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December 03, 2008| Amsterdam- Solar-powered Nuna5 sets out for fifth victory in World Solar Challenge
Nuon, as the main sponsor of the Nuon Solar Team, has signed up to support the construction of Nuna5 and its participation in the tenth World Solar Challenge® being held in Australia between 25 and 31 October 2009. Solar-powered vehicles from various countries will race over 3000 km from Darwin to Adelaide in a bid to cross the finishing line first. Nuon is sponsoring the project to show what solar energy can achieve.
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November 28, 2008| Amsterdam- Arnoud Kamerbeek has been appointed as Director of its Business Development and Projects (BD&P) division from 1 December 2008.
The Management Board of Nuon has appointed Arnoud Kamerbeek (35) as Director of its Business Development and Projects (BD&P) division from 1 December 2008. He will combine this position with his current responsibilities as Director of the Exploration & Production division. Kamerbeek will succeed Herbert Jost, who is leaving Nuon on 1 January 2009 after over seven years with the group to start his own business.
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November 27, 2008| Amsterdam- Nuon to build extra gas buffer in Epe (Germany)
Nuon is today signing a contract with Joint Venture Papendrecht for the expansion of its gas storage capacity in Epe (Germany). The project involves three extra underground caverns for the storage of a total of 80 million m3 of natural gas. The caverns are situated about 1,200 metres below ground level. With this storage facility Nuon will be better able to respond to daily supply and demand fluctuations in the gas market. Nuon already has 140 million m3 of storage capacity in Epe. The new storage facility is expected to come on stream in 2011.
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November 20, 2008| Amsterdam- Province of Gelderland and Nuon work together for more green power
"The generation of green energy has to move forward." Those were the words of the Annelies van der Kolk of the Gelderland Provincial Executive at the opening today of the Echteld wind farm. Gelderland decided earlier to raise the provincial target for wind energy to 100 MW in 2011. Nuon, builder and owner of the Echteld wind farm, wants to have at least half of that, according to Nuon director Doede Vierstra.
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November 03, 2008| Amsterdam- Public-private partnership for solar power in Africa
"New, innovative partnerships are essential if we want to bring about modern Development Cooperation," Minister for Development Cooperation Bert Koenders said today at the signing of a public-private partnership with Nuon and FRES (Foundation Rural Energy Services). The concrete objective of this public-private partnership is to make a contribution towards the permanent provision of energy services to 100,000 customers (households and small businesses) in rural areas in developing countries in 2015.
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November 03, 2008| Amsterdam- Good result in first 9 months despite poorer third quarter
The third quarter saw significant value decreases in commodity positions (fair value movements), caused by falling commodity prices. The trading results also decreased, causing a decrease in the gross margin. In addition, the third quarter of 2008 showed a lower margin on the generation of electricity, lower production and increased purchasing costs compared to the third quarter of 2007. The reported net loss came to EUR 2 million (EUR 179 million/2007). Despite this, the nine months net profit of EUR 686 million was still slightly higher than the outstanding 2007 results (EUR 665 million). The operating expenses increased due to growth in activities, strategic processes including unbundling and the revaluation of an investment connected with the credit crunch and the formation of a provision in this connection.
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October 27, 2008| Utrecht- FOM and Nuon jointly pursue breakthrough technologies for future solar cells
The FOM Foundation and energy company Nuon are combining forces in a joint research programme into new conversion principles, structures and materials for future solar cells. Today they are sending out requests for research proposals to academic circles.
