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Obama orders steeper greenhouse gas cuts from US power plants

  • 9 years ago (2015-08-03)
  • David Flin
US President Obama has announced that he will be imposing stronger greenhouse gas cuts on US power plants, setting up an inevitable confrontation in the courts with energy producers and Republican-led states.

World Bank to back Ghana energy transformation

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-31)

Centrica to exit wind energy

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-30)

Ethiopia signs for first phase of 1000 MW geothermal project

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-29)

The government of Ethiopia and Icelandic-US firm Reykjavik have signed a construction agreement for the first phase of the Corbetti 1000 MW geothermal plant in Ethiopia.

China’s PV power growth held back by grid capacity

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-28)
  • David Flin
While the establishment of photovoltaic power generating stations is rapidly increasing in China, connecting these stations to local power grids is not progressing at an adequate rate, according to a report from the China Photovoltaic Industry Association (CPIA).

Ballard Power to provide 1 MW clean power generation in France

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-27)
  • David Flin
Ballard Power Systems has announced that it has signed an agreement to provide a 1 MW ClearGen fuel cell distributed generation system for Hydrogène de France (HDF).

NorthWestern Energy to buy 80 MW wind farm in South Dakota

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-24)

Climate talks make progress

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-23)
  • Junior Isles

Environment ministers have made progress with talks to prepare for a global climate deal due to be signed at the UN Climate Change conference in Paris in later this year.

UK proposes solar subsidy cuts

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-22)
  • Junior Isles

The British government has announced measures to deal with a projected over-allocation of renewable energy subsidies.

Talen Energy to buy three power plants for $1.18 billion

  • 9 years ago (2015-07-21)
  • David Flin
Talen Energy of the USA has announced an agreement to acquire MACH Gen, which owns over 2500 MW of combined cycle, natural gas-fired generating capacity for $1.175 billion, inclusive of any assumed debt, subject to purchase price adjustments.