RES Thursday agreed to the sale of a significant share of its equity in the Wadlow Wind Farm project in Cambridgeshire to Barclays Infrastructure Funds.
Construction of Wadlow Wind Farm began in June 2011, and full power generation is scheduled for October 2012. The project will consist of 13 x 2MW turbines with a combined installed

Renewables investment specialist FIM Services has bolstered its onshore wind farm portfolio with the acquisition of a South Wales facility. Oxfordshire-based FIM acquired the Mynydd Portref wind farm from Tegni Cymru Cyf (TCC).
Expected output is 21.6 GWh of renewable energy – sufficient to provide power for about 4,500 homes and save 9,000 tonnes of C02

Scottish and Southern Energy plc (SSE) has reached agreement on the acquisition of a wind farm close to its existing Keadby power station in North Lincolnshire, from Renewable Energy Systems Group (RES).
The Keadby Wind Farm was developed by RES Group and the 34 turbine project received planning consent in 2008. Once constructed, the project will

Countrystyle Recycling Ltd recently acquired the Halstead Renewable Power Project (HRPP) from Glendale Power, and will now forge ahead with the development of an Anaerobic Digestion Plant at the Essex site, for which full planning permission has been granted.
The Halstead Project is an exciting new development for Countrystyle, a renewable power plant that will run

Centrica plc subsidiary British Gas New Energy Thursday announced the purchase of Cool Planet Technologies Ltd’s assets. British Gas New Energy said it had acquired the renewable energy firm’s assets for about 0.5 million pounds. Cool Planet Technologies Limited is a heat pump installation company. The investment consideration was paid in cash, said British Gas

Spain’s biggest utility company, Iberdrola SA, Monday reported that it is mulling an investment of 4.8 billion Euros in the UK for the development of renewable energy sources. The firm said it is planning to invest the amount in setting up wind energy parks and power grids in the UK through 2012. Iberdrola SA is

Reports emerged Sunday that BP PLC might be in talks for the sale of about $12 billion worth of its assets to Apache Corp., a US based Oil Company. However, the British oil giant declined to comment on the reports, which indicated the sale might include BP’s stake in Prudhoe Bay oil fields in the

Covanta Energy, a leading US international Energy from Waste (EfW) provider, Monday purchased land in Northwest England to be used for the construction of a new plant. In the announcement made by the North of England Inward Investment Agency, the American company submitted an application for planning approval for the construction of a new Energy-from-waste

The UK department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and One North East, said they had awarded INEOS Bio, a biofuels technology developer, about £7.3 million in funding for the development of an advanced, state-of-the-art, waste-to-bioethanol plant to be located in the Tees Valley. INEOS Bios said the 3MW plant that is scheduled for construction

Petrofac, a global oil giant, announced that it had acquired Newcastle based company TNEI for a deal worth £7.5 million. TNEI, an energy consultancy company in the North East, supports energy, power and renewable sectors. The company was bought through New Energy Industries Limited; TNEI’s holding company that was acquired by the oil giant and