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Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe to cut jobs

  • 7 years ago (2017-01-26)
  • David Flin

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems Europe GmbH (MHPSE) has announced that it will be realigning its business strategy and reducing job numbers.

China’s state grid gains controlling interest in Brazil’s CPFL

  • 7 years ago (2017-01-25)
  • David Flin

The State Grid Corporation of China, the world’s largest utility company, has announced that it has concluded a deal for a 54.64 per cent stake in Brazil’s largest power distributor CPFL Energia.

Japan’s solar boom accelerating

  • 7 years ago (2017-01-24)
  • David Flin

Japan’s Renewable Energy Institute has published new data showing that the solar power boom in Japan accelerated dramatically in 2016.

CET acquires land in Pakistan for power transmission project

  • 7 years ago (2017-01-23)
  • David Flin

The Pakistan Government has passed ownership of two pieces of land, each measuring 175 acres, to the China Electric Power Equipment and Technology Company (CET), owned by the State Grid Corporation of China.

New power plant will cut Kiel’s emissions by 70 per cent

  • 7 years ago (2017-01-20)
  • David Flin

A new power station in Kiel, Germany will reduce the city’s emissions by around 70 per cent.

GE wins $1.4 billion in power generation orders from Iraq

  • 7 years ago (2017-01-19)
  • David Flin

GE has announced that it has secured over $1.4 billion in orders from Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity (MOE) to set up power plants and provide technology upgrades and maintenance services.

NuScale Power submits small modular nuclear reactor design for review

  • 7 years ago (2017-01-18)
  • David Flin

NuScale Power, based in Oregon, USA, has asked the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to approve the company’s small modular reactor commercial plant design.

China scraps planned construction of 85 coal-fired power plants

  • 7 years ago (2017-01-17)
  • David Flin

China has announced that it is suspending construction of 85 planned coal-fired power plants in a bid to meet a government coal capacity target laid out in its latest plan for social and economic development.

Wind and Solar jobs boost in the USA

  • 7 years ago (2017-01-16)
  • David Flin

Solar industry employment in the USA rose by over 73,000 jobs (+ 25 per cent) in 2016, and the nation’s wind industry added 25,000 jobs, according to the US Department of Energy (DOE).

Taiwan to end nuclear power generation by 2025

  • 7 years ago (2017-01-13)
  • David Flin

Taiwan’s legislature has amended the country’s Electricity Act, with the intention of ending nuclear power generation in the country by 2025, and liberalising the electricity market.