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Iran’s power expansion on track to reach 2016 target

  • 11 years ago (2012-08-31)
  • Junior Isles

Iran has increased its electricity generation capacity by 4 GW since March 20th 2011, the beginning of the previous Iranian calendar year, deputy energy minister Mohammad Behzad has said. Iran’s total power generating capacity currently stands at 65.2 GW.

South Korea to invest in two hydropower projects in Pakistan

  • 11 years ago (2012-08-28)
  • David Flin

A delegation from South Korea’s Ministry for National Restoration has expressed keen interest for investing in the construction of the 4500 MW Diamer Bhasha Dam project and the 969 MW Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project.

Germany’s green energy policy to force consumer price rises

  • 11 years ago (2012-08-27)
  • Junior Isles

Germany's green energy strategy is destined to cause upset as the costs of new renewable power generation units and transmissions must be passed on to consumers, Tuomo Hatakka, head of the German unit of Swedish energy group Vattenfall has said.

IHI Corp makes first venture into power generation

  • 11 years ago (2012-08-25)
  • Junior Isles

IHI Corp. has announced it has acquired a 50 per cent stake in each of US utility Exelon Corp’s five power plants in California. This move is IHI's first entry into large-scale commercial power generation.

Food waste power plant connects to grid in USA

  • 11 years ago (2012-08-25)
  • David Flin

Columbia Biogas has announced that it has entered into a Small Generator Interconnection Agreement with PacifiCorp Transmission to connect its commercial food waste to energy plant in Portland, Oregon, USA to PacifiCorp’s Killingsworth substation.

US court strikes down EPA’s cross-state air pollution rule

  • 11 years ago (2012-08-23)
  • Junior Isles

Southern Co., Edison International and other US generators have won their case against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), gaining more time to upgrade their most polluting coal plants.

Northern Indian states face further power cuts

  • 11 years ago (2012-08-21)
  • Junior Isles

India’s northern states could face further power cuts as three hydropower plants, together supplying almost 3000 MW to the region, have been shut down.

Vietnam faces serious power shortage

  • 11 years ago (2012-08-21)
  • David Flin

Nguyen Anh Tuan of the Vietnam Institute of Energy has said that the country will soon face a serious power shortage if it fails to come up with increased power generation capacity.

Orix to invest $1.25 bn into new solar projects

  • 11 years ago (2012-08-17)
  • Junior Isles

Orix Corp. President Makoto Inoue has said that his firm plans to invest 100 billion yen ($1.25 billion) over three years to build solar power plants at dozens of locations across Japan with a total generating capacity of 400 MW.

Pike report outlines potential of distributed generation

  • 11 years ago (2012-08-17)
  • Junior Isles

A new report from Pike Research has cast doubt on the sustainability of traditional centralised power generation, transmission, and distribution. The report claims this conventional power model is becoming more costly to maintain, compared with distributed alternatives, particularly given the expansion required to meet the needs of growing populations.