Renewable Eng. Share Discussion Threads

[ronan7] 04/2/2013 12:07

indeedy....

[m.t.glass] 04/2/2013 10:51

in Today's Guardian:

"Over the last three months wind farms produced more electricity than any other power source in Spain for the first time ever...

...The performance means wind energy exceeded output from both nuclear and coal-fired power stations and represents more than a quarter of Spain's total power generation..."



Encouraging..

[ronan7] 29/1/2013 10:45

bid keeps going up..on sells

mms looking to accumalte before company buy back of shares
results out monday...shud get some press coverage

[ronan7] 26/1/2013 15:46

thx for posting

all looks good

building more/selling more and looking to buy back up to 10% of shares

worth bearing in mind also 70% of this company is not in public hands therefore liquidity is low...if/when company buys back should give price another push on

[russman] 25/1/2013 20:11

Meanwhile City firm Cenkos pointed out in a note that, based on the terms of the Blackrock deal, REG's asset value would be in the order of 112p per share.

[ronan7] 25/1/2013 15:12

another 5% today
70p plus next week

[russman] 25/1/2013 00:21

Recycling a third of WIND's equity to a well heeled investor seems a good long term plan.

[ronan7] 24/1/2013 13:08

reh are dead bar planning permission/s and ceto stake

i`d look at them again at sub 2p for a punt only

[moretimeforlife] 24/1/2013 11:48

Finally pays off after longer wait than expected. Time to move more funds into Bowleven and hope it too flys like..... :)

[praipus] 24/1/2013 11:47

BRNE (BlackRock helping with the finance here now) may be worth a look and you never know perhaps REH will come under the spot light at some point.

[ronan7] 24/1/2013 10:46

gl with those

i`ve looked at ecwo as well ..but not in yet

[praipus] 24/1/2013 10:41

Well done regret to say sold mine a long time ago "You win some and you lose some". Got some UTL, ECWO and CGT so perhaps the sun might shine a little there too:-)

[ronan7] 24/1/2013 08:45

well sitting on these durning the boring times has paid off

[ronan7] 24/1/2013 07:42

great news today

selling 2 wind farms to buy back shares invest in new farms
and will manage the 2 sold ones

70p plus here soon

[waldron] 10/1/2013 16:52

AREVA, EDF, GDF SUEZ, ALSTOM: le gouvernement lance un appel d'offres pour deux parcs éoliens en mer

(AOF) - La ministre de l'Energie Delphine Batho a lancé un appel d'offres pour deux grands parcs éoliens en mer au large du Tréport (Seine-Maritime) et des îles d'Yeu et de Noirmoutier (Vendée), pour une capacité installée totale de 1 000 mégawatts (MW). Ce nouvel appel d'offres doit permettre de « consolider le développement de la filière », en érigeant 200 éoliennes au large des côtes françaises, et de « sécuriser les 10 000 emplois industriels directs attendus par le développement de cette filière », a déclaré la ministre devant le Conseil économique, social et environnemental.


Les candidats pourront déposer leurs dossiers entre mars et septembre 2013, pour une décision du gouvernement attendue début 2014. La construction et la mise en service des deux parcs sont prévues à l'horizon 2021-2023.

[waldron] 09/1/2013 05:21

France Launches Call for Tenders for EUR3.5 Billion of Wind Farms
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By Mimosa Spencer
PARIS--The French government Tuesday launched a call for tenders for the construction of 3.5 billion euros ($4.57 billion) worth of offshore wind farms to generate 1,000 megawatts of electricity, the French Energy Minister Delphine Batho said in a statement.
The investment would likely support 10,000 industrial jobs, and is the second offshore wind farm project launched by the government, the minister's office said. The wind farms are planned for construction near Treport, in northern France, and near the Noimoutier and Iles d'Yeu islands on the Atlantic coast.
The French government in April last year awarded contracts for four wind farms, representing an investment of around EUR7 billion.
A venture between state-controlled utility Electricite de France SA (EDF.FR) and Danish company Dong Energy Power was chosen to build and operate three of the wind farms off the Atlantic and Channel coasts, using wind turbines made by Alstom SA (ALO.FR).
A group owned by Spain's Iberdrola SA (IBE.MC) and EOLE-RES SA was chosen to build and operate a fourth wind farm located offshore in northern France with a plan to install wind turbines made by engineering company Areva SA (AREVA.FR).
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[waldron] 22/12/2012 08:36

GDF Suez Plans to Invest 90 Million Euros in Romanian Wind Park
By Andra Timu - Dec 21, 2012 1:57 PM GMT+010 GDF Suez Energy Romania SA, a Romanian unit of France's GDF Suez SA (GSZ), said it acquired Alizeu Eolian SA, a local project company, to develop a wind park of about 90 million euros ($119 million).

