IN THE MEDIA
BLOOMBERG - May 9 2011
In an article looking at the future of the UK energy supply David Kennedy, CEO of the Commitee on Climate Change states that the UK Government should look at cheaper ways of meeting the EU targets by such means as "buying renewable energy certificates from other European nations, and purchasing concentrated solar power from a project being developed in Tunisia by London-based Nur Energie Ltd."
SAN FRANCISCO BUSINESS TIMES - January 21 2011
A United Kingdom-based utility is licensing BrightSource Energy’s solar thermal technology to build a 38 megawatt power plant on the Greek Island of Crete.CSP TODAY - January 28 2011
CSP Today speaks to Kevin Sara, founder and managing director of CSP developer, Nur Energie, about the logistics of developing CSP plants in the Greek islands, and to get the latest update on its plans to build a mega 2GW CSP plant in Tunisia.
This week, Nur-MOH SA, a joint venture between CSP developer Nur Energie and Greek energy heavyweight Motor Oil (Helas), was given the green light by Greek regulatory authorities to build a 38MW CSP plant on the island of Crete. The project, which will deploy BrightSource Energy’s LPT 500 technology, is poised to be the largest CSP tower installation in Europe.
Please click here for the interview.CSP TODAY - May 27 2010
Mihalis Boutaris, Managing Director of NUR-MOH Heliothermal, the joint venture between Nur Energie Ltd and Motor Oil Hellas, speaks to CSP Today magazine about Greece's renewable energy bill and the impact it has on the development of the CSP industry in Greece.
Till Stenzel, COO of Nur Energie, publishes a detailed review of the challenges and opportunities of a solar export project from North Africa to Europe.
The article was published in the "Oxford Energy Forum" Issue 79. Please click here to go to the OEF website.
PRESS RELEASES
On Tuesday 12th July the Department of Energy and Climate Change “DECC” released the results of the Electricity Market Reform Consultation which ran from December 2010 to March 2011.
Solar project developer Nur Energie Ltd. today announced the acceptance of the technical terms for the connection of its “TuNur” utility-scale solar export project from Tunisia into the Italian power network. Under the terms of the connection solution, Terna, the Italian high-voltage transmission network operator, has specified a preliminary technical solution to connect up to 2000 MW of solar power produced in the Tunisian desert to the Italian network, with grid infrastructure sufficient to transport electricity to neighbour European countries.
On 14th March 2011 Nur Energie submitted its response to the Department of Energy and Climate Change’s (“DECC”) Electricity Market Reform Consultation.
Nur Energie strengthens its core strategy of producing green energy in North Africa to export to Europe by becoming a Founder Shareholder of Medgrid
Nur Energie announced today that it had become a collective member of CIGRE (International Council on Large Electric Systems), one of the leading worldwide organizations on Electric Power Systems.
Nur Energie has joined the Desertec Industrial Initiative (Dii) as an Associated Partner. The partnership underscores Nur Energie’s development expertise and mission.