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Wind power providing almost half of Scotlands energy supply

2016-02-08 01:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

Scotsman: WIND power provided almost half of Scotland`s entire energy needs last month, new research has shown. There were 22 days in January when the amount of electricity generated from the wind was sufficient to power every home in the country. WWF Scotland analysed data on renewable power provided by Weather Energy, and found wind turbines supplied a total of 1,125,544 Megawatt hours (MWh) of electricity to the national grid. While this is 14% lower than in January 2015, it still amounts to 48%...

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Brazil's Gerdau, Japan's Sumitomo, JSW form wind power joint venture

2016-01-27 19:33:16| Grocery - Topix.net

Jan 27 Brazilian steelmaker Gerdau SA will form a joint venture with Japan's Sumitomo Corp and Japan Steel Works Ltd to compete in the wind power sector in Brazil, Gerdau said on Wednesday. With 280 million reais in investment for new equipment, the joint venture would use Gerdau's mill in Pindamonhangaba in the state of Sao Paulo to supply parts for wind turbines from 2017.

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Mainstream's 2bn offshore Scottish wind power project nears construction phase

2016-01-27 01:00:00| Power Technology

Ireland-based Mainstream Renewable Power is in exclusive talks with an InterGen-led consortium to close a 2bn deal in Scotland for a 450MW offshore wind farm construction.

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