The wind park will have total capacity of 50 megawatts and is located in a village in the southeastern Romanian county of Galati, GDF said in a statement sent to the Bucharest Stock Exchange today.

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[waldron] 13/12/2012 10:55

By Ryan Tracy
WASHINGTON--The U.S. wind industry said Wednesday it can survive without its federal tax credit, a shift that reflects so-far fruitless efforts to get Congress to extend the policy.
The American Wind Energy Association, the industry's main trade group, said in a letter to key lawmakers it could "sustain a minimally viable industry" if Congress extended the credit in a way that reduced it over six years and phased it out entirely after 2018.
"With the policy certainty that accompanies a stable extension, the industry believes it can achieve the greater economies of scale and technology improvements that it needs to become cost competitive without the PTC," wrote Denise Bode, the wind group's chief executive, referring to the production-tax credit.
The wind-tax credit was first established in 1992 and represents 2.2 cents per kilowatt-hour of electricity produced. Extending the credit past its expiration at the end of 2012 could cost taxpayers about $12 billion over 10 years. Mrs. Bode said the credit supports tens of thousands of jobs.
Ahead of the credit's expiration, orders at U.S. plants that make wind turbines and parts have dried up.
The wind industry and its backers have brought state governors and laid-off wind-industry workers to Capitol Hill in recent weeks as part of their lobbying effort, but it remains unclear whether the tax-credit extension will get a vote.
Conservative lawmakers and Exelon Corp. (EXC), one of the largest U.S. utilities, are among those pushing against the extension. Exelon says the subsidy distorts electricity prices and makes the company less likely to add new generating capacity.
Mrs. Bode said the industry is still urging Congress to support legislation that the Senate Finance Committee passed in August. That bill would allow projects that start construction in 2013 to claim the credit, giving the industry a short-term boost.
Passing that measure would ensure "the supply-chain infrastructure developed over the last 20 years remains in place," while reducing the credit over time would allow the industry to "finish the job" of lowering the cost of wind power, Mrs. Bode said in the letter.
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[cheryl cole] 27/11/2012 18:22

Its so nice to know I've got right under your skin, jeffwee.

