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KESC plans $400 million investment on power generation

  • 12 years ago (2012-11-10)
  • David Flin

Pakistan power utility Karachi Electricity Supply Company (KESC) plans to invest about $400 million over the next two to three years to increase its generation capacity and upgrade generation fleet capacity.

German solar PV up 50 per cent on 2011

  • 12 years ago (2012-11-07)
  • Junior Isles
Figures from the German Federal Association of Energy and Water Industries (BDEW) show solar PV generation has increased by more than 50 per cent in 2012 compared to 2011.

UAE’s expected power investment outlined in BMI report

  • 12 years ago (2012-11-06)
  • Junior Isles
The UAE is expected to spend over $8 billion on electricity generation over the next eight years, increasing annual generation to more than over 53 TWh by end-2021, according to Business Monitor International (BMI).

Eletrobras slumps to seven-year low

  • 12 years ago (2012-11-06)
  • David Flin

Centrais Eletricas Brasileiras (Eletrobras) has slumped to its lowest price in seven years as a worse than expected compensation proposal by Brazil’s government triggered a selloff.

China makes huge year on year gains in solar PV

  • 12 years ago (2012-11-05)
  • Junior Isles
The installed capacity of solar PV connected to the China State Grid, China's largest power grid operator, in September was up 415 per cent year on year, China’s State Electricity Regulatory Commission (SERC) has said.

Osaka Hikari-no-mori project receives support from seven Japanese firms

  • 12 years ago (2012-11-03)
  • David Flin

The Osaka Hikari-no-mori Project (Osaka Forest of Light Project) has now commenced, following the announcement that it will be supported by a consortium of seven Japanese companies: Jupiter Telecommunications, Sumitomo Corporation, Sumitomo Electric Industries, Daihen Corporation, Hitachi Zosen Corporation, Rengo, and NTT Facilities.

Hitachi wins rights to UK’s new £700 million nuclear project

  • 12 years ago (2012-10-31)
  • Junior Isles
Japan's Hitachi has signed a £700 million ($1.13 billion) deal giving it rights to build a new generation of power plants in the UK, effectively restarting the UK's stalled nuclear expansion plans.

TransAlta and MidAmerican in joint foray into Canadian power

  • 12 years ago (2012-10-31)
  • Junior Isles
TransAlta Corp. is joining with Iowa-based MidAmerican Energy Holdings Co., a subsidiary of billionaire Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway, to build natural gas-fired power plants in Canada.

World’s largest offshore wind farm generates power

  • 12 years ago (2012-10-30)
  • David Flin

The first power has been generated from the world’s largest offshore wind farm, the London Array project, located around 12 miles off the coasts of Kent and Essex in the Thames Estuary in the UK.

Bihar State Electricity Board’s financial restructuring approved

  • 12 years ago (2012-10-27)
  • David Flin

The government of the Indian state of Bihar has approved a transfer scheme and financial restructuring plan to effect the transfer and distribution of human resources, properties, assets and liabilities of the Bihar State Electricity Board (BSEB) among the five new power companies constituted under the provisions of the 2003 Electricity Act.