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Sri Lanka to build LNG plant instead of coal

  • 7 years ago (2016-05-20)

Argentina begins renewables push with 1000 MW tender

  • 7 years ago (2016-05-20)

Portugal runs on renewables for four days

  • 7 years ago (2016-05-20)

Last week, energy consumption in Portugal was fully covered by solar, wind and hydro power over a 4-day period (107 hours), which lasted from 06:45 on Saturday May 7 until 05:45 the following Wednesday, national energy network figures reveal.

Rwanda inaugurates ground-breaking methane power project

  • 7 years ago (2016-05-17)
  • David Flin
Lake Kivu, straddling the border of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of Congo, has billions of cubic metres of methane dissolved in its depths on a scale not seen anywhere else in the world.

April coal output in China down 11 per cent on year

  • 7 years ago (2016-05-16)
  • David Flin

The National Bureau of Statistics said that China produced 268 million tonnes of coal in April, down 11 per cent of the year, with producers cutting back in an effort to shore up prices.

Third UK fracking plan recommended for approval

  • 7 years ago (2016-05-13)

GE Power acquires Doosan’s HRSG business unit

  • 7 years ago (2016-05-13)
  • David Flin
GE Power has announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire the HRSG business of Doosan Engineering & Construction for $250 million.

RWE beats energy trading expectations

  • 7 years ago (2016-05-12)

German-based utility RWE has announced a 2 per cent decrease in first-quarter profits to €857 million ($975 million), a total that comfortably betters market expectations.

French energy giant EDF reports sales fall

  • 7 years ago (2016-05-11)

Renewables replace natural gas in Europe

  • 7 years ago (2016-05-10)
  • David Flin
Germany’s Öko-Institut has published a research report on the EU’s power sector that indicates that as renewable electricity grows, coal power has remained constant, while electricity from natural gas is being offset.