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PV plants under construction in Chile grow 184% from last year

London - UK The photovoltaic industry in Chile has seen a considerable change from 2013 to 2014 with a growth of 184% in plants under construction. PV Insider published a free roadmap that includes maps of...

Total commences production from Itaú Phase 2 in Bolivia

France-based Total announced that it has commenced production from phase two of the Itaú gas and condensate field, situated in Block XX (Tarija Oeste) in the Andean Cordillera foothills of Bolivia. Phase...

World’™s Largest Tidal Farm to be Launched in Scotland

Ten underwater turbines will generate 30GW a year from the seafloor in the Sound of Islay, following government approval. A £40 million tidal array harnessing electricity from one of the UK’s most reliable and strongest tidal streams has been...

Crystal Rig Wind Farm Expansion, Scotland, United Kingdom

The wind farm now operates with 85 wind turbines (25 turbines of Phase I and Ia, and 60 of Phase II and IIa) giving it a nameplate capacity of 200.5MW. The facility is operated by Natural Power...

Cornwall Wave Energy Hub, United Kingdom

The Wave Hub marine renewable infrastructure project will be the world's largest test site for wave energy. It is located ten miles away from the coast of Cornwall in England. The plant serves as a demonstration facility for developers...

Civaux 1-2, France

France has carried out its nuclear power programme with single-minded determination. From the oil price shock of 1973 to date, all French governments have seen nuclear investment as the best answer to the country's lack of natural resources. Industrial...

Chernobyl, Ukraine

On 26 April, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear power plant's number four reactor exploded, sending a radioactive cloud across much of Europe. Following the explosion, radioactivity with an intensity equivalent to 500 of the bombs that destroyed Hiroshima at the...

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