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World needs $48 trillion to meet energy needs to 2035

  • 11 years ago (2014-06-04)
  • Junior Isles

Meeting the world’s growing need for energy will require more than $48 trillion in investment over the period to 2035, according to a special report on investment released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) as part of the World Energy Outlook series.

EPA reveals power plant emissions proposals

  • 11 years ago (2014-06-04)
  • Junior Isles
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally unveiled its proposals for new federal regulation of the power sector, with a target that carbon dioxide emissions from power generation must be cut by 30 per cent on 2005 levels by 2030.

Russia’s Altai region investing in solar

  • 11 years ago (2014-06-01)
  • Junior Isles
Russia plans to invest up to $147 million new solar PV and hybrid power plants in the country’s southern Altai region, near Kazakhstan, according to Avelar, a state-run green construction firm.

Inter RAO considering 8 GW coal plant to supply China

  • 11 years ago (2014-05-29)
  • Junior Isles
Russia's Inter RAO UES is looking into constructing the world's largest coal-fired power plant to supply China, in further signs of increased economic and political ties between the two BRIC nations.

Iraq to see gas shortage continue out to 2018

  • 11 years ago (2014-05-26)
  • Junior Isles
The Iraqi oil ministry has revealed that it is expecting the current shortage of natural gas for power generation to continue until 2018.

Russia and China agree key gas deal

  • 11 years ago (2014-05-22)
  • Junior Isles
Russia and China have finally signed a landmark energy deal this week which will see Gazprom provide natural gas to fuel China’s growing demand for the next 30 years.

Spanish Isotron to construct 5 MW Bolivian solar plant

  • 11 years ago (2014-05-19)
  • Junior Isles
The Bolivian government has hired Isotron SAU, a unit of Spanish firm Isastur, to construct its first solar power plant in the northern region of Pando, bordering Brazil and Peru.

UK government announces cuts for large-scale solar

  • 11 years ago (2014-05-16)
  • Junior Isles
The UK government is drastically scaling down its support for large solar energy farms, in a move aimed at refocusing the renewable support budget from next April but likely to hurt the solar industry and constrain green jobs.

Eskom postpones Koeberg bid selection

  • 11 years ago (2014-05-16)
  • Junior Isles

South Africa’s state-owned generating utility, Eskom, has postponed the selection of the winning bid to replace six steam generators at the Koeberg nuclear power station.

Chinese economic lull slows power output

  • 11 years ago (2014-05-14)
  • Junior Isles
China has seen its power output growth slow to the lowest level in 11 months this April, as suppressed factory production growth contributed to a general economic slowdown in the world’s second largest economy.