Articles - Past and present news from The Energy Industry Times
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11 years ago (2013-08-24)
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David Flin
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank, has announced a plan to support investments that will add 1500MW of power generation capacity to the Nigerian national grid over the next 18 months.
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11 years ago (2013-08-21)
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Junior Isles
Huaneng Renewables Corp., a clean energy unit of China’s largest generator China Huaneng Group Corp., has seen its earnings for the first half of 2013 more than double, year-on-year, thanks to a boom in wind power sales.
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11 years ago (2013-08-20)
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David Flin
Thailand’s Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency is expected to invite interested parties to submit proposals for a Napier grass-based electricity generation project.
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11 years ago (2013-08-17)
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Junior Isles
RWE AG, Germany’s second largest utility, will be closing power plants in an attempt to put its electricity generating business back in the black, according to a company statement.
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11 years ago (2013-08-17)
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David Flin
Ghana’s Minister for Energy and Petroleum, Emmanuel Armah-Kofi Buah, has said that the country is on course to achieve it targeted power generation capacity of 5000MW by 2016.
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11 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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11 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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11 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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11 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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11 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.
