http://www.energyefficiencynews.com <p>The UK Government yesterday outlined its strategy for the development of marine energy, which it says could generate enough power for 15 million homes and save 70 million tonnes of CO₂ by 2050.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/2897/ 2010-03-16T00:00:00-00:00 UK policy, renewables, marine energy, tidal, wave, Marine Energy Action Plan, SeaGen, <p>The Crown Estate, which owns the seabed around the UK, is set to announce today which companies have been granted the go ahead to develop marine energy in the waters around Pentland Firth and Orkney.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/2899/ 2010-03-16T00:00:00-00:00 UK policy, The Crown Estate, renewables, marine power, Aquamarine Power, SSE Renewables, Oyster, <p>E.ON&rsquo;s Kingsnorth plans and ScottishPower&rsquo;s Longannet power station have made it through to the last two of the UK Government&rsquo;s &pound;1 billion carbon capture and storage competition.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/2892/ 2010-03-15T00:00:00-00:00 Carbon capture and storage, fossil fuels, UK policy, E.ON, Kingsnorth, ScottishPower, Longannet, <p>The UK low-carbon market bucked trends last year to grow 4.3% to &pound;112 billion, according to the UK Trade &amp; Investment.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/2888/ 2010-03-12T00:00:00-00:00 UK policy, low-carbon market, UK Trade & Investment, UKTI, renewables, wind, solar, <p>GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, the alliance formed between GE and Hitachi in 2007, has announced plans to pursue developments of new nuclear power in Poland and Italy.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/2889/ 2010-03-12T00:00:00-00:00 Nuclear power, EU policy, Italy, Poland, GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy, <p>US division of MEMC Electronic Materials, SunEdison, today announced that is has got the go ahead to build Europe&rsquo;s largest photovoltaic solar power plant in northeastern Italy, near Rovigo.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/2884/ 2010-03-11T00:00:00-00:00 Renewables, EU policy, Italy, SunEdison, MEMC Electronic Materials, solar photovoltaic power, Banco Santander, <p>The UK Government needs to commit to backing a long-term nuclear future and stop procrastinating, says the Institution of Mechanical Engineers.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/2885/ 2010-03-11T00:00:00-00:00 UK policy, nuclear power, Institution of Mechanical Engineers, IMechE, skills, training, investment, <p>The Scottish Government yesterday published a plan aiming to make the region a world leader in carbon capture and storage.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/2886/ 2010-03-11T00:00:00-00:00 Fossil fuels, carbon capture and storage, CCS, UK policy, Scottish Government, <p>The US Department of Energy is backing two post-combustion carbon capture and storage demonstration projects in Texas and Virginia.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/2887/ 2010-03-11T00:00:00-00:00 US policy, Department of Energy, fossil fuels, carbon capture and storage, CCS, research and development, NRG Energy, UOP Honeywell, algae, biofuels, transport, fuels, <p>US firms Westinghouse Electric Co. and General Atomics are to share $40 million from the Department of Energy to develop next generation nuclear plants.</p> http://www.energyefficiencynews.com/power-generation/i/2880/ 2010-03-10T00:00:00-00:00 US policy, Department of Energy, nuclear power, next generation nuclear plants, NGNPs, Westinghouse Electric Co., General Atomics,