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EDF Renewable Energy signs agreement with Otter Tail Power

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-18)
  • David Flin
EDF Renewable Energy and Otter Tail Power Co. have signed an asset purchase agreement by which EDF RE will construct the 150 MW Merricourt Wind Project.

India Power completes acquisition of Nellore power plant

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-17)
  • David Flin
India Power Corporation, a Srei Group company, has announced that it has concluded the purchase of Meeakshi Energy, a 1000 MW power plant at Nellore in Andhra Pradesh.

Saudi Arabia and Egypt to complete power grid link in 2017

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-16)
  • David Flin
Mohamed Shaker, the Egyptian Minister of Electricity, has announced that Egypt and Saudi Arabia will complete a project to link their electricity grids in 2017.

MHPS receives order for two CCGT plants from Fukushima Gas Power

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-15)
  • David Flin
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has received an order for two CCGT power trains from Fukushima Gas Power.

Low carbon sources provides over 50 per cent of UK electricity

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-14)
  • David Flin
Research from the energy company Drax, which operates a biomass power station in the UK, has found that electricity from low-emission sources had supplied 50.2 per cent of UK supply between July and September.

Vietnam scraps first nuclear power plant plans

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-11)
  • David Flin
Vietnam’s government has decided to scrap its plan to build the country’s first nuclear power plants, because other energy sources have become cheaper, and slower economic growth has reduced demand.

China to install 30 GW of nuclear power under next five year plan

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-10)
  • David Flin
China’s National Energy Administration and the National Development and Reform Commission have jointly released the 13th Five-Year Plan for power development.

FERC’s future under President-elect Trump uncertain

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-10)
  • David Flin
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to remove US funding for clean energy and combatting climate change, but it is less clear what effect he will have on the grid regulatory, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

India asks power generators to upgrade older plants

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-09)
  • David Flin
India’s National Democratic Alliance government has asked power generators to refurbish and upgrade older plants running on outdated technologies.

China to cap coal at 55 per cent of total power output by 2020

  • 7 years ago (2016-11-08)
  • David Flin
China aims to cap coal-fired power capacity at 1100 GW by 2020, higher than the current ceiling, but accounting for less of the country’s total power supply.