is significantly lighter and more convenient to maintain, reducing services times … Read the full press release
Voith was awarded a contract by the utility ENDESA Chile to equip the Los Cóndores Hydropower Plant, located in Chile’s Maule Region. Heidenheim, Germany, 10-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Voith will deliver two power units for the powerhouse in a cavern with … Read the full press release
Aurich, Germany, 9-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ENERCON has launched export of its new E-115 wind energy converter. The first export wind turbines of the efficient 3 MW series are currently being installed near Lelystad in The Netherlands and their installation … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Technology
Tagged E-115 wind energy converter, Enercon, Hamburg WindEnergy Expo, Stefan Lütkemeyer
6.25 MW solar farm to replace old diesel generators / juwi to provide complete EPC services / more projects in the pipeline Wörrstadt, Germany, 8-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Germany’s juwi group has expanded its global footprint to the Philippines. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Management, Technology
Tagged Amiram Roth-Deblon, juwi, Kai Klingenhagen, utility scale solar PV power plant
National Grid has decided to exercise its option to tender for Supplemental Balancing Reserve (SBR) for winter 2014/15. This is supported by Ofgem and DECC “A sensible precaution” to take due to uncertainty about generation plant on outage Positive industry … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Cordi O’Hara, national grid, Supplemental Balancing Reserve service
12 week period of consultation starts on Thursday 4th September National Grid starts consultation on the North West Coast Connections project People across Cumbria and Lancashire invited to give feedback on plans to connect new sources of electricity into ‘the … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Cumbria, Kate Wilshaw, Lancashire, Moorside, national grid
GENEVA, 4-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of its commitment to carbon neutrality, SGS is holding a Lower Carbon Day. The internal event aims to encourage staff to take some time to think about the way our activities impact the planet, … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Management, Switzerland
Tagged carbon neutrality, Daniel Rufenacht, Lower Carbon Day, SGS
E.ON power-to-gas pilot unit injects more than two million kilowatt-hours of hydrogen into natural gas pipeline system in first year of operation Düsseldorf, Germany, 1-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — E.ON’s power-to-gas (P2G) pilot unit in Falkenhagen in eastern Germany has delivered a positive … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Management, Technology
Tagged E.ON, Ingo Luge, power-to-gas pilot unit in Falkenhagen, Swissgas AG
Group increases share of green electricity in global operations to over 60 percent More than 450,000 tons CO2 avoided in 2013 Eleven countries of the Group already use over 90 percent green electricity Bonn, 1-9-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Deutsche Post DHL reached … Read the full press release
Together with its partner, Akkök of Turkey, the CEZ Group has accepted from their contractor a newly built combined heat and power (CHP) plant of Egemer in southeast Turkey and started its live operation. Being a highly efficient source of heat and … Read the full press release
Posted in Czech Republic, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Turkey
Tagged Akkök, ČEZ, combined heat and power plant in Turkey, Egemer, Tomáš Pleskač
Following the purchases announced today, considering the treasury shares already held, on August 22, 2014 Eni holds n. 26,769,137 shares equal to 0.74% of the share capital. San Donato Milanese (Milan), 28-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — During the period from August 18 … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Investment, Italy, Management
Tagged Electronic Stock Market, Eni, Eni's General Meeting of shareholders
San Donato Milanese (Milan), 28-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Eni announces the successful initial results of its first horizontal well (Stallings 1H) under the agreement with Quicksilver Resources, aiming at jointly evaluating, exploring and developing unconventional oil reservoirs in the southern portion … Read the full press release
HOUSTON, 27-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wood Group has appointed Nina Schofield to the position of Group head of health, safety, security and environment (HSSE), with responsibility for developing and implementing HSSE strategies across Wood Group’s global operations. Since beginning her career … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Bobbie Ireland, Carolyn Smith, Nina Schofield, Wood Group
HOUSTON, 26-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Wood Group Kenny (WGK) has won two contracts with a total value of over $2 million with Brazilian operator Petrobras. In the first, Wood Group Kenny has begun a conceptual engineering study of two alternatives of … Read the full press release
MUNICH, 26-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — Clean, powerful and economical: these are the characteristics of the MAN Lion’s City GL CNG which wowed the panel of trade journalists from across Europe judging this year’s ‘Bus Euro Test’. The 18.75 metre long natural … Read the full press release
525 kV voltage sets world record for extruded HVDC cable technology, doubling power flow and extending range to enable greater integration of distant renewables and interconnections Zurich, Switzerland, 21-8-2014 — /EuropaWire/ — ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has … Read the full press release
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