[ariane] 19/11/2012 08:40

Good Energy Group PLC Good Energy - UK's First Local Electricity Tariff
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Good Energy Group PLC
19 November 2012
19 November 2012
Good Energy Announces UK's First Local Electricity Tariff
Local Residents Near its Wind farms to Benefit From Lower Bills
Good Energy today announces the UK's first Local Tariff to reward households near its wind farms with lower electricity bills, pioneering a blueprint to put community interest at the heart of renewable energy generation across Britain.
Customers who live within two kilometres*of the company's flagship 9.2MWDelabole wind farm in north Cornwall, will qualify for its new Local Tariff, offering a 20% discount on its standard electricity prices. It will currently save an average Good Energy customer in the area around GBP100 over a year.
The discount will be available to existing and new customers from early 2013. The tariff will also pay out a 'windfall' credit of up to GBP50 per household every year that the turbines exceed their expected performance.
Juliet Davenport, CEO of Good Energy, said: "I'm proud that Good Energy is leading the UK wind industry with a new model ensuring that people who live near our wind farms share in their success. Wind power has a huge role to play in meeting the UK's future energy needs, and we think that it's only right that our local communities should be recognised for their contribution to tackling climate change and reducing the UK's reliance on expensive imported fossil fuels."
"When we researched opinion in the local community, there was a very positive response from residents with 68% of those surveyed saying they would consider switching to a Good Energy Local Tariff once the benefits were explained to them. This response is in line with the many inspiring community projects, such as Gigha in the Hebrides which generates two thirds of its own electricity with three wind turbines which are owned by the community."
Susan Theobald, local Delabole resident, says: "Renewable energy projects have always been very close to my heart. I feel that people living in close proximity to wind turbines would be more sympathetic to this form of renewable energy if they were to gain some advantage from it, such as a favourable local tariff'.
Good Energy's Local Tariff is replicable across the country and will be offered at the company's other wind farm sites (over 4 MW) as they are developed. The tariff fulfills a long-standing ambition of the company to ensure communities benefit from their local wind farm. Good Energy plans to develop 110MW of new renewable sites by 2016 across a number of technologies.
The future of onshore wind has been hotly debated in the run-up to the government's Energy Bill, due to be published later this week, with critics arguing that wind farms are being "imposed" on communities. Energy Secretary Ed Davey launched a consultation in September to explore how communities secure financial, social and environmental benefit from hosting onshore wind farms.
The latest government research shows that onshore wind is supported by 66% of the public with 12% opposed, including 4% who are strongly opposed. However, there is evidence that communities become more supportive when they benefit directly from local wind farms. There is much greater public acceptance of renewables in Germany, where two thirds of all turbines and solar panels are owned by individuals, farmers and communities.
Delabole was the UK's first commercial wind farm, developed by local farmer Martin Edwards as a response to plans for a nuclear power station in the area. He sold his 150-strong dairy herd and milk quota to invest in the project and it opened in 1991. Good Energy bought the wind farm in 2002 and Mr Edwards sits on the board of Good Energy Group.
Good Energy invested GBP11.8 million to redevelop Delabolein 2010, replacing the original 10 turbines with four larger ones and more than doubling capacity from 4MW to 9.2MW.
The company places a strong emphasis on engaging the community when developing new renewable sites. At Delabole, it held two consultations before the redevelopment where local residents voted to have a smaller number of big turbines rather than a larger number of small ones. It has also held community events and open days. It also pays GBP9,000 a year into a community fund to support projects that benefit local people.
Mr Edwards said: "The wind farm has always had great support from the community and we've brought investment, jobs and tourists to the area. I'm pleased we'll soon be able to add discounted power to the benefits we bring."
Good Energy has a history of Innovation and has helped change the way the UK generates and uses electricity. Juliet Davenport set up the company in 1999 as the first 100% renewable sourced electricity supplier in the UK. Unlike other energy suppliers, Good Energy specialises in sourcing its power from small and medium-sized renewable generators, including some of the UK's leading community energy projects.
The company pioneered financial support for renewable generators almost a decade ago, and is now the UK's largest administrator of the feed-in tariff, supporting more than 40,000 small generators. It also developed the UK's first Renewable Heat Incentive, HotROCs, using revenues from gas sales to reward customers generating their own heat.
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For further information, photography, video footage and interviews, please contact:
Anna Guyer [e-mail] 07976 556164
Louise Daniels [e-mail] 01249 765541 For further information on how to register an interest in the Delabole Local Tariff, please visit www.goodenergy.co.uk/delabole-local-tariff
NOTES TO EDITORS
* The Good Energy Delabole Local Tariff, offering a 20% discount on standard rates, will be open from early 2013, to current and new Good Energy customers living within two kilometres of the substation at Delabole wind farm. It will be funded up to an annual payment of GBP25,000, which equates to approximately 300 eligible households. A Local Tariff will be available to customers living near all Good Energy wind farms above 4MW in size.
Customers on the tariff will also qualify for an annual bonus payment if turbines generate more electricity than expected. The threshold will be determined by the model, size and location of the turbines and the payment will depend on how far the wind farm has outperformed expectations and the number of customers on the tariff.
The average UK household uses 3,300kWh of electricity a year, costing about GBP550 a year at current Good Energy prices. Good Energy's standard tariff is currently comparable to the Big 6's standard tariff and with the 20% discount, this tariff is set to be one of the cheapest on the market for eligible customers at the current time.
About Good Energy
Good Energy the UK's leading renewable sourced electricity supplier. Its main tariff is certified by the independent Green Energy Supply Certification Scheme, which guarantees it delivers a genuine environmental benefit. Since it was founded in 1999, Good Energy has been a catalyst for change in the energy market. A champion of independent renewable electricity producers, it supports a community of 40,000 green generators and supplies over 30,000 homes and businesses.
Useful Information
For more on the government's consultation into the community benefits of wind farms and the DECC public opinion survey see Communities must see benefit from hosting wind farms - Davey
For information on German support for renewables see Guardian Environment - Giving power to the people can solve the wind farm stand-off
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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[ronan7] 14/11/2012 15:34

a bit of resistance.....which is nice to see

[ronan7] 31/10/2012 12:21

government ministers argueing about need /desire 4 wind power

pleased to see share price holding up here given above

[cheryl cole] 28/10/2012 15:58

It looks like the perfect storm, if you believe whats being written.

Storms on the US east coast often reach here a few days later, though at a lesser strength.

Have you stocked up with batteries and baked beans ?

Does anyone own a power generator ?

After all, the beans are no good if the microwave or hob doesnt work.