(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 11-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Technology and Innovation Platform Smart Networks for Energy Transition (ETIP SNET) is launching a series of short stories on successful energy transition technologies to inform citizens and facilitate their involvement in the European energy system … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) BRUSSELS, 11-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — Today large-scale innovation is required to prepare networks for the digital age and high shares of renewables, while safeguarding secure supply to consumers at the lowest possible cost. Did you create or contribute to … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, Technology
Tagged Conference, DSOs, electricity, energy transition, grid, iGrid2019, Lea Dehaudt, Paola Testini, smarter DSO, TSO
(PRESS RELEASE) Aarau, Switzerland, 07-Jan-2019 — /EuropaWire/ — With the entry in the commercial register on 3 January 2019, Swissgrid has taken over additional facilities belonging to the transmission grid. At the same time, additional share capital was recorded in the commercial … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged electricity, equity, grid, Swissgrid, transmission grid, valuation
As a result of the Star project, with an investment of €2 billion, 10.7 million digital meters have been installed and provide remote management and automation capabilities to 90,000 transformation centres (PRESS RELEASE) BILBAO, 28-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Iberdrola has completed … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Spain, Technology
Tagged automation, digital meters, digitisation, electricity, Iberdrola, Smart Grid, Spain
HELSINKI, 19-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — NIB and the Finnish energy company Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO) have signed a loan agreement of EUR 65 million financing safety system upgrades in two existing nuclear power plant units in Finland. This ten-year loan will contribute to TVO’s refurbishment project … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Finland, Industrial, Security & Safety, Uncategorized
Tagged electricity, Finland, Henrik Normann, loan, NIB, nuclear, nuclear power plant, Olkiluoto, power, safety, safety system, Teollisuuden Voima Oyj, TVO
STOCKHOLM, 18-Dec-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Vattenfall and the Norwegian industrial group Elkem have signed a long-term electricity supply agreement for the period 2020 – 2026. The deal is the first major supply agreement with Elkem and includes supply of 260 GWh … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Norway, Sweden
Tagged Bjørn Bruvik, electricity, electricity supply, Elkem, ENERGY, ferrous silicon, foundry, Morten Viga, Norway, silicon, Vattenfall
The 185 MW wind farm will sell its power to Bloomberg LP, General Motors and Constellation, an Exelon company Enel invested approximately 325 million US dollars in the construction of the wind farm, which will generate around 570 GWh per … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy
Tagged Antonio Cammisecra, electricity, Enel, Illinois, power, renewable energy, wind facility, wind farm
Nemo Link is the first transmission link between the two countries It enables transmission of 1,000 MW electricity using Siemens HVDC Plus technology Siemens built converter stations housing the state of the art HVDC equipment in both Herdersbrug (Belgium) and … Read the full press release
Posted in Belgium, Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Chris Peeters, electricity, grid, Herdersbrug, high voltage direct current, HVDC, interconnector, John Pettigrew, Mirko Düsel, Nemo Link, power grid, Ralf Christian, Richborough, Siemens
Digital procurement platform to reduce the number of wind turbine output in case of grid congestion Regional producers, consumers and storage facility operators offer system operators flexible use of their installations for system support Flexibility platform has price decreasing effect … Read the full press release
HELSINKI, 14-Nov-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Pöyry is today hosting an epic ‘Carbon Clash’ event in the iconic Finlandia Hall, Helsinki, in celebration of its 60th anniversary. Attended by over 250 industry leaders and world-class experts, the Carbon Clash is set … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Entertainment, Finland, Industrial, Management, Science, Technology
Tagged 'Biopackaging, 'Carbon Clash', Beyond Plastics, biofuels, clean energy, climate change, Dr. Jaakko Pöyry, electricity, event, Henrik Ehrnrooth, INNOVATION, Irene Mia, Juuso Pajunen, Louis Blumberg, Pekka Lundmark, Pöyry, Richard Sarsfield-Hall, Saara Soderberg, Santtu Hulkkonen, Suivi Haimi, Tatu Leppänen, Tuomas Mustonen
