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Abengoa looks to sell stalled Brazil projects

  • 9 years ago (2015-12-31)

Spain’s Abengoa SA has announced that it is seeking buyers to revive the company’s suspended transmission line and other construction projects in Brazil, after it had filed for creditor protection in Spanish courts.

Qatar to sell half-price LNG to India’s Petronet

  • 9 years ago (2015-12-31)

GE to acquire Metem Corporation

  • 9 years ago (2015-12-29)
  • David Flin

GE has announced that it has signed a purchase agreement to acquire Metem Corporation, a US-based provider of precision cooling hole manufacturing technologies for turbine blades.

World Bank signs agreement to finance Siddhirganj power project

  • 9 years ago (2015-12-28)
  • David Flin

The Bangladesh Government has signed a $177 million additional financing agreement with the World Bank to complete the ongoing construction of a 335 MW combined cycle power plant at Siddhirganj, near Dhaka, Bangladesh.

Kansai Electric Japanese nuclear power plants restart imminent

  • 9 years ago (2015-12-24)

Israel to export natural gas to Egypt

  • 9 years ago (2015-12-24)

UK power sector cuts emissions by almost quarter in two years

  • 9 years ago (2015-12-22)
  • David Flin
The UK government has released figures showing that emissions from power stations fell 23 per cent between 2012 and 2014 to 121 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent (MtCO2e).

Fukui Governor to clear restart of two Takahama reactors

  • 9 years ago (2015-12-21)
  • David Flin

Issei Nishikawa, Governor of Fukui prefecture, will give his consent for the restart of reactors 3 and 4 at Kansai Electric Power Company ’s (Kepco’s) Takahama plant, as the Japanese Government seeks to bring more reactors online. The Governor’s consent is necessary to restart the reactors.

Osaka Gas may pull out of Marubeni Thermal Power Project

  • 9 years ago (2015-12-21)
  • David Flin

Osaka Gas has said that it may withdraw from a thermal power project planned with Marubeni , citing signs of nuclear restarts and increasing calls to reduce CO2 emissions from power generation.

Gazprom and CNPC sign agreement on Power of Siberia

  • 9 years ago (2015-12-18)
  • David Flin

Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Wang Yilin, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the China National Petroleum Corporation ( CNPC ) have signed an agreement to design and construct the cross-border section of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline, including its submerged crossing under the Amur River.