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EDF and EREN acquire stakes in India’s ACME Solar

  • 10 years ago (2013-12-06)
  • Junior Isles
French green energy companies, EDF EN and EREN, have each acquired a 25 per cent stake in New Delhi based ACME Solar Energy Ltd, the solar energy arm of ACME Cleantech Solutions, in a deal worth over €65 million.

Rosatom partners with Rolls-Royce in preparation for UK nuclear entry

  • 10 years ago (2013-12-06)
  • Junior Isles
Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) and the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change have signed a memorandum of understanding relating to the UK’s new generation of nuclear plants.

Dynegy $900 million deal for Ameren nears completion

  • 10 years ago (2013-12-04)
  • Junior Isles
Houston’s Dynegy Inc. is nearing completion of a deal to acquire St. Louis based Ameren Corp.’s merchant generation unit, including five coal-fired power plants in Illinois.

GE signs further gas turbine contracts worth $700 million with SEC

  • 10 years ago (2013-12-04)
  • Junior Isles
Power giant GE has signed a contract with Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) worth nearly $700 million to supply further F-class combined-cycle gas turbines, and associated services, to Saudi Arabia.

SaudConsult broadens Middle East reach with Egypt acquisition

  • 10 years ago (2013-12-01)
  • Junior Isles
SaudConsult, one of Saudi Arabia’s largest engineering firms, has joined with Egyptian investment funds BPE Power and BPE Investments to acquire a 40 per cent stake in Egyptian firm Power Generation Engineering and Services Company (PGESCo).

India’s Kudankulam nuclear plant unit reaches 40 per cent capacity

  • 10 years ago (2013-12-01)
  • Junior Isles
Generation at India’s much delayed Kudankulam nuclear power plant has touched 400 MW, according to plant officials.

Record UK wind generation puts gas plants on standby

  • 10 years ago (2013-11-30)
  • Junior Isles
UK wind power generation reached record levels this week, prompting RWE AG and SSE to halt gas-fired generation at some plants, leaving them on standby.

RWE cancels 1.2 GW UK Atlantic Array project

  • 10 years ago (2013-11-27)
  • Junior Isles
Germany energy giant RWE has called off its plan to build the world's largest offshore wind farm in British waters ‒ the £4 billion, 1.2 GW Atlantic Array ‒ citing current market conditions and technical problems.

Ontario considers coal-fired ban legislation

  • 10 years ago (2013-11-25)
  • Junior Isles
Ontario may become the first place in North America to ban coal-fired electricity generation outright, according to Premier Kathleen Wynne.

FERC report shows substantial US renewable additions

  • 10 years ago (2013-11-22)
  • Junior Isles
US power generation companies installed over 500 MW of solar power and over 100 MW of biomass during October, according to a report by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).