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

  • 8 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

  • 8 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

  • 8 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National Democratic Alliance government has asked power generators to refurbish and upgrade older plants running on outdated technologies.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

  • 8 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.

Shanghai Electric Power announces $10 billion T&D; investment in Pakistan

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-08)
  • David Flin
China’s Shanghai Electric Power, following its agreement with the Abraaj Group to buy a 66.4 per cent stake in K-Electric for $1.77 billion, has said that it will invest $10 billion in upgrading the transmission and distribution system.

Indonesia and Vietnam to blaze solar trail in SE Asia

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-07)
  • David Flin
Indonesia and Vietnam have each announced that they aim to have a solar capacity of 5 GW by 2020, up from close to nothing now.

AES Gener and GE modernise four thermal power plants in Chile

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-04)
  • David Flin
AES Gener, the second-largest power generation company in Chile in terms of installed capacity, has signed a multiyear agreement with GE’s Power Services.

TransCanada announces sale of it Northeast Electric generating assets

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-04)
  • David Flin
TransCanada has announced that it expects to raise $3.7 billion from the sale of its US Northeast Power business, which includes over 4500 MW of generating capacity.

AEP Ohio coal-fired plants take $2.3 billion accounting hit

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-03)
  • David Flin
American Electric Power (AEP) announced in its third-quarter earnings report that it had taken a $2.3 billion accounting hit on its deregulated coal-fired assets in Ohio, USA.

CLP bids to buy stake in Yangjiang Nuclear Power

  • 8 years ago (2016-11-02)
  • David Flin
Hong Kong-based power suppliers CLP Holdings has submitted a bid to acquire a 17 per cent equity interest in Yangjiang Nuclear Power, a mainland Chinese operator of the Yangjiang nuclear power plant.