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UK MPs decide against bringing forward decarbonisation target

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-06)
  • Junior Isles
UK MPs have voted down an amendment to the government's Energy Bill which would have forced through tougher carbon targets from 2014 and limited new gas plants being built after 2020.

Private sector accounts for 40 per cent of Iran’s electricity production

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-04)
  • David Flin
Mohammad Behzad, the Iranian Deputy Energy Minister, has announced that the country’s private sector accounts for 40 per cent of Iran’s total electricity generation.

Abe administration likely to propose nuclear restart

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-01)
  • Junior Isles
Japan is set to push for restart of idled nuclear reactors as an integral part of its new economic growth plan, according to a leaked draft of a cabinet document.

Bulgaria lifts restrictions on renewable electricity generation

  • 11 years ago (2013-06-01)
  • David Flin
Bulgaria’s Ministry of Economy has ordered the Electricity System Operator (ESO) to stop imposing restrictions on the production of energy by wind farms and photovoltaic plants on a regular basis.

Philippines power utility FPHC plans $3 billion capacity expansion

  • 11 years ago (2013-05-30)
  • Junior Isles
First Philippine Holdings Corp. (FPHC) will expand its power generation portfolio with $3.14 billion in investments, according to a company executive.

Mexican distributed power generation market poised for steady growth

  • 11 years ago (2013-05-30)
  • David Flin
According to a new report from Frost & Sullivan, Analysis of the Mexican Distributed Market, the distributed power generation market in Mexico is expected to grow steadily.

No duty on India captive power generation

  • 11 years ago (2013-05-28)
  • David Flin
India’s state government has exempted payment of electricity duty on captive generation of electricity for self-consumption.

Planning approval for RWE-SSE £1billion offshore windfarm

  • 11 years ago (2013-05-27)
  • Junior Isles
Power firms SSE and npower, a subsidiary of RWE, have been given permission for construction of a £1 billion, 140 turbine wind farm off the British coast.

TAG to transfer stake in New Zealand power generator to Coronado Resources

  • 11 years ago (2013-05-25)
  • David Flin
The Canadian company TAG Oil has announced that it has agreed to sell its 90 per cent stake in Opunake Hydro Limited (OHL), an electricity generator and supplier in New Zealand, to Coronado Resources, the Canadian mining company, in exchange for common shares of Coronado valued at approximately $4 million.

Goldman Sachs to invest in Japanese renewables

  • 11 years ago (2013-05-23)
  • Junior Isles
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. is looking to invest as much as $487 million (50 billion yen) into Japanese renewable energy projects over the next five years, the company has said.