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Gazprom still looking to acquire European gas-fired plants

  • 12 years ago (2013-03-22)
  • Junior Isles
Gazprom is continuing to push its interest in acquiring combined cycle electric power plants in Europe, even despite cheap coal from the US supressing European gas-fired generation, the company said.

Go ahead for first of UK’s new nuclear plants

  • 12 years ago (2013-03-20)
  • Junior Isles
The UK’s new generation of nuclear power plants moved forward, with French energy giant EDF given the green light to construct the first £14 billion plant at Hinkley Point C, in Somerset.

Private investors raise Kenya’s generation capacity

  • 12 years ago (2013-03-16)
  • David Flin

Kenya’s electricity generation capacity will receive an increase of 80 MW when a new private power project sponsored by local investors reaches completion in the next 12 months.

India working to increase coal imports for power generation

  • 12 years ago (2013-03-13)
  • David Flin

The Indian government is moving to increase coal imports and electricity generating capacity to reduce a power shortage that is hampering economic growth, Jyotiraditya Scindia, India’s Minister for Power, said.

China considers lowering solar subsidies

  • 12 years ago (2013-03-12)
  • Junior Isles
Draft regulations from China’s National Development and Reform Commission show that it is considering lower than expected subsidies for distributed solar power projects, according to industry insiders.

Demand response in the US electricity market

  • 12 years ago (2013-03-09)
  • David Flin

Demand response in the USA has grown to a point where it can potentially meet about 9.2 per cent (72,000 MW) of national peak demand, a growth of 22 per cent from 2010, according to the annual demand response survey conducted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

RWE to reduce renewables investment by half

  • 12 years ago (2013-03-07)
  • Junior Isles
Germany’s second-largest utility RWE AG (RWE) plans to reduce renewable-energy investment by 50 per cent next year as it attempts to offset falling earnings and reduce debt.

World nuclear power capacity grew in 2012

  • 12 years ago (2013-03-06)
  • David Flin

The world’s nuclear power generation capacity grew again in 2012, after a drop in 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, according to the 2013 Nuclear Technology Review, a draft report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

China encourages distributed power generation

  • 12 years ago (2013-03-02)
  • David Flin

The State Grid Corporation of China, the country’s largest energy distributor, is taking further steps to facilitate the use of distributed power generation.

UK shifts from gas to coal in 2012

  • 12 years ago (2013-03-01)
  • Junior Isles
The UK’s generation mix during 2012 was marked by a profound shift from gas to coal, with coal burn reaching its highest level since 1996 and gas output at its lowest since the same year, according to provisional figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).