Articles - Past and present news from The Energy Industry Times
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11 years ago (2013-05-04)
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David Flin
The Kenya National Domestic Biogas Programme (KENDBIP) is expanding the use of manure created by the country’s livestock industry to generate electricity for domestic and industrial use, particularly in areas not connected to the national grid.
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11 years ago (2013-05-03)
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Junior Isles
Russia is to spend 1 trillion rubles ($31.3 billion) to develop a new generation of nuclear power plants. The money, which will be spent through to 2015, will be used to develop plants that will have improved safety design features and water desalination systems.
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11 years ago (2013-05-02)
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David Flin
Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (ODEC) of the USA has announced that it is seeking approval to build the Wildcat Point Generation Facility, a natural gas-fired power generation plant.
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11 years ago (2013-04-30)
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David Flin
The Bangladesh Power Division has announced that the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) is likely to provide about $3.7 billion in the form of a soft loan for setting up a 1200 MW coal-fired power plant in Cox’s Bazar.
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11 years ago (2013-04-28)
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Junior Isles
Japan’s new government will look to a new generation of coal-fired plants to solve its continuing power woes post-Fukushima. The environmental assessment and approval period for new coal-fired plants is to be shortened from four years to one, as Japan looks for a medium-term replacement for its idled nuclear industry.
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11 years ago (2013-04-27)
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David Flin
In a bid to facilitate development of alternate sources of energy in Pakistan, the National Electric Power Regulatory Authority (NEPRA) set a rate of $0.134/kWh upfront tariff for wind power generation for the delivery of electricity to the power purchaser.
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11 years ago (2013-04-26)
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David Flin
Bulgaria’s power grid operator ESO has asked the country’s three electricity distribution companies to limit the generation of electricity from renewable energy sources in order to prevent the grid from overloading.
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11 years ago (2013-04-24)
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Junior Isles
Renewable generation including wind and solar PV potentially use 100 times less water than fossil fuel plants, according to the chief climate and sustainability analyst at French utility GDF Suez SA.
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11 years ago (2013-04-24)
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David Flin
Alistair Buchanan, the outgoing Chief Executive of Ofgem, the UK regulator, said at a conference in Dusseldorf that the European Commission is moving too slowly on power generation policy.
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11 years ago (2013-04-20)
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David Flin
US coal consumption by the electric power sector in 2013 will grow by 60-80 million st over 2012 levels, based on strong first quarter demand figures, according to Peabody Energy.
