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China to help increase Zimbabwe generating capacity

  • 10 years ago (2014-03-14)
  • Junior Isles
Shangani Energy Exploration, a Zimbabwean unit of Chinese-owned Sinosteel, is planning to build a 400 MW, $780 million coal-bed methane gas-fired power plant in south-western Zimbabwe, according to company officials.

African renewables investment fund raises $100 million

  • 10 years ago (2014-03-14)
  • Junior Isles
The African Renewable Energy Fund (AREF) reached its first close this week, with $100 million worth of capital committed for investment in small and medium sized renewable energy projects in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Energy UK opposes national EU 2030 renewable targets

  • 10 years ago (2014-03-13)
  • Junior Isles
The trade association for the UK energy industry, Energy UK, has called on the British government to block plans to set a legally binding EU 2030 renewable energy target.

Strike to disrupt coal-fired generation across India

  • 10 years ago (2014-03-11)
  • Junior Isles
Around 40 per cent of power generation in southern India will be hit by a three-day strike beginning on March 13th by the officers' association of monopoly coal miner Coal India. Most thermal plants in the rest of India will be unaffected as they have sufficient stocks of coal to last about two weeks.

EIA data shows substantial US wind progress

  • 10 years ago (2014-03-11)
  • Junior Isles
New data from the EIA shows substantial growth in the role of US wind energy, with this renewable energy source making up 30 per cent of new generating capacity over the last five years and supplying over 4 per cent of electricity on the grid during 2013.

Obama requests funding for fossil fuel R

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

US President Barack Obama has requested $475.5 million in the FY 2015 budget for the fossil energy research and development (FER&D) portfolio to facilitate achievement of the President’s climate goals.

UK-Irish wind energy plan delayed

  • 10 years ago (2014-03-08)
  • Junior Isles
Ireland’s Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources has revealed that a plan to export wind generation to the UK is now unlikely to happen before the 2020 deadline.

Nigeria’s plant privatisation gets underway

  • 10 years ago (2014-03-08)
  • Junior Isles
Nigeria’s Niger Delta Power Holding Company Limited (NDPHC) has opened bids for privatising its ten power plants, built by the Nigerian government under the National Integration Power Projects, (NIPPs).

Competition regulator deals blow to Australian asset disposal

  • 10 years ago (2014-03-05)
  • Junior Isles

An Australian regulator blocked a A$1.5 billion ($1.34 billion) deal by New South Wales to sell a power company on competition concerns, dealing a blow to the state's plans for a series of asset disposals this year to fund new road and rail projects.

Taqa led consortium invests $1.6 billion in two Indian hydro plants

  • 10 years ago (2014-03-05)
  • Junior Isles
A consortium led by United Arab Emirates' Abu Dhabi National Energy Co. (Taqa) is investing $1.6 billion in equity to acquire two hydro plants from India's Jaypee Group.