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GE announces intention to enter Japanese power gen business

  • 12 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.

US energy efficiency order praised by environmental and industrial lobbies

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-05)
  • Junior Isles

President Barack Obama has encouraged US government agencies to incentivise industrial energy efficiency through emissions trading, grants and loans, in an Executive Order signed last week.

Fire worsens power situation in Mindanao, Philippines

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-04)
  • David Flin

A fire at the Agus Power Plant in Mindanao resulted in a shutdown of the units, and data from the National Grid Corporation of the Philippines showed that Mindanao experienced a power deficiency of 320 MW.

New Japanese power plan replaces nuclear with renewables

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-01)
  • Junior Isles

Japanese Environment Minister Goshi Hosono has released Japan’s new post-Fukushima power strategy, which aims to boost the generating capacity of four renewable energy sources by more than six-fold and make it possible to eliminate all nuclear power, all by 2030.

Fire causes power blackout in Cyprus

  • 13 years ago (2012-09-01)
  • David Flin

Large parts of Cyprus were plunged into darkness after what appeared to be an explosion at the Vasiliko