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Cameroon says $1 billion hydroelectric dam expected in 2020.

  • 8 years ago (2016-07-08)

Basile Atangana Kouna, Cameroon’s minister of water and energy, has announced that a proposed $1 billion hydroelectric dam will be ready by 2020.

UK gas-fired plant given funding extension

  • 8 years ago (2016-07-07)

South Korea to shut 10 ageing coal-fired power plants by 2025

  • 8 years ago (2016-07-06)

South Korea, Asia’s fourth largest economy, is moving to cut its reliance on dirtier fuels with plans to shut 10 ageing coal-fired power plants by 2025.

South Korea targets $37 billion in renewable energy investment by 2020

  • 8 years ago (2016-07-05)
  • David Flin
The South Korean Government has said that it plans $37 billion in investment in renewable energy and related infrastructure by 2020 as part of efforts to meet its pledge at last year’s Paris climate summit to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Volvo Penta starts engine production in Brazil

  • 8 years ago (2016-07-04)
  • David Flin

Volvo Penta has started production of industrial engines for the power generation market at the Volvo Group’s facility in Curitiba, Brazil.

Egat seeks authorisation to build more power plants

  • 8 years ago (2016-07-01)
  • David Flin

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat ) has announced that it is asking the country’s energy regulator to allow it to build more renewable power plants and to increase its power generation capacity to half of the country’s total capacity, in order to strengthen national power supply security.

Siemens onshore wind turbines for Saxony

  • 8 years ago (2016-06-30)
  • David Flin

Siemens has announced that it will supply three direct drive SWT-3.2-113 wind turbines for the onshore wind power plant at Naundorf, Saxony, Germany.

Siemens freezes new UK wind power investment following Brexit vote

  • 8 years ago (2016-06-29)
  • David Flin

Siemens has said that it is putting new wind power investment plans in the UK on hold due to uncertainty caused by the UK’s vote to leave the EU.

North America to get 50 per cent of its electricity from zero carbon sources

  • 8 years ago (2016-06-28)
  • David Flin
The leaders of the USA, Canada, and Mexico will pledge on 29 June that by 2025, half of their overall electricity generation will come from clean power sources.

Indonesia threatens to stop supply of coal to Philippines

  • 8 years ago (2016-06-27)
  • David Flin
Coal-fired power plants in the Philippines are at risk of losing their supply of coal from Indonesia in the wake of the recent kidnapping of Indonesian nationals in Philippine waters.