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China’s coal supply soaking up water supply

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-30)
  • David Flin

A study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance has said that northern China’s electricity sector is depleting the arid region’s water supply.

Scotland’s wind power generation increased by 19 per cent

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-30)
  • David Flin

Wind powered electricity generation in Scotland increased by 19 per cent in 2012, as energy from renewable sources contributed 39 per cent of the country’s total electricity needs.

Consultation on EU 2030 energy and climate targets begins

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-28)
  • Junior Isles
Against the backdrop of the start of negotiations on the EU’s 2030 energy and climate targets, Guenther Oettinger, European Commissioner for Energy, has said there should be no new energy taxes or tax rises within the EU in order to maintain competitiveness with rivals fuelled by cheap US shale gas.

Dominican state electricity company signs agreement with AES

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-26)
  • David Flin

The Dominican Corporation of State-Owned Electricity Enterprises (CDEEE) and AES Dominicana have signed an agreement aimed at modifying the country’s power generation matrix, to allow for more cost-effective, efficient and appropriate power generating capacity.

OPIC approves $288 million wind investment

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-25)
  • Junior Isles
The US’ Overseas Private Investment Corporation (OPIC) has approved $288 million in financial support for two wind generation projects aimed at delivering greater energy security to Pakistan and Peru.

SSE cuts power generation and warns “lights could go out” in UK

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-23)
  • David Flin

Ian Marchant, Chief Executive of SSE, one of the “big six” energy suppliers in the UK, has warned that “there is a very real risk of the lights going out” in the country.

Los Angeles utility announces plans to go coal free

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-22)
  • Junior Isles
The city of Los Angeles, California, USA, will abandon coal-fuelled electricity according to the city’s Department of Water and Power, the US’s largest municipal-owned utility, and instead support renewable energy, energy efficiency and natural gas generation.

Gazprom still looking to acquire European gas-fired plants

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-22)
  • Junior Isles
Gazprom is continuing to push its interest in acquiring combined cycle electric power plants in Europe, even despite cheap coal from the US supressing European gas-fired generation, the company said.

Go ahead for first of UK’s new nuclear plants

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-20)
  • Junior Isles
The UK’s new generation of nuclear power plants moved forward, with French energy giant EDF given the green light to construct the first £14 billion plant at Hinkley Point C, in Somerset.

Private investors raise Kenya’s generation capacity

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-16)
  • David Flin

Kenya’s electricity generation capacity will receive an increase of 80 MW when a new private power project sponsored by local investors reaches completion in the next 12 months.