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Private sector could own over half of African power generation by 2025

  • 9 years ago (2015-08-17)
  • David Flin
A survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said that over 75 per cent of respondents said there was a “medium to high probability that the private sector will own and operate” more than half of African power generation projects by 2025.

Egypt launches 200 MW solar PV tender

  • 9 years ago (2015-08-14)

SunLink and Blattner Energy partner on 148.5 MW solar project

  • 9 years ago (2015-08-13)

Spanish and Iranian companies sign $250 million deal

  • 9 years ago (2015-08-12)
  • Junior Isles

Iran’s Sunir, an electrical products company, and Spain’s Bester Generation have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop renewable power generation projects worth $250 million in Chile and Mexico.

Doubts raised over UK Hinkley Point C nuclear plans

  • 9 years ago (2015-08-11)
  • David Flin
Analysts and industry insiders have raised fresh doubts about a £24.5 billion plan by the UK Government to build the first of several new nuclear plants, with one saying that the project will be an “expensive mistake”.

Pakistan’s WAPDA to increase capacity of Mangla hydropower plant by 31 per cent

  • 9 years ago (2015-08-10)
  • David Flin
Pakistan’s Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) is implementing the Mangla Refurbishment Project (MRP), which will increase the generation capacity of Mangla hydropower plant from 1000 MW to 1310 MW.

E.On to sell Italian hydroelectric plants to ERG for $1 billion

  • 9 years ago (2015-08-08)

Genesis to close New Zealand’s remaining coal power plants

  • 9 years ago (2015-08-08)
  • Junior Isles

Genesis Energy, the Wellington and Sydney dual-listed electricity generation company, is set to shut down its last two coal-burning generators by December 2018, due to more economical supplies of cheap renewable energy and a lowered demand.

Chinese grid company lands first overseas project

  • 9 years ago (2015-08-05)

State Grid Corporation of China (SGCC has begun preliminary construction work on a new 2000 km, 800 kV ultra-high voltage (UHV) direct current (DC) transmission project. This is the first UHV transmission project that the SGCC has won overseas, marking a milestone in Chinese efforts to develop its UHV technologies overseas.

Indian purchase agreements tough on power plants

  • 9 years ago (2015-08-04)
  • David Flin
India Ratings and Research, a private credit ratings agency, has said that power plants that have started operations since April 2014 with a total capacity of 13,900 MW are facing financial uncertainties due to a lack of sufficient off-take agreements as part of the purchase agreements, and due to transmission constraints.