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Dynegy $900 million deal for Ameren nears completion

  • 11 years ago (2013-12-04)
  • Junior Isles
Houston’s Dynegy Inc. is nearing completion of a deal to acquire St. Louis based Ameren Corp.’s merchant generation unit, including five coal-fired power plants in Illinois.

GE signs further gas turbine contracts worth $700 million with SEC

  • 11 years ago (2013-12-04)
  • Junior Isles
Power giant GE has signed a contract with Saudi Electricity Company (SEC) worth nearly $700 million to supply further F-class combined-cycle gas turbines, and associated services, to Saudi Arabia.

SaudConsult broadens Middle East reach with Egypt acquisition

  • 11 years ago (2013-12-01)
  • Junior Isles
SaudConsult, one of Saudi Arabia’s largest engineering firms, has joined with Egyptian investment funds BPE Power and BPE Investments to acquire a 40 per cent stake in Egyptian firm Power Generation Engineering and Services Company (PGESCo).

India’s Kudankulam nuclear plant unit reaches 40 per cent capacity

  • 11 years ago (2013-12-01)
  • Junior Isles
Generation at India’s much delayed Kudankulam nuclear power plant has touched 400 MW, according to plant officials.

Record UK wind generation puts gas plants on standby

  • 11 years ago (2013-11-30)
  • Junior Isles
UK wind power generation reached record levels this week, prompting RWE AG and SSE to halt gas-fired generation at some plants, leaving them on standby.

RWE cancels 1.2 GW UK Atlantic Array project

  • 11 years ago (2013-11-27)
  • Junior Isles
Germany energy giant RWE has called off its plan to build the world's largest offshore wind farm in British waters ‒ the £4 billion, 1.2 GW Atlantic Array ‒ citing current market conditions and technical problems.

Ontario considers coal-fired ban legislation

  • 11 years ago (2013-11-25)
  • Junior Isles
Ontario may become the first place in North America to ban coal-fired electricity generation outright, according to Premier Kathleen Wynne.

FERC report shows substantial US renewable additions

  • 11 years ago (2013-11-22)
  • Junior Isles
US power generation companies installed over 500 MW of solar power and over 100 MW of biomass during October, according to a report by the US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Bangladesh doubles generating capacity

  • 11 years ago (2013-11-22)
  • Junior Isles
Government officials have announced that in just five years Bangladesh has more than doubled its available power generation, from 5000 MW to 10 000 MW.

Exxon selling its share in Hong Kong’s Capco

  • 11 years ago (2013-11-20)
  • Junior Isles
US power giant ExxonMobil is selling its 60 per cent share in Hong Kong power generation firm Castle Peak Power (Capco) to CLP Holdings and China Southern Power Grid, according to a CLP announcement.