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Canada to appeal WTO ruling on Ontario FiT

  • 11 years ago (2012-12-20)
  • Junior Isles
Canada will appeal against a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling, which could scupper Ontario’s new green energy Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) programme, aimed at encouraging renewable generation in the province.

Insufficient gas supply hampers operations of four power stations in Nigeria

  • 11 years ago (2012-12-19)
  • David Flin

Despite claims by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) that it has surplus gas for power generation, the operations of four power stations across Nigeria have been hampered by insufficient gas supply from the Nigerian Gas Company (NGC), a subsidiary of NNPC.

Grid upgrades to accommodate more renewables in N.Ireland given the go-ahead

  • 11 years ago (2012-12-18)
  • Junior Isles
The Northern Irish Utility Regulator has approved a £44 million plan to have Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) upgrade its electricity transmission system to enable more renewables such as wind farms to connect to the grid.

Spanish Senate backs 7 per cent tax on power production

  • 11 years ago (2012-12-15)
  • David Flin

Spain’s Senate has approved a reform of its energy sector that includes a 7 per cent tax on electricity generation that is likely to cost power producers hundreds of millions of euros.

Japanese telecoms company to install solar panels on private homes

  • 11 years ago (2012-12-13)
  • Junior Isles
Tokyo based Softbank Corp., one of Japan’s largest mobile-phone carriers, has plans to install solar panels on the rooftops of 1000 homes across the country, allowing it to increase its access to Japan’s clean energy feed-in-tariff.

Texas to face blackout risk in 2013

  • 11 years ago (2012-12-11)
  • David Flin

Power generation reserves in Texas, USA are forecast to fall below the state’s target for summer 2013, increasing the risk of blackouts during the hottest days, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

EREF President criticises Ukraine subsidising the ‘traditional sector’

  • 11 years ago (2012-12-10)
  • Junior Isles
Ukraine should move to favour renewable sources of energy and give up subsidies for ‘traditional energy generation’, which still dominates the country’s generation mix, according to Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes, President of the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF).

IDB approves loans for Uruguayan wind farms

  • 11 years ago (2012-12-08)
  • Junior Isles
Two loans worth $107.7 million have been approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to finance the construction of the El Libertador and Palmatir wind farms in Uruguay.

US DOE to fund four projects to reduce solar power costs

  • 11 years ago (2012-12-08)
  • David Flin

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it will give $29 million to four projects to reduce the costs of installing solar panels and help utilities figure out how to manage the growing amount of solar electricity that flows into the grids.

Blue Energy to build Africa’s largest solar PV power plant

  • 11 years ago (2012-12-04)
  • David Flin

UK-based Blue Energy has announced that it will build Africa’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, the 155 MW Nzema project in Ghana.