Toshiba Corporation has signed an MOU with Uganda’s Ministry of Energy and Mineral Development (MEMD) on a comprehensive partnership in geothermal power.
GE Renewable Energy announced that it has secured five-year Digital Wind Farm services contracts for two aging wind farms in central Japan.
US coal-fired power generation rose 42.1 per cent month on month in June, with increased summer power demand driving more burn, according to data released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The Japanese government, through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has donated solar power equipment worth $9.7 million to the Nigerian federal government as part of its efforts to boost electricity production in Nigeria.
Britain’s power grid operator National Grid has cancelled the emergency power reserve tender, in which companies agree to be paid not to use electricity at peak times during the coming winter, to enable power to be diverted to households.
Purdue University in Indiana, USA, announced that it has developed a new concept that it claims could enable highly efficient solar power by combining three technologies that convert different parts of the light spectrum, and also store energy for use at night.
Emerson Electric has announced that it will buy pump manufacturer Pentair’s valve and controls business for $3.15 billion in cash, as it expands its core business.
The 1.8 GW Hornsea Two windfarm project, to be built by DONG Energy , is part of the UK’s investment in new electricity generation capacity needed to replace retiring nuclear and coal-fired facilities over the next decade.