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India working to increase coal imports for power generation

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-13)
  • David Flin

The Indian government is moving to increase coal imports and electricity generating capacity to reduce a power shortage that is hampering economic growth, Jyotiraditya Scindia, India’s Minister for Power, said.

China considers lowering solar subsidies

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-12)
  • Junior Isles
Draft regulations from China’s National Development and Reform Commission show that it is considering lower than expected subsidies for distributed solar power projects, according to industry insiders.

Demand response in the US electricity market

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-09)
  • David Flin

Demand response in the USA has grown to a point where it can potentially meet about 9.2 per cent (72,000 MW) of national peak demand, a growth of 22 per cent from 2010, according to the annual demand response survey conducted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

RWE to reduce renewables investment by half

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-07)
  • Junior Isles
Germany’s second-largest utility RWE AG (RWE) plans to reduce renewable-energy investment by 50 per cent next year as it attempts to offset falling earnings and reduce debt.

World nuclear power capacity grew in 2012

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-06)
  • David Flin

The world’s nuclear power generation capacity grew again in 2012, after a drop in 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, according to the 2013 Nuclear Technology Review, a draft report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

China encourages distributed power generation

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-02)
  • David Flin

The State Grid Corporation of China, the country’s largest energy distributor, is taking further steps to facilitate the use of distributed power generation.

UK shifts from gas to coal in 2012

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-01)
  • Junior Isles
The UK’s generation mix during 2012 was marked by a profound shift from gas to coal, with coal burn reaching its highest level since 1996 and gas output at its lowest since the same year, according to provisional figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

Tax increases put pressure on Indian coal-fired generators

  • 11 years ago (2013-03-01)
  • Junior Isles
India is to increase import taxes on thermal coal and export duties on bauxite in order to increase government revenue and plug its widening budget deficit, Finance Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram has said.

Jamaica’s OUR reviewing electricity generation proposals

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-26)
  • David Flin

Jamaica’s Office of Utilities Regulation (OUR) has opened a window of opportunity for firms wishing to submit proposals for a new electricity generating plant that would use LNG as its main fuel source.

Thailand moves to coal and renewables

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-23)
  • Junior Isles
A report from the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has stated that Thailand will look to develop new coal-fired power plants and increase the use of renewables as gas reserves in the country decrease.