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Japanese telecoms company to install solar panels on private homes

  • 12 years ago (2012-12-13)
  • Junior Isles
Tokyo based Softbank Corp., one of Japan’s largest mobile-phone carriers, has plans to install solar panels on the rooftops of 1000 homes across the country, allowing it to increase its access to Japan’s clean energy feed-in-tariff.

Texas to face blackout risk in 2013

  • 12 years ago (2012-12-11)
  • David Flin

Power generation reserves in Texas, USA are forecast to fall below the state’s target for summer 2013, increasing the risk of blackouts during the hottest days, according to the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT).

EREF President criticises Ukraine subsidising the ‘traditional sector’

  • 12 years ago (2012-12-10)
  • Junior Isles
Ukraine should move to favour renewable sources of energy and give up subsidies for ‘traditional energy generation’, which still dominates the country’s generation mix, according to Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes, President of the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF).

IDB approves loans for Uruguayan wind farms

  • 12 years ago (2012-12-08)
  • Junior Isles
Two loans worth $107.7 million have been approved by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to finance the construction of the El Libertador and Palmatir wind farms in Uruguay.

US DOE to fund four projects to reduce solar power costs

  • 12 years ago (2012-12-08)
  • David Flin

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it will give $29 million to four projects to reduce the costs of installing solar panels and help utilities figure out how to manage the growing amount of solar electricity that flows into the grids.

Blue Energy to build Africa’s largest solar PV power plant

  • 12 years ago (2012-12-04)
  • David Flin

UK-based Blue Energy has announced that it will build Africa’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, the 155 MW Nzema project in Ghana.

New UK energy bill announced to mixed reaction

  • 12 years ago (2012-12-01)
  • Junior Isles
There has been a mixed response to the UK government’s new Energy Bill, released this week. Some have criticised the bill as introducing additional uncertainty into an already fraught energy policy environment by proposing unconventional new measures to increase energy efficiency.

Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries merge thermal power businesses

  • 12 years ago (2012-12-01)
  • David Flin

Japanese conglomerates Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have agreed to form a joint venture that will integrate their thermal power generation businesses.

IEA report urges action from Korean nuclear industry

  • 12 years ago (2012-11-28)
  • Junior Isles
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that South Korea needs to improve transparency and improve regulation in order to rebuild public trust in nuclear power, after safety scares have caused reactor closures, threatening blackouts.

Power line project in New Mexico plans to improve renewable energy capacity

  • 12 years ago (2012-11-27)
  • David Flin

An independent project that plans to upgrade existing power transmission lines and build new lines in northeast New Mexico and southeast Colorado in the USA is aiming to enable the establishment of a greater number of renewable energy power generation facilities by providing them with the means to ship the electricity to surrounding states.