Today (17/10/2018) and tomorrow the company is holding its fourth Digital Summit, at its San Agustín del Guadalix training campus (Madrid) Ignacio Galán, the group’s chairman, stated that “digitalisation is one of our strategic pillars: it is providing new opportunities … Read the full press release
PwC joins RE100 committing to 100% renewable power for its electricity consumption. New air travel offsetting programme targeting multiple benefits and backed by strict criteria. LONDON, 18-Oct-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — PwC’s new global environmental commitment to reduce carbon emissions, source 100% … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Management, United Kingdom
Tagged Bob Moritz, Colm Kelly, electricity, ENERGY, Mike Peirce, power, PwC, RE100, renewable energy, renewableenergy, renewables
The construction of the “Santa Maria 3 – Santo Angelo 2” line, the 158-kilometre long infrastructure in Rio Grande do Sul, is completed two months early This project is strategic for integrating clean energy into the national electricity grid ROME, … Read the full press release
Clean, secure, and uninterrupted power is at the core of Hawaiian Electric’s 50-megawatt Schofield Generating Station. Wärtsilä has signed a Maintenance and Operational advisory agreement for the power plant, located on the island of Oahu, 40 kilometres from Honolulu. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Management, Technology
Tagged electricity, ENERGY, Hawaiian Electric, Honolulu, maintenance, Michael DeCaprio, Oahu, power, Walter Reggente, Wärtsilä
EBRD invests €100 million in new bond issue of Bulgarian Energy Holding (BEH) BEH to refinance its 2013 issue and continue supporting liberalisation of electricity sector Largest corporate bond with longest tenor will deepen capital market LONDON, 15-Aug-2018 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Bulgaria, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment
Tagged BEH, bonds, Bulgarian Energy Holding, EBRD, electricity, ENERGY, gas, investment, liberalisation
Plants add up to 14.4 GW capacity to Egypt’s national grid Enough power to meet the electricity needs of up to 40 million people Helping the country save over $1 billion annually on fuel costs CAIRO, Egypt, 26-Jul-2018 — /EuropaWire/ … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Germany, Industrial
Tagged EGYPT, Egypt Megaproject, electricity, grid, Megaproject, power, power_plant, Siemens
Loans totalling €130 million will finance investments in new electricity and heat cogeneration units in Zagreb to replace outdated oil- and gas-fired turbines and boilers EBRD, EIB and EU Commission join forces to support Croatia’s energy company HEP Modern and environmentally friendly system to benefit population … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Croatia, Energy, Gas & Oil, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities
Tagged EBRD, EIB, electricity, EU Commission, Frane Barbarić, gas_turbines, heat, heat_supply, Juncker_Plan, Jyrki Katainen, loan, Modernisation, thermal_energy, Zagreb
Cuxhaven plant is an elementary component of Siemens Gamesa’s state-of-the-art offshore logistics concept and strengthens the company’s technological leadership Siemens Gamesa invests around 200 million euros; the plant will create around 850 jobs in 2018 Germany’s most modern and largest … Read the full press release
More power without any additional lines Laufenburg, Switzerland, 05-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The modernisation of the power grid is yet to be realized in many places. The main reason for that is the lack of acceptance for new power lines. … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Switzerland
Tagged electricity, ENERGY, ETH Zurich, hybrid overhead lines, hybrid_overhead_lines, power, power_grid, Swissgrid, transmission
San Donato Milanese (Milan), 02-Jun-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Following antitrust clearance, Snam completed today the acquisition of an 82% controlling stake in TEP Energy Solution (TEP), one of Italy’s leading enterprises in the energy efficiency sector, for a total consideration of … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, Italy
Tagged acquisition, ANTITRUST, antitrust clearance, electricity, energy_efficiency, ESCOs, gas, Snam, TEP Energy Solution
The German Elevion Group, a member of CEZ Group, will deliver complete central energy systems for combined electricity, heat, and cold generation for BMW Group’s headquarters and production facilities in Munich. The delivery should be completed in the second half of … Read the full press release
