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EU emissions fall as 2030 package agreed

  • 9 years ago (2014-10-29)
  • Junior Isles

The European Union’s environment agency says its greenhouse gas emissions fell by nearly two per cent last year, putting the bloc very close to reaching its emissions target for 2020.

Canada inaugurates first large-scale commercial coal CCS plant

  • 9 years ago (2014-10-24)
  • Junior Isles
Canada has officially inaugurated the 110 MW Boundary Dam coal-fired plant, the first large-scale commercial coal plant to fitted carbon with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

Ethiopia plans 2 GW of new hydro projects

  • 9 years ago (2014-10-21)
  • Junior Isles
Ethiopia is planning to build two hydro-electric dams on the southern Omo River, bordering Kenya, border with a total generation of over 2 GW, spokesman for the Ethiopian Water Ministry, Bizuneh Tolcha, has said.

EDF faces shake-up

  • 9 years ago (2014-10-17)
  • Junior Isles

French state-owned utility Eléctricité de France (EDF) is facing a major shake-up. According to Dow Jones newswire, the French government is likely to sell shares in as part of a broader objective to raise several billion euros of the French state’s asset portfolio in the coming year and a half.

IEA sees role for renewables in sub-Saharan Africa

  • 9 years ago (2014-10-15)
  • Junior Isles
A new International Energy Agency (IEA) report released this week claims that renewables including hydroelectric power will satisfy almost half of Africa’s additional energy needs until 2040, despite anticipated sub-Saharan demand growing by 80 per cent as the economy quadruples in size.

German energy ministry denies plans for coal-fired exit

  • 9 years ago (2014-10-12)
  • Junior Isles
Germany has dismissed reports suggesting it is planning to phase out coal-fired power generation, for environmental reasons, as this would impose too great a burden on industry along with the nuclear phase-out.

EU approves state aid for Hinkley Point C

  • 9 years ago (2014-10-08)
  • Junior Isles

The European Union has voted to back the UK’s plan to guarantee the price of power from Hinkley Point C, the country’s first new nuclear project in decades.

BHEL to lead on Telangana state’s 6000 MW of new plants

  • 9 years ago (2014-10-07)
  • Junior Isles
India’s Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) and the Telangana State Power Generation Corporation (TS Genco) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for construction of 6000 MW of power generation capacity in India’s newest State over the next three years.

Bolivia set to kick off nuclear programme

  • 9 years ago (2014-10-03)
  • Junior Isles

President Evo Morales has announced that Bolivia will launch its civilian nuclear energy programme this year with the construction of plants in the western province of La Paz and an investment outlay of more than $2 billion through 2025.

CEZ eyes nuclear following Hinkley CFD approval

  • 9 years ago (2014-10-01)
  • Junior Isles

Daniel Benes, Chairman and Chief Executive of Czech utility CEZ AS, has said that Brussels’ approval of the contract for difference (CFD) at the planned Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in the UK “without question” establishes a European-wide precedent that could make other envisaged nuclear power projects profitable.