His Majesty King Felipe VI, accompanied by the President of the Basque Country, Iñigo Urkullu, and the First Minister of Bizkaia, Unai Rementería, were among the 300 guests who accompanied Javier Ormazabal Echevarría, President of Velatia, in celebrating the birth of Velatia in 1967 The event, held at the Group’s Research and Technology Centre in Boroa, included a visit by
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Nowadays is becoming quite common to see those small flying objects that we call “drones” over the skies of the mains cities of the world. These machines, that appeared some years ago in the millitary enviroment, are becoming so popular because of the possibilities they could offer to assit our daily needs. Some renowned companies like Amazon have invested a big ammount
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The “aussies” have increased their compromise with the renewable energy sector during the last year, reaching US$2.99 billion investment The Clean Energy Regulator (CER), a Government body responsible for accelerating carbon abatement for Australia, has recently published the results obtained during 2016 by the investments in the large-scale renewables. With more than AU$4 billion (US$2.99 billion) that can be translated into
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Las dos plantas, que requerirán de una inversión cercana a los 161 millones de euros, contribuirán con el 2% de la capacidad de generación del país asiático La empresa española Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) ha anunciado el inicio de la construcción de dos plantas solares fotovoltaicas en Jordania. Mafraq I y Mafraq II, que son los nombres de ambas plantas,
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This renewable energy farm, that will cover 574-square kilometre area, will be situated in the Victoria state Renewable energy continues reaching milestones all over the world. Now, the turn is for Australia that, as the Victoria state government announced, are planing their first offshore wind farm of the country. “Start of the South”, the name of this strategy, will cover
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Gdynia´s city hall, in northern Poland, has announced that the city has become the first smart city in Eastern Europe At last, Eastern Europe has its first “Smart City”. The Polish city of Gdynia, located in the Pomeranian Voivodeship of Poland, has become the first city of Poland, and of all Eastern Europe in fact, in being proclaimed as a smart
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3GW of onshore wind power will be installed in France along the next three years The French Government announced the last week a tender for up to 3GW of onshore wind energy over the next three years. This tender, open to projects of seven turbines and above, also smaller projects where at laeast one turbine exceeds 3MW, will start in
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Durante el presente año se instalarán 60 GW de potencia eólica, acercándose al récord de 63 GW logrado en 2015 La energía renovable seguirá marcando hitos año tras año. Así lo acredita el informe sobre el mercado eólico presentado recientemente, en Nueva Delhi, por el Consejo Mundial de Energía Eólica (GWEC). El Global Wind Market Report, del que hace bien poco
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Durante el pasado año se instalaron un total de 54 GW de potencia eólica, solo detrás de los 63 GW cosechados en 2015 Como todos los años, desde hace ya 10, el Consejo Mundial de Energía Eólica (GWEC) ha presentado el informe de situación del mercado eólico mundial. El Global Wind Market Report, que este año ha visto la luz en Nueva Delhi, India,
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