Category: News

February 18 2015

British Royalty Visits London Sewers to Mark Anniversary

The heir to the British crown visited the newly completed Lee Tunnel and Abbey Mills pumping station, which Charles’s great-great-grandfather King Edward VII opened in 1865. The Lee Tunnel, a 635 million-pound ($980 million) extension to London’s sewer system, is expected to start funneling effluent by December, Thames Water Utilities Ltd. said.

February 18 2015

Orix, Kyudenko Begin Building 23MW Solar Power Station in Japan

The plant in Nara prefecture will begin operations in February, 2017, the two companies said in a statement today.

February 17 2015

Shinsei Bank to Provide Loan for 19MW Solar Station in Japan

The plant, to be set up in Hokkaido, will be developed by Watami Co., a restaurant chain operator, and Community Solar System Corp., Tokyo-based Shinsei said today in a statement.

February 16 2015

Japan’s Domestic Solar Shipments Gain 10% to 2,239 MW, JPEA Says

Of that, 1,486 megawatts, or 66 percent, of panels were supplied by Japanese companies including 689 megawatts produced outside Japan, according to the group. Data was compiled from 40 companies.

February 16 2015

U.K. Green Bank Investing in Community Clean-Energy Projects

The funds, with 50 million pounds from the GIB, are being invested through Albion Community Power Plc, which builds and operates community-scale projects, the Edinburgh-based bank said in an e-mailed statement. Albion plans to attract 40 million pounds more from investors.

February 16 2015

Bluefield Solar Buying U.K. Sun-Power Farms for $83 Million

The fund has entered agreements to buy a 6.5-megawatt facility in Somerset, a 12.5-megawatt facility in Wiltshire and a 29-megawatt plant in Oxfordshire, it said in an e-mailed statement. Bluefield is funding the acquisitions with part of the 131 million pounds it raised in November, it said.

February 13 2015

Southern Co. Court Loss Is Clean Coal’s Second Setback in Month

The Mississippi Supreme Court on Thursday ordered refunds to customers of about $250 million and told regulators to must reconsider how to pay for the $6.2 billion project, the most expensive coal plant in history. The Kemper County project -- the first commercial-scale plant to capture carbon dioxide and bury it underground -- is seen as a showcase for supporters of the technology, including the Obama administration.

February 13 2015

Bolivia Hires Deea Solutions to Study 20-Megawatt Solar Plant

The Frankfurt-based company will study for six months the best location for the solar plant within the Oruro region in western Bolivia, the country’s Ministry of Hydrocarbons and Energy said Feb. 12 in a statement on its website.

February 13 2015

Ofwat Says 17 of 18 U.K. Water Firms Accepted Price Cap

The companies had until Feb. 12 to agree to or challenge the determination. Bristol Water Plc was the only utility to appeal to the Competition and Markets Authority for a price review, Ofwat said Friday in a statement.

February 13 2015

Abramovich-Backed AFC Discusses Tie Ups to Start Fuel-Cell Sales

AFC is targeting the U.S., South Korea and Southeast Asia where there’s support for fuel cells, Chief Executive Officer Adam Bond said in an interview in London. The first deals from the talks should be in place within the next quarter, he said.