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United Arab Emirates awards contracts to develop nuclear power

  • 12 years ago (2012-09-22)
  • David Flin

The United Arab Emirates has awarded contracts worth $2 billion to provide, convert and enrich uranium.

European coal resists displacement by gas

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-18)
  • Junior Isles

European coal fired generation is benefiting from a strong euro making gains against the dollar since a court ruling has released the European Central Bank to buy up bonds of troubled Eurozone members.

Japan adopts nuclear power phase-out plan

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-15)
  • David Flin

The Japanese Government has officially adopted a new long-term energy strategy that calls for the elimination of nuclear power generation by the end of the 2030s.

UK wind generation hits record high, gas at record low

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-13)
  • Junior Isles

UK wind power generation reached an all-time high of 3.36 GW this week, while gas-fired generation recorded the lowest generation level on record for a mid-afternoon weekday.

RWE groups plants into pan-European power unit

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-13)
  • Junior Isles

Utility firm RWE AG has announced details of its plan to group its power plants in Germany, the Netherlands and the UK into a single 50 GW pan-European power generation unit.

Canada’s coal-fired emissions regulations criticised

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-11)
  • Junior Isles

The Canadian government has announced a new array of carbon emissions regulations for coal-fired generation, set to take effect July 1, 2015. The new regulations will limit coal-fired power plants to no more than 420 tonnes of carbon dioxide per GWh.

GE and Xtreme Power form strategic alliance

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-11)
  • David Flin

GE Energy Storage and Xtreme Power have formalised a strategic alliance to work together to provide energy storage solutions.

Canada to introduce new coal-fired generation emissions standard

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-08)
  • David Flin

Peter Kent, Canada’s federal Environment Minister, said that the country plans to start applying a new performance standard of 420 mt of CO2/GWh to its coal-fired power plants in 2015.

GE announces intention to enter Japanese power gen business

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-07)
  • Junior Isles

GE has announced plans to expand and enter the power supply business in Japan.

Fortescue forced to sell power station

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-06)
  • Junior Isles

Fortescue Metals Group has confirmed the sale of its Solomon ore mine power station in Pilbara region, Western Australia, to Canada's TransAlta for A$294.9 million ($300m). Fortescue is trimming assets in order to raise the funds to meet its debt obligations in the face of slumping iron ore prices.