Articles - Past and present news from The Energy Industry Times
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10 years ago (2013-08-13)
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Junior Isles
A new report from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has highlighted the rapidly changing nature of Australia’s coal-fired dominated energy mix, with all new generation proposals received in the last 12 months being for large scale wind farms or solar facilities.
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10 years ago (2013-08-13)
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David Flin
RWE, Germany’s second-largest utility, has announced that it is closing almost 20 per cent of its natural gas-fired power capacity in Germany as low demand for electricity made the plants unprofitable.
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10 years ago (2013-08-11)
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Junior Isles
Private investment in India’s power sector decreased by an enormous 44 per cent over the last financial year, down from 98 283 crore ($16 billion) to Rs 54 953 crore ($9 billion), according to power minister Jyotiraditya M Scindia.
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10 years ago (2013-08-10)
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David Flin
Nigeria is seeking around $450 million from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to help raise the country’s total electricity generation capacity to 20,000MW, while already facing debts of around $6.67 billion.
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10 years ago (2013-08-07)
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Junior Isles
GDF Suez SA has agreed to sell 50 per cent of its stake in a selection of thermal and renewable power generation assets in Portgual to Japan’s Marubeni Corp, according to media reports.
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10 years ago (2013-08-06)
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David Flin
A joint report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) said that strong economic and demographic growth has led to an increase in energy demand to in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.
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10 years ago (2013-08-03)
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David Flin
The government of Nepal has dismissed over 600 licenses which allowed private firms to generate 11,000MW of hydropower capacity.
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10 years ago (2013-08-02)
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Junior Isles
The Moroccan government has announced tenders for a pair of concentrated solar power plants with a generation capacity of 200 MW and 100 MW, respectively to be built near the south-Moroccan city of Ouarzazate.
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10 years ago (2013-07-30)
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David Flin
A 6MW test facility for renewable energy storage technologies has been approved in the UK.
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10 years ago (2013-07-29)
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Junior Isles
Thailand has hugely expanded its planned solar energy investments, pledging to secure 25 per cent of the country’s total energy demand from renewable sources.
