Articles - Past and present news from The Energy Industry Times
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11 years ago (2014-02-13)
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Junior Isles
The world’s largest solar power plant, the $2.2 billion Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System, has opened in California this week.
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11 years ago (2014-02-13)
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Junior Isles
The New South Wales government is to sell thermal coal generator Macquarie Generation to AGL Energy, Australia’s largest gas and electricity retailer, for A$1.5 billion ($1.3 billion) despite concerns being raised by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
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11 years ago (2014-02-10)
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Junior Isles
Iberdrola owned Scottish Power has revealed that it plans to more than double the generating capacity of the Cruachan hydroelectric power plant in Argyll.
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11 years ago (2014-02-10)
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Junior Isles
Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) has announced a £12 billion scheme to build a series of tidal energy plants in South Wales, including a project to create the world's largest power generating lagoon in Swansea Bay.
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11 years ago (2014-02-07)
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Junior Isles
The European Renewable Energy Council (EREC) has said that this week’s vote in plenary on the European Parliament’s report on ‘A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies’ gives a clear signal that the demand for three binding targets for greenhouse gas emissions reductions, renewable energy sources and energy efficiency prevails.
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11 years ago (2014-02-06)
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Junior Isles
Japan’s Fukushima province, still suffering in the aftermath of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear disaster, has said that it will commit to 100 per cent renewable power generation by 2040 through a variety of local community initiatives.
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11 years ago (2014-02-04)
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Junior Isles
Ireland’s funding for renewable energy schemes will be scaled back from ‘elevated levels’ once EU targets are met, according to influential stockbrokers Davy Group.
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11 years ago (2014-02-02)
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Junior Isles
The Federation of German Industry (BDI) has warned that the German government's recent energy plans will jeopardise jobs in the country, with the proposal to force firms generating their own electricity to pay extra to support renewables being most problematic .
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11 years ago (2014-01-30)
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Junior Isles
NEM Energy b.v. (NEM) has been awarded a contract for the supply of a three-pressure Benson heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) with reheat for the 414 MW San Gabriel combined cycle power plant (CCPP) in the Philippines.
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11 years ago (2014-01-29)
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Junior Isles
Declines in the profitability of conventional power plants will force RWE to write down €3.3 billion worth of assets in the German utility giant’s 2013 earnings report, according to a company statement, with some analysts speculating that RWE will declare a net loss.