http://www.oilvoice.com/ This newsfeed has been automatically generated by www.OilVoice.com en-gb Wed, 05 Oct 2011 09:05:09 GMT Copyright: (C) Adam Marmaras http://www.OilVoice.com The European Commission the executive arm of the European Union has dropped the axe on the controversial extraction of oil from tar sands by its inclusion in the proposed green ranking of fuels. The http://www.oilvoice.com/n/EUs_Proposed_Directive_Hits_Oil_Sands_Industry/b8b74cb11.aspx http://www.oilvoice.com/n/EUs_Proposed_Directive_Hits_Oil_Sands_Industry/b8b74cb11.aspx Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:47:00 GMT Dart Energy Limited has entered into a coal bed methane CBM joint venture with NV Mijnen NVM in Belgium. NVM is a wholly owned subsidiary of Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij LRM a Flanders A http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Dart_Energy_Establishes_Coal_Bed_Methane_Joint_Venture_in_Belgium/a7177720a.aspx http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Dart_Energy_Establishes_Coal_Bed_Methane_Joint_Venture_in_Belgium/a7177720a.aspx Tue, 03 May 2011 12:35:00 GMT The EU 27 will exceed its target of meeting 20 of its gross final energy consumption from renewable sources by 2020. Today the European Wind Energy Association published its analysis of the 27 N http://www.oilvoice.com/n/EU_Will_Exceed_Renewable_Energy_Goal_of_20_Percent_by_2020/214534984.aspx http://www.oilvoice.com/n/EU_Will_Exceed_Renewable_Energy_Goal_of_20_Percent_by_2020/214534984.aspx Tue, 04 Jan 2011 11:56:00 GMT Vestas announces the opening of a record three offshore wind farms in one year. 2010 has brought along the installation and commissioning of Robin Rigg Thanet and most recently Bligh Bank off the http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Vestas_Opens_Three_Offshore_Wind_Farms_in_One_Year/6011721cc.aspx http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Vestas_Opens_Three_Offshore_Wind_Farms_in_One_Year/6011721cc.aspx Sun, 12 Dec 2010 10:59:00 GMT ABB the leading power and automation technology group has won an order worth 125 million from the Belgian company CPower NV to link a wind farm 30 kilometers off the coast of Belgium to the ma http://www.oilvoice.com/n/ABB_Wins_125_million_Offshore_Wind_Connection_Order_in_Belgium/b85632d90.aspx http://www.oilvoice.com/n/ABB_Wins_125_million_Offshore_Wind_Connection_Order_in_Belgium/b85632d90.aspx Sat, 27 Nov 2010 11:46:00 GMT The European Commission for the very first time envisages comprehensive EU legislation on oil platforms aimed at ensuring the highest safety standards in the world. In the Communication on the safety http://www.oilvoice.com/n/European_Commission_Envisages_EU_Safety_Rules_For_Offshore_Oil_Drilling/6e6e18509.aspx http://www.oilvoice.com/n/European_Commission_Envisages_EU_Safety_Rules_For_Offshore_Oil_Drilling/6e6e18509.aspx Wed, 13 Oct 2010 15:43:00 GMT Earlier this week the Belgian EU Presidency brought together governments and industry to speed up the building of an integrated offshore electricity grid in the North Seas. At a high level conference http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Offshore_Grid_Gets_EU_Presidency_Boost/dfbcd4798.aspx http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Offshore_Grid_Gets_EU_Presidency_Boost/dfbcd4798.aspx Fri, 08 Oct 2010 14:16:00 GMT 118 new offshore wind turbines were fully connected to the grid in the first half of 2010 according to new statistics released today by the European Wind Energy Association EWEA. Those 118 turbi http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Offshore_Wind_Heads_for_Record_Year_According_to_EWEA/2451cfdef.aspx http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Offshore_Wind_Heads_for_Record_Year_According_to_EWEA/2451cfdef.aspx Tue, 20 Jul 2010 05:57:00 GMT The European Wind Energy Association EWEA announced today that it expects the European wind energy sector to create over 250000 new jobs in Europe in the next decade. The belief that the Eur http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Wind_Energy_Industry_Foresees_250000_New_Jobs_in_Europe_by_2020/d17f87b09.aspx http://www.oilvoice.com/n/Wind_Energy_Industry_Foresees_250000_New_Jobs_in_Europe_by_2020/d17f87b09.aspx Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:46:00 GMT Currently a 51 shareholder in SPELuminus the second largest energy company in Belgium EDF has concluded agreements with the three Belgian shareholders having exercised their sale option in full o http://www.oilvoice.com/n/EDF_Acquires_Additional_Equity_in_SPELuminus/a947e502b.aspx http://www.oilvoice.com/n/EDF_Acquires_Additional_Equity_in_SPELuminus/a947e502b.aspx Tue, 01 Jun 2010 17:03:00 GMT