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Work started on Sutherland hydropower plant

  • 8 years ago (2015-09-01)
  • David Flin
Work has started on the 28 MW Sutherland hydropower plant in the Ontario province of Canada, partners Ontario Power Generation and Coral Rapids Power have announced.

India to double power generation in seven years

  • 8 years ago (2015-08-31)
  • David Flin
Piyush Goyal, India’s Union Coal and Power Minister, has said that India will be able to double its power generation over the next seven years.

KEPCO to invest in Indonesia power generation

  • 8 years ago (2015-08-31)
  • David Flin
According to Franky Sibarani, head of the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), KEPCO has expressed interest in joining the tender for power generation projects in Banten and West Java during a meeting with Indonesia Vice President Jusuf Kalla.

Delhi government sets 1000 MW solar power generation target

  • 8 years ago (2015-08-28)

Delhi Power Minister, Satyendar Jain, has stated that the AAP government has set a target of generating 1000 MW of solar power in the next five years.

EDF Renewable Energy completes acquisition of OWNEnergy

  • 8 years ago (2015-08-27)
  • Junior Isles

One of the largest developers of renewable energy in North America, EDF Renewable Energy, has purchased OWNEnergy, a developer of mid-sized wind projects in the US.

Brazil tender to offer 11.3 GW in solar projects

  • 8 years ago (2015-08-27)

The Brazilian government's energy planning agency, EPE, has announced that it has registered 341 projects for its recent energy tender.

World’s largest solar power station planned for Madhya Pradesh, India

  • 8 years ago (2015-08-25)
  • David Flin
Rajendra Shukla, Energy Minister for the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, said that the world’s largest solar power station – 750 MW – will be built in the Rewa district of the state.

ScottishPower abandons power plant plans because of transmission tax

  • 8 years ago (2015-08-24)
  • David Flin
ScottishPower, owned by the Spanish utility Iberdrola, has announced that it has abandoned plans to replace a coal-fired power station in East Lothian with a gas-fired alternative, saying that the key reason for this decision was a tax “for being in Scotland.”

Sojitz Corporation to invest in Peru’s first utility-scale solar power plants

  • 8 years ago (2015-08-21)
  • David Flin
A subsidiary of Japan-based Sojitz Corporation has announced plans to invest in the first utility-scale solar power project in Peru.

SoftBank to invest in geothermal power generation

  • 8 years ago (2015-08-20)
  • David Flin
Japan-based SoftBank will have SB Energy, its subsidiary for investments in developing renewable energy, extend construction and operation from photovoltaic and wind power to also include geothermal power generation.