A bumper year for British oil and gas ?
This year, oil and gas investment in the UK is set to rise further, setting an all-time high with new jobs and potentially more than GBP5bn in tax revenue to the country’s strained budget and labour market.
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Clean energy investment hits record US$260bn in 2011, up 5% YoY
Global investment in clean energy hit a record US$260bn in 2011, up 5% from the previous year as investment in solar grew by more than a third despite shrinking profit margins, some bankruptcies and flagging share prices.
Africa invested US$3.6bn in renewable energy in 2011
Total investments in renewable energy in Africa rose from US$750m in 2004 to US$3.6bn in 2011.
Sinopec and Total invest US$4.5bn in US shale gas sector
Sinopec and Total invests US$4.5bn in the US shale gas sector as they team up with Devon Energy Corp and Chesapeake Energy.
Google invests US$94m in four solar projects
Google invests US$94m in four solar energy projects, bringing its clean energy investments to US$915m.
Italy’s energy regulator plans to raise return on power investments
Italy’s return on power investments to be raised if regulator’s plans accepted.
EDF to invest EUR1.8bn in new Polish power plant
French power utility EDF plans to invest EUR1.8bn (US$2.4bn) to build a 900MW coal-fired power plant in Poland. The project will see the replacement of the four oldest units at Elektrownia Rybnik SA’s (ERSA) Rybnik plant with a single, more efficient one.
Ukraine looks to LNG to diversity energy supply
Ukraine is looking for foreign investment in its planned Black Sea LNG terminal to diversify its energy supply and cement its position as transit point for Asian gas destined for Europe.
South Korea to invest US$9bn in wind power by 2019
South Korea plans to invest US$9bn in a 2.5GW wind power complex, to become operational in the next eight years.
SERC – China needs distribution investment to ease power shortages
Power shortages in China can be solved by additional investment in distribution networks, says its State Electricity Regulatory Commission.
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