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Nigeria seeks $450 million from IDB for electricity development

  • 11 years ago (2013-08-10)
  • David Flin
Nigeria is seeking around $450 million from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to help raise the country’s total electricity generation capacity to 20,000MW, while already facing debts of around $6.67 billion.

GDF Suez to sell stake in Portuguese power assets

  • 11 years ago (2013-08-07)
  • Junior Isles
GDF Suez SA has agreed to sell 50 per cent of its stake in a selection of thermal and renewable power generation assets in Portgual to Japan’s Marubeni Corp, according to media reports.

MENA needs $150 billion investment in power generation

  • 11 years ago (2013-08-06)
  • David Flin
A joint report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) said that strong economic and demographic growth has led to an increase in energy demand to in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region.

Nepal Government scraps 11,000MW of hydropower generation licenses

  • 11 years ago (2013-08-03)
  • David Flin
The government of Nepal has dismissed over 600 licenses which allowed private firms to generate 11,000MW of hydropower capacity.

Morocco tenders for 300 MW of concentrated solar

  • 11 years ago (2013-08-02)
  • Junior Isles
The Moroccan government has announced tenders for a pair of concentrated solar power plants with a generation capacity of 200 MW and 100 MW, respectively to be built near the south-Moroccan city of Ouarzazate.

Approval given for 6MW renewables storage trial in UK

  • 11 years ago (2013-07-30)
  • David Flin
A 6MW test facility for renewable energy storage technologies has been approved in the UK.

Thai authorities increase distributed renewables target

  • 11 years ago (2013-07-29)
  • Junior Isles
Thailand has hugely expanded its planned solar energy investments, pledging to secure 25 per cent of the country’s total energy demand from renewable sources.

UK renewable electricity production up 20 per cent in 2012

  • 11 years ago (2013-07-27)
  • David Flin
UK government figures have indicated that electricity generation from renewable sources in the country rose by 20 per cent in 2012.

EIB to stop financing coal-fired generation

  • 11 years ago (2013-07-24)
  • Junior Isles
The EU's main lending arm, the European Investment Bank (EIB), has said it will cease financing coal-fired power generation in order to help the EU reduce pollution and meet its climate targets.

Iraq signs deal to import Iranian gas for power generation

  • 11 years ago (2013-07-23)
  • David Flin
Iraq has signed an agreement to import natural gas from Iran for power generation.