Posted in Czech Republic, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial
Tagged BMW, BMW Group, CEZ Group, cold generation, cold_generation, electricity, Elevion Group, ENERGY, energy systems, heat, heat_generation, Lars Eberlein, Munich, Pavel Cyrani
La Défense, France, 11-Apr-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — ENGIE and Axium Infrastructure, operating jointly as Longwood Energy Partners, have just completed the acquisition of a microgrid and district energy system in the Longwood Medical Area, in Boston, Massachusetts. The energy system serves … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, France, Healthcare
Tagged Axium Infrastructure, Boston, district energy system, electricity, ENERGY, ENGIE, hospitals, Judith Hartmann, Longwood Medical Area, microgrid
HELSINKI, 22-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — The technology group Wärtsilä will provide additional generating capacity to the local electricity grid in the Portuguese administered Azores Islands. A new 10 MW extension to the existing Belo Jardim power plant on the island of … Read the full press release
Posted in Energy, Gas & Oil, Finland, Industrial, Management, Portugal, Technology
Tagged Azores, Azores Islands, electricity, electricity grid, grid, Melle Kruisdijk, Pedro Neves, power plant, Wärtsilä
Centrica ramps up competition by launching its first low cost, online-only electricity product for SMEs WINDSOR, 15-Feb-2018 — /EuropaWire/ — Centrica has launched British Gas Lite – a new electricity service that supplies smart meters and is entirely online. Centrica identified … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Internet & Online, United Kingdom
Tagged British Gas Lite, Centrica, electricity, ENERGY, online-only electricity service, Rob Kerr, smart meters, SMEs, webchat
The company is designing and installing a next-generation electricity microgrid at the Monash University campus, Australia’s largest, to guarantee its sustainability and energy efficiency The microgrid is based on InGrid Active Grid Management (AGM), the IoT platform developed by Indra … Read the full press release
1.5 MW plant in Nisou, unveiled today, is one of five plants which will add 12 per cent to country’s solar capacity LONDON, 03-Aug-2017 — /EuropaWire/ — One of a cluster of five brand new solar plants, financed by the EBRD, … Read the full press release
Electricity has been generated for the first time from the Burbo Bank Extension Offshore Wind Farm. The wind farm will help the LEGO Group reach its goal of balancing its energy consumption with production of renewable energy by 2020. BILLUND, … Read the full press release
GOTHENBURG, 23-9-2015 — /EuropaWire/ — At the initiative of Volvo, the City of Gothenburg and others, Seinabo Sey – one of Sweden’’s most popular artists – recently performed onboard one Gothenburg’s new electric buses. Two music videos are being released today. They … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Environment, Sweden, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged electric buses, electricity, Gothenburg's new electric buses, Seinabo Sey, Volvo
PALO ALTO, Calif., United States, 5-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — HP Autonomy today announced that energyhelpline.com, the U.K. energy supplier comparison website, is using HP Optimost to enhance its online customer experience and increase conversion rates. Founded in 2002, energyhelpline.com has rapidly grown to become … Read the full press release
Luxembourg/Vladivostok, 02-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 100 million (RUB 4bn) to support the modernisation of power and heat generation technology in Vladivostok. The project is part of a larger programme to bring natural gas to Russia’s … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Energy, Gas & Oil, European Union, Financial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Russia
Tagged climate change mitigation, coal, combined heat and power gas turbine units, Dušan Ondrejička, electricity, heat generation, JSC "Energy Systems of East", JSC RusHydro, Konstantin Bessmertniy, loan, natural gas, power, Russian roubles, Russia’s Far East, Sergei Tolstoguzov, Vladivostok, Wilhelm Molterer
Gwynt y Môr begins generating electricity Joint venture project of RWE Innogy, Stadtwerke München and Siemens making good progress Complete commissioning planned for 2014 Gwynt y Môr Offshore Wind Farm has officially generated and exported its first electricity, on track … Read the full press release
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Ukraine’s Donbass mining region, which started developing in the late 19th century and became the industrial heart of the Soviet Union, is famous for its ruthless managers running gigantic plants and more recently the entire country. So it … Read the full press release
The project that will culminate in 2015, will define household and small consumer demand patterns through hourly electricity metering. The data collected by the smart meters in this Perfila Project will allow greater precision for the purchase of electricity in … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Infrastructure & Utilities, Spain, Technology
Tagged ASEME Association, E.ON, EDP HC Energía, electricity, electricity demand behaviour patterns, electricity distribution, Endesa, hourly electricity metering, Iberdrola, Perfila, Red Electrica de España, Unión Fenosa Distribución
The financial burden arising from the obligation to purchase the electricity generated by wind turbines at more than the market price applies to all electricity consumers in France 16-7-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — According to EU law, as interpreted by the Court … Read the full press release
19-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — Buses that glide noiselessly without emissions, that pick up passengers indoors and which are powered by a renewable source of electricity – this will become a reality in 2015, through the launch of an ultramodern bus service … Read the full press release
Posted in Automotive, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Infrastructure & Utilities, Sweden, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged Anneli Hulthén, buses, electricity, future public-transport, Gert-Inge Andersson, Gothenburg, Johanneberg Science Park, Lindholmen Science Park, noiseless electric buses, Olof Persson, public transport, renewable source of electricity, Swedish Energy Agency, the City of Gothenburg, Västra Götaland, Västtrafik, Volvo
New process reduces energy consumption by roughly one-third / Trial phase completed successfully Leverkusen, 18-6-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — A new technology from Bayer and ThyssenKrupp that is now being launched commercially worldwide enables the production of chlorine with significantly less electricity. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Science, Technology
Tagged Bayer, Bayer MaterialScience, chemical, Chlorine, chlorine producers, Chlorine production, crop protection agents, Dr. Tony Van Osselaer, electricity, electrolysis of table salt, energy consumption, Krefeld-Uerdingen, Leverkusen, medicines, oxygen depolarized cathode, plastics, ThyssenKrupp, ThyssenKrupp Uhde, UHDENORA
The European Investment Bank (EIB) provides EUR 215 million for environmental-friendly energy in Greece with two loans for electricity and natural gas. 16-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — EUR 190 million go to the Greek Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC) for promoting energy … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Greece, Investment
Tagged Aghioi Theodoroi, Alexandroupolis, DESFA, EIB, electricity, electricity distribution networks, electricity transmission, energy efficiency, energy security, Greek Public Power Corporation S.A., Hellenic National Gas System Operator S.A., Komotini, Megalopolis, Mihai Tanasesc, natural gas, Peloponnesus, pipeline, renewable energy, TERNA renewable energy project, The European Investment Bank, Trans-European Networks for Energy, wind farms
14-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — The European Investment Bank (EIB) is providing a PLN 566m (some EUR 140m) loan to Elektrocieplownia Stalowa Wola for the construction of a combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power station with an electric capacity of 450 … Read the full press release
Transformers to augment transmission grid and boost power supply to meet growing demand Zurich, Switzerland, 6-5-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won orders worth around $120 million from the Saudi Electricity Company, to supply … Read the full press release
Converter transformers and key components for UHVDC link to enable supply of clean hydropower from southwest to the east coast of China Zurich, Switzerland, 24-4-2013 — /europawire.eu/ — ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, has won an order worth … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Electronics & Machinery, Energy, Gas & Oil, Industrial, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Switzerland, Technology
Tagged ABB, automation, carbon emissions, CHINA, clean hydropower, contract, Converter transformers, converter valves, electricity, filter capacitors, power, renewable hydropower, Sichuan, UHVDC, UHVDC link, ultra-high-voltage direct current, Xiluodu-Zhexi, Yibin, Zhejiang, Zurich
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