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Essen/Swindon, 03 February 2010, RWE Innogy GmbH

Contract milestone for Scotland’s largest biomass power plant

RWE npower renewables has announced its key contractors for the £200 million, state of the art, biomass combined heat and power plant at Markinch in Fife. Metso (Finland) and Aker Solutions (Norway) have been appointed as main contractors to take forward the project. more

Hamburg/Essen, 01 February 2010, RWE Innogy GmbH

REpower and RWE Innogy sign contract for about 295 MW for offshore wind farm off Helgoland

REpower Systems AG (WKN 617703) and the RWE project company for “Nordsee Ost” have concluded a contract on the delivery of 48 offshore wind turbines. The turbines of the type REpower 6M are based on the proven technology of the 5M range, have a total capacity of approx. 295 megawatts and are intended for the Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm, due to be built in the German Bight between 2011 and 2013. The first wind turbines should start running mid year 2012. The wind farm will be situated about 22 miles (35 km) north of the island of Helgoland, at a depth of 22 to 25 meters.more

Essen, 20 January 2010, RWE Innogy GmbH

RWE Innogy builds world’s largest pellet factory in Georgia / United States

RWE Innogy is to build a factory to produce biomass pellets in the southern part of the US state of Georgia. The plant will have an annual production capacity of 750,000 tonnes, making it the biggest and most modern of its type in the world. The project will be carried out in collaboration with BMC Management AB, which specialises in the development of biomass manufacturing solutions and is based in Sweden. The pellets will be used in pure biomass power plants as well as for the co-firing of coal and biomass. The pellets plant is due to take up operation in 2011. The total investment volume amounts to approx. €120 million.more

London/Essen, 08 January 2010, RWE Innogy GmbH

RWE Innogy to develop 4,000 megawatt of offshore wind power in the UK

RWE Innogy has been announced as Development Partner to take forward about 4,000 Megawatt of offshore wind energy projects in the UK. Today’s announcement was made by The Right Honourable Gordon Brown, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, Ed Miliband, MP, on behalf of The Crown Estate.more

Forières, 18 December 2009, RWE Innogy GmbH

RWE Innogy takes wind farm into operation in France

RWE Innogy today officially inaugurated the Forières wind farm in Normandy in France. The wind farm is due to produce at least 22.4 million kWh of electricity per year, avoiding approx. 4,600 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. more

Energy policy issues

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