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Alstom announces €225 million Iraqi power equipment deal

  • 11 years ago (2014-04-15)
  • Junior Isles
French multinational power giant Alstom has won a contract worth approximately €225 million ($312 million) to provide power generation equipment to Iraq’s 1642 MW Al-Anbar gas-fired combined-cycle power plant.

Iran to start nuclear expansion this year

  • 11 years ago (2014-04-14)
  • Junior Isles
Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Iranian Atomic Energy Organization (AEOI), has said that Iran expects to begin construction of its second nuclear plant, using ‘local experts’, as early as this year.

Chinese consortium to fund two 660 MW Pakistani plants

  • 11 years ago (2014-04-13)
  • Junior Isles
An unnamed Chinese consortium is to build two new 660 MW power plants in the Pakistani province of Sahiwal, according to news reports.

AEP predicts stronger role for coal than previously thought

  • 11 years ago (2014-04-10)
  • Junior Isles
Ohio based American Electric Power (AEP), one of the US’ largest power utilities, has updated its forecast energy mix for 2020, revising its estimate for coal-fired generation to 51 per cent from its previous projection of 46 per cent, according to company spokesperson Tammy Ridout.

Zanzibar looking to cut power dependence on Tanzania

  • 11 years ago (2014-04-09)
  • Junior Isles
The semi-autonomous Zanzibar government is considering plans to generate its own regional power and cut its dependence on the Tanzania mainland, according to media reports.

EIA data shows continuing US gas boom

  • 11 years ago (2014-04-08)
  • Junior Isles
New data from the US EIA shows that natural gas-fired power plants accounted for more than 50 per cent of new utility-scale generating capacity added in the US during 2013, and that California alone accounted for half of all capacity additions.

Indian wind firm plans expansion

  • 11 years ago (2014-04-07)
  • Junior Isles
Indian renewables firm Bharat Light and Power Pvt Ltd. (BLP) is aiming to more than quadruple its current 200 MW generation capacity to 1 GW in the next five years, according to its founder, president and CEO Tejpreet Singh Chopra.

Tata’s total generation capacity to top 9 GW

  • 11 years ago (2014-04-04)
  • Junior Isles
Tata Power has revealed that the completion of its current 850 MW of power projects would see it take its overall global generation capacity to more than 9000 MW.

Egypt approves industrial coal-fired generation

  • 11 years ago (2014-04-04)
  • Junior Isles
Egypt's cabinet has this week approved the use of coal for industrial power generation, concluding a national debate over whether the energy-intensive cement industry should be allowed to use the most polluting fuel source.

Poland calls for stronger EU energy union

  • 11 years ago (2014-04-02)
  • Junior Isles
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has floated the idea of a new EU treaty, saying that the EU should cover up to 75 per cent of the cost of creating a more efficient, integrated gas network, including gas infrastructure, pipelines and interconnectors between member states.