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TransAlta and MidAmerican in joint foray into Canadian power

  • 11 years ago (2012-10-31)
  • Junior Isles
TransAlta Corp. is joining with Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a subsidiary of billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, to build natural gas-fired power plants in Canada.

World’s largest offshore wind farm generates power

  • 11 years ago (2012-10-30)
  • David Flin

The first power has been generated from the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array project, located around 12 miles off the coasts of Kent and Essex in the Thames Estuary in the UK.

Bihar State Electricity Board’s financial restructuring approved

  • 11 years ago (2012-10-27)
  • David Flin

The government of the Indian state of Bihar has approved a transfer scheme and financial restructuring plan to effect the transfer and distribution of human resources, properties, assets and liabilities of the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) among the five new power companies constituted under the provisions of the 2003 Electricity Act.

Chinese nuclear target revised down to 40 GW by 2015

  • 11 years ago (2012-10-26)
  • Junior Isles
As part of post-Fukushima adjustments to its nuclear policy, the Chinese government has lowered its target for construction of nuclear power plants by 2015, notably by abandoning the construction more nuclear reactors at inland locations.

EDF Energies Nouvelles commissions 56 MW solar power plant in France

  • 11 years ago (2012-10-24)
  • David Flin

EDF Energies Nouvelles has commissioned its Massangis solar power plant, with an installed capacity of 56 MW, located in the Bourgogne region of France.

New data shows variability still plagues German renewables

  • 11 years ago (2012-10-23)
  • Junior Isles
New data from Germany's Fraunhofer Institute reinforces worries about the variability of wind and solar power in Germany, giving a detailed picture of the first 40 weeks of 2012 from Jan. 1 to Oct. 7.

Aggreko to increase its Chinese operation

  • 11 years ago (2012-10-21)
  • Junior Isles
Aggreko plc, the world's largest temporary power generation company, is planning to greatly expand its Chinese business, which began operation in 2006.

FERC reveals fall in new power plants

  • 11 years ago (2012-10-19)
  • Junior Isles
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has revealed that fewer new power plants entered service in the first nine months of 2012 than during the same period in 2011, despite generators building more wind farms and solar facilities in 2012.

United Tech to sell power systems business for $400 million

  • 11 years ago (2012-10-18)
  • Junior Isles
United Technologies Corp. has agreed to sell its electric power systems business, inherited from Goodrich Corp., to French aerospace manufacturer Safran SA for $400 million.

Energy efficiency subsidy could cut UK demand by 40 per cent

  • 11 years ago (2012-10-16)
  • David Flin

A report from the UK think tank Green Alliance has said that an electricity efficiency feed-in traiff (EE FiT) paying projects that can demonstrate measured electricity use savings should be introduced into the upcoming Energy Bill, as this will introduce a financial incentive for energy efficiency.