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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

  • 8 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

  • 8 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

  • 8 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.

Shinhan Bank concludes $120 million financing deal for Japanese solar power project

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-28)
  • David Flin
Shinhan Bank of South Korea has announced that it has concluded a project financing deal worth $120 million for a 33 MW solar power plant in three regions of Japan – Kagoshima Prefecture, Kumamoto Prefecture, and Shimane Prefecture.

Alberta to pay $1.4 billion to end coal-fired electricity production by 2030

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-25)
  • David Flin
The government of the Canadian province of Alberta has announced that it will pay $1.4 billion over the next 14 years to three energy companies, as compensation for ending coal-fired electricity production at six plants in the province.

Electric power production in Peru to grow 9 per cent this year

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-24)
  • David Flin
Peru’s electric power production may expand by 8-9 per cent by the end of 2016, according to Carlos Mario Caro, President of Peru’s National Society of Mining, Oil, and Energy (SNMPE) Electric Sectorial Committee.

Zimbabwe’s power group owes $18 million to Eskom

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-24)
  • David Flin
The Zimbabwe Electricity Supply Authority (ZESA) has warned that the financial crisis in the country could result in its foreign electricity suppliers ceasing to provide supplies.

Tesla and SolarCity switch island of Ta’u to solar-only power

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-23)
  • David Flin
SolarCity and Tesla have announced that they have rolled out a solar power and battery storage enabled microgrid on the island of Ta’u in American Samoa.

China’s grid-connected wind power capacity increases

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-23)
  • David Flin
China’s National Energy Administration (NEA) has released data showing that the country’s grid-connected wind power capacity has continued to increase, but the utilisation rate was starting to decline after years of capacity expansion.