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Dash for gas needed to prevent power cuts, says Drax CEO
2013-07-31 11:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The UK's biggest coal-fired power station has said it will consider investing in gas-powered sites, as it predicted that a dash for gas will be needed in order to head off the threat of power cuts. The chief executive of Drax, Dorothy Thompson, said she would consider the revolutionary move, depending on the detail of the government's reforms to the electricity market. George Osborne has paved the way for up to 30 new gas-powered stations being built by 2030, which has brought warnings from the government's...
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SSE cuts power generation capacity, warns of blackouts in UK
2013-03-22 01:00:00| Power Technology
Energy giant SSE has warned that the UK could face a "lights out" situation due to the government's lack of clarity on energy policy, and said it will cut capacity and delay investments in gas-fired electricity generation until 2015.
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Masdar cuts ribbon on worlds largest concentrated solar power plant
2013-03-19 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Abu Dhabi's Masdar project has officially inaugurated the world's largest solar thermal power project, after yesterday bringing online the 100MW Shams 1 concentrated solar power (CSP) plant. The $600m project, which was developed in partnership with oil giant Total and Spanish energy developer and solar specialist Abengoa, is now expected to displace approximately 175,000 tonnes of CO2 a year and act as a forerunner for further CSP projects in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). "The inauguration...
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