Gamesa, the Spanish-based wind turbine maker, has signed an agreement with independent power producer Greenko to supply, erect and commission 80 of its G97-2.0 MW wind turbines in Jaisalmer region in Rajasthan and Basavanabagewadi in Karnataka in the project’s opening phase.
A huge prospective onshore wind farm in the Shetland Islands, which is expected to be one of the most productive in the world, has been cleared for construction by the UK Supreme Court after it rejected an appeal based on the protection of local wildlife.
French utility Électricité de France (EDF) has entered into strategic partnerships with China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and China Huadian Corporation in China.
India’s North-Eastern Electric Power Corporation (NEEPCO) has put forward plans for the construction of a 5 MW solar power plant at Monarchak in Tripura, which will be the first in northeastern India.
German utility, E.On, is looking to offload its most valuable Italian power asset – the 531 MW Terni hydropower plant.
Israel's wind capacity has stayed at 6 MW for years but looks set to grow rapidly, with 22 MW currently under construction and a further 3 GW under development.
Ghana is making progress with its plans for nuclear power, the head of the Ghana Atomic Energy Commission has said.
In a $672.5 million plan, the Jeju Energy Corporation is planning to develop 230 MW more capacity on Jeju island, helping turn it into a carbon-free zone.
Kazakhstan plans to sell electricity to China, the country's Energy Minister Vladimi Shkolnik announced in a lower house session earlier this week.
US President Barack Obama and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi have reached a “breakthrough understanding” which may finalise the civil nuclear cooperation agreement of 2008 that was supposed to clear the way for the sale of nuclear fuel and reactors to India.