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French minister says EDF must justify power production costs

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-23)
  • David Flin

Electricité de France (EDF), the world’s biggest nuclear reactor operator, must justify its costs of power production and sales before the French government makes a decision on raising prices, according the Delphine Batho, the French Energy Minister.

Chinese wind generation eclipses nuclear during 2012

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-20)
  • Junior Isles
China generated 2 per cent more electricity from wind than nuclear during 2012, figures released by market analysts show.

Three Nepalese projects get power generation licenses

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-19)
  • David Flin

The Nepalese Government has awarded power generation licenses to three hydropower projects with a combined capacity of 36.36 MW. The promoters of the projects have been asked to complete their financial closures for project development within a year.

Proposed reforms worry Japanese utility executives

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-17)
  • Junior Isles
Proposed reform of the Japanese power industry would deprive utilities of revenue to the extent that they would be incapable of operating current and planned nuclear facilities, according to Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co. and head of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan.

Renewable energy now cheaper option than new fossil fuels in Australia

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-16)
  • David Flin

A study by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) suggests that unsubsidized renewable energy is a cheaper option for electricity generation in Australia than new coal- or gas-fired power stations.

RWE exec warns of lower UK investment without long term energy policy guarantees

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-13)
  • Junior Isles
German energy giant RWE is warning UK officials that it will significantly scale back its investment in the UK unless it gets guarantees over energy policy.

GE signs MoU to build power plant in Nigeria

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-13)
  • David Flin

Chris Bale, from the Nigerian conglomerate Honeywell Group, has announced that the group has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with GE for the construction of a power generation facility.

Power generation in New England drops from last year

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-09)
  • David Flin

Total power generation in the Independent System Operator (ISO) of New England, USA, fell by 2.8 per cent compared with the same month in 2012, according to data released by the grid operator.

Centrica withdraws from new UK nuclear project

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-08)
  • Junior Isles
Centrica has decided to withdraw its proposal from the UK's nuclear re-building program, because of increasing costs and delays, the company has said in a statement.

New figures show German shift away from gas during 2012

  • 11 years ago (2013-02-06)
  • Junior Isles

German gas-fired generation fell by 27 per over the last year according to figures from the National Association of Energy and Water (BDEW).