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Rwanda inaugurates ground-breaking methane power project

  • 9 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

  • 9 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

  • 9 years ago (2016-05-13)

GE Power acquires Doosan’s HRSG business unit

  • 9 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

  • 9 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

  • 9 years ago (2016-05-11)

Renewables replace natural gas in Europe

  • 9 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.

SADC to roll out 3000 MW of new power in 2016

  • 9 years ago (2016-05-10)
  • David Flin
Southern Africa aims to commission new power projects that will add 3059 MW of capacity in 2016, in a bid to help the region meet its energy needs by 2020.

USA phasing out coal power

  • 9 years ago (2016-05-09)
  • David Flin

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has said that the ongoing legal fight in the USA over regulating carbon emissions from coal-fired power plants won’t delay the nation’s accelerating shift to cleaner sources of energy.

Gamesa continues to record double-digit growth

  • 9 years ago (2016-05-06)