north sea Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:04:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Vattenfall and Munich Invest in a Second Billion Dollar Off-Shore Wind Farm https://www.greenoptimistic.com/vattenfall-munich-invest-second-billion-dollar-shore-wind-farm-20140812/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/vattenfall-munich-invest-second-billion-dollar-shore-wind-farm-20140812/#respond Tue, 12 Aug 2014 08:04:26 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48833 Vattenfall, one of the leading energy companies in Europe, together with Munich City Utilities, revealed their plans to construct a $1.6 billion wind farm. The Swedish giant will place 72 turbines off the German coast of the North Sea in close proximity to Danish waters. Construction is planned to begin in 2015. If everything goes to […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/vattenfall-munich-invest-second-billion-dollar-shore-wind-farm-20140812/feed/ 0 48833 The First EU Carbon Capture and Storage Facility Secures Funding https://www.greenoptimistic.com/first-eu-carbon-capture-storage-facility-secures-funding-20140708/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/first-eu-carbon-capture-storage-facility-secures-funding-20140708/#respond Tue, 08 Jul 2014 12:48:46 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48403 The European Commission awarded 1bln Euros to nineteen private investors, who run green energy programmes. Out of the total amount, 300 mln euros were given to Drax, the operator of one of the main coal burning power plants, for their project to construct a facility with carbon capture and storage technology. Drax in collaboration with […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/first-eu-carbon-capture-storage-facility-secures-funding-20140708/feed/ 0 48403 North Sea Carbon Storage Could Help Climate Change https://www.greenoptimistic.com/north-sea-carbon-storage-could-help-climate-change-20130126/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/north-sea-carbon-storage-could-help-climate-change-20130126/#respond Sat, 26 Jan 2013 12:46:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=32107 An official report released on Friday indicated the great potential of the Norwegian Sea to store up to 100 times the country’s annual emissions of greenhouse gases. Locations such as Sleipner field in the North Sea would have the largest benefit, considering the high quantities of natural gas found there. The Norwegian Petroleum Directorate (NPD) […]

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