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CASE begins work on 600 MW project in Zimbabwe

  • 11 years ago (2013-12-13)
  • Junior Isles
China Africa Sunlight Energy (CASE) has begun work on its $1.3 billion, 600 MW thermal power plant and coal mine in Zimbabwe’s Matabeleland north this week, according to local media reports.

EBRD scraps support for coal-fired power projects

  • 11 years ago (2013-12-11)
  • Junior Isles
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to scrap most of its assistance for coal-fired power generation, after a vote on a new investment strategy by the lender’s board.

Mexico reveals power privatisation bill in the senate

  • 11 years ago (2013-12-10)
  • Junior Isles
Mexico has revealed an energy bill in its senate which would end the state’s monopoly over the power generation sector, opening up power generation to private firms.

EDF and EREN acquire stakes in India’s ACME Solar

  • 11 years ago (2013-12-06)
  • Junior Isles
French green energy companies, EDF EN and EREN, have each acquired a 25 per cent stake in New Delhi based ACME Solar Energy Ltd, the solar energy arm of ACME Cleantech Solutions, in a deal worth over €65 million.

Rosatom partners with Rolls-Royce in preparation for UK nuclear entry

  • 11 years ago (2013-12-06)
  • Junior Isles
Russian State Atomic Energy Corporation (Rosatom) and the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change have signed a memorandum of understanding relating to the UK’s new generation of nuclear plants.

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.