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UK grants offshore wind triple market electricity price

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-29)
  • David Flin
The UK will pay offshore wind developers triple the market price for electricity they generate under a subsidy programme to boost renewable energy.

Sri Lanka’s power authority to continue with fuel surcharge

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-25)
  • David Flin
Sri Lanka’s state-run power authority, the Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB), will continue to bill the fuel surcharge it added despite a marked increase in hydropower generation in the country.

HECO asks regulators to approve low-cost power generation

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-22)
  • David Flin
Hawaiian Electric Co. is asking US state regulators for permission to negotiate with the developers of five renewable energy projects that want to sell electricity to the utility for one-third less than HECO’s current cost of generating power.

GE and RDIF launch joint micro plant project

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-19)
  • Junior Isles
US multinational General Electric (GE) and the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) are to sign a memorandum of understanding launching a joint venture to construct an array of miniature power plants for manufacturing companies across Russia.

Ballard launches next generation fuel cell system

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-18)
  • David Flin
Ballard Power Systems has announced the launch of the next-generation ElectraGen ME backup power system for use in the telecom market.

Namibia studies biomass power generation

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-15)
  • David Flin
Namibia’s state power utility NamPower said that results of a pre-feasibility study on the use of biomass for power generation in the country are promising, and it has given the go-ahead to continue with a full-scale feasibility study, while also investigating the feasibility of a hybrid biomass-concentrated solar power plant.

Marubeni to explore joint power projects in South East Asia

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-14)
  • Junior Isles
Japanese trading house Marubeni Corp., Japan’s biggest non-utility power investor, will look into building generation plants in Southeast Asia with Thailand’s state-owned PTT Plc.

ZPC looks to China to fund power expansions

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-12)
  • Junior Isles
Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) is in talks with the Exim Bank of China over the potential financing of the expansion of Hwange Power Station, according to a government official.

Mitsui to participate in power generation project in South Africa

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-11)
  • David Flin
Mitsui will participate in two power generation projects that are the first large-scale IPP projects in South Africa.

Australia’s power generation falls to 3-year low

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-08)
  • David Flin
According to a report from energy consultants Pitt & Sherry, annualised electricity generation in Australia fell to a 3-year low in April, at 10.3 TWh, following the closure of some energy intensive users such as the Kurri Kurri aluminium smelter in New South Wales.