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Portugal: Sines Received 2.15 Million Tonnes of LNG Last Year
Portugal’s Sines liquefied natural gas terminal received 2,153,243 mt of LNG in 2011, according to the Sines Port Authority data. The terminal, operated by REN Group, received one more LNG cargo in 2011, compared from a year before when it received 37 cargoes. The Sines LNG terminal entered the firs
Ireland: Sinn Fein Foyle MLA Calls for Clarity Over Ownership of River Foyle Seabed
Sinn Féin Foyle MLA Raymond McCartney has written to the British Secretary of State Owen Paterson and the Port and Harbour Commission to ascertain ownership of the seabed of the River Foyle . His call comes following continuing wrangling over ownership of the seabed of the River Foyle and the legal
Gazprom Says Bovanenkovo Pre-Commissioning Work in Final Stage (Russia)
Gazprom of Russia said that the pre-commissioning work entered its final stage at the first startup complex of the Bovanenkovo field. Gas produced from the field was conveyed to the comprehensive gas treatment unit (CGTU) module 1. This process step is required to complete hot testing of the CGTU as
UK: Officials Develop Plans for Innovative Flood Defence in Somerset
Planning permission has been granted to create one of the UK’s largest areas of new wildlife habitat on the Steart Peninsula in Somerset. The Environment Agency and the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust (WWT) have worked closely with the local community to develop plans for an innovative flood defence and h
Denmark: PowerWind Takes Part in EWEA 2012
Hamburg-based company will participate in EWEA 2012. The company will present their three wind turbine platforms the PowerWind 56/60, 90/100 and 500 in Bella Center/Copenhagen. The event will be held from 16th till 19th April 2012. EWEA 2011 attracted a record-breaking 9,000+ participants, coming fr
Nigerian LNG for France
Nigeria’s Bonny LNG terminal shipped a cargo of liquefied natural gas to France on March 7, according to shipping data. The cargo is being carried by the LNG Borno, a 149,600 m3 cubic-meter tanker, and it is due to arrive at the Montoir terminal in France on March 17. Bonny terminal has an overall c
Belgium: Fluxys Plans to Transfer Reserves to Fluxys G
The Strategy Committee of Fluxys SA has decided to propose to the Board of Directors on Wednesday to pay out available reserves of €421.6 million, the company said in a statement. The pay-out will be financed, for the larger part, by available cash. The envisaged pay-out allows Fluxys SA to bring it
Gazprom, DONG in Gas Power Plant Talks (Russia)
Following the Memorandum of Intent signed in April, Gazprom and DONG Energy held negotiations and agreed on the action plan to further develop cooperation between the two companies in Northwestern Europe at the existing gas-fired power plants as well as at a brand new and modern combined cycle power
Germany: Linde Operating Profit Up
The technology company Linde Group once again saw profitable growth in the 2011 financial year, achieving its best ever figures for Group sales and Group operating profit. “We have become even more efficient overall and were able to achieve the targets we had set in full,” said Professor Dr Wolfgang
Spain: IREC Organises ‘Multiterminal HVDC transmission systems for offshore wind power’ Conference
IREC will organize the workshop “Multiterminal HVDC transmission systems for offshore wind power”. The conference is to be given by Professor Jun Liang professor from the Cadiff, UK university. It is to take place on Wednesday 14 march in the Lecture hall of the Catalonia Institute for Energy resear
Norway: Faroe Petroleum Gets Approval for Clapton Drilling
Faroe Petroleum, the operator of the Clapton prospect, will use the Maersk Guardian jack-up rig.
Finland: Southern Town of Raseborg Rejects Offshore Wind Farm Plans
The southern town of Raseborg, on the coast of the Gulf of Finland, has rejected the planned wind park in the sea area in front of it, reported Helsingin Sanomat. Town Board member, Mikael Borgman, proposed dropping the zoning for the offshore wind park planned to commence in cooperation with the ne
UK: Natural Power Opens New Office in Horsley
Leading international renewable energy consultancy group Natural Power has opened a new office in Horsley, near Newcastle, supporting Clients with a full range of ecological wind farm services. The new office will help build on Natural Power’s respected marine ecology services, with improved benthic
UK: P&O Ferries Enters Offshore Wind Market
P&O Ferries, the UK’s leading ferry operator, is to enter the renewable energy market by supplying one of its large freight ships to act as an accommodation vessel for technicians working at an offshore wind farm in the North Sea. The three to four month charter of the 23,000 tonne European Seaway t