German Energy Giants Eye a Greener U.S.
Business Week (Free subscription) | 10/30/2009
Washington may be struggling with climate change policy, but German energy companies are angling for a piece of the action in Obama's green energy push
Energy giant E.ON
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Industrial Info Resources: E.ON Plans 1,600-Megawatt CCGT Plant for U.K., an Industrial Info News Alert
Market Wire (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
GALWAY, IRELAND (MARKET WIRE) Researched by Industrial Info Resources (Sugar Land, Texas) -- E.ON U.K. (Coventry, England), part of German energy giant E.ON AG (OTC: EONGY) (Dusseldorf, Germany), has revealed plans to build a 1,600-megawatt (MW) combined-cycle gas-turbine (CCGT) power station in High Marnham, in Nottinghamshire, England. The project is in the very early...
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British PM to warn world economies of climate 'catastrophe'
France24 (Free subscription) | 10/19/2009
Protesters arrive for a demonstration at the German energy giant E.ON 's Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, near Nottingham, against the company's alleged inaction on climate change. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown was to warn representatives of the world's biggest carbon polluters Monday of a climate catastrophe if they do not strike a deal at the Copenhagen summit.
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Ten arrested at climate protest
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/17/2009
... Rush – plan to meet at Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station near Nottingham, run by German energy giant E.ON, having threatened to break into the site and close it down. A spokeswoman for Nottinghamshire Police said six men and four women had been arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit aggravated trespass. The move followed the arrest yesterday of an unnamed campaigner...
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Eco activist arrested ahead of protest
The Guardian (Free subscription) | 10/16/2009
... and Plane Stupid have pledged to shut down the Ratcliffe-on-Soar coal power station run by German energy giant E.ON. The arrests follow an injunction taken out by E.ON against protesters that will allow police to arrest anyone who enters the plant's grounds. A large police and private security presence is expected at the site, which has upped its security measures, including...
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Police injured at coal station protest
News.com.au (Free subscription) | 10/18/2009
... the site... and stop the power station," spokeswoman Kate Walker said.A spokeswoman for German energy giant E.ON, which owns the plant, estimated that around 500 people had gathered there. She said many were peaceful but some were trying to cut the fence with bolt cutters or bring it down with ropes. "Police officers stationed at the perimeter of Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station...
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Terry Murden: Powering to the front in the carbon capture race
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 10/09/2009
THE green lobby is proclaiming victory in the battle with German energy giant E.ON over its plans to build a coal-fired power station in the south of England. But the decision
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Kingsnorth: Victory For Environmental Campaigners
ecomonkey (Free subscription) | 10/08/2009
... in recent years in one of the most sustained campaigns against climate change in the UK. News of energy giant E.ON's apparent retreat spread quickly through the protest movement via text messages and Twitter. At 9.30pm last night, the development was announced at a meeting of about 60 anti-Kingsnorth activists who had gathered in a hotel in Rochester. The mixture of local activists...
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Biggest Wind Farm in World — in Texas
Eco Friendly Mag (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
Biggest Wind Farm in World — in Texas European energy giant E.ON “turned on” what is reported to be the largest wind farm in the world this week, in Texas. The farm contains 627 wind turbines on almost 100,000 acres of land near Roscoe, Texas. Read more of this story » Visit the original post at: Energy News
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Biggest Wind Farm in World — in Texas
Green Options (Free subscription) | 10/03/2009
European energy giant E.ON “turned on” what is reported to be the largest wind farm in the world this week, in Texas. The farm contains 627 wind turbines on almost 100,000 acres of land near Roscoe, Texas. Read more of this story »
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ESD Roundup 5th October 2009
The Augmented Environment (Free subscription) | 10/05/2009
... (more…) Biggest Wind Farm in World — in Texas from Green Options by Zachary Shahan European energy giant E.ON “turned on” what is reported to be the largest wind farm in the world this week, in Texas. The farm contains 627 wind turbines on almost 100,000 acres of land near Roscoe, Texas. Read more of this story » Facebook Prototype Measures Gross National Happiness, Confirms...