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FirstEnergy finds buyer for Pennsylvania power plants

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-09)
  • David Flin
FirstEnergy Corporation of Ohio, USA, owner of West Penn Power, has announced that a provisional deal has been reached to sell four natural gas-fired power plants in Pennsylvania.

New Brunswick announces plan to phase out coal generation

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-08)
  • David Flin
The Canadian province of New Brunswick has announced plans to completely phase out coal-fired electricity generation by 2030.

Japan’s CO2 emissions drop to 5-year low in FY2015

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-07)
  • David Flin
Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 3 per cent to a five-year low in the financial year through March due to lower power demand, growing renewable energy, and the restart of nuclear power plants, according to figures from the Japanese Government.

GE releases analysis of global coal and gas plants

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-06)
  • David Flin
GE has released a first-of-a-kind analysis of global power plants, which found that CO2 emissions from the world’s fleet of coal- and gas-fired power plants can be reduced by 10 per cent when existing hardware and software solutions are fully applied.

Siemens to supply turbines for five power plants in Sudan

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-05)
  • David Flin
Siemens has signed an agreement with Sudan’s state-run energy provider the Sudanese Thermal Power Generating Company (STPGC) to deliver five SGT5-2000E gas turbines.

NTPC to set up first wind power project

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-02)
  • David Flin
India’s state-owned power producer NTPC said that its board has approved its first wind energy project to be set up at Rojmal in Gujarat at a cost of Rs 323.35 crore ($51.7 million).

South Australia cut from Australian national grid

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-01)
  • David Flin
South Australia was separated from the Australian national grid for an hour during the night of 31 November/1 December, following an incident in the Victorian transmission network.

Siemens to supply nine gas turbines to Argentina

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-30)
  • David Flin
Siemens has announced that it has received orders from Argentina for seven SGT-800 industrial gas turbines and two Industrial Trent 60 gas turbines.

South Korea reduced greenhouse gas emissions

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-29)
  • David Flin
The Office for Government Policy Coordination of South Korea has announced that the country’s greenhouse gas emissions fell for the first time in 18 years in 2014, with the trend predicted to continue.

Report says China may spend $490 billion on unneeded coal plants

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-28)
  • David Flin
According to a study from the London-based environmental think tank Carbon Tracker Initiative, China risks spending $490 billion on building more coal power plants than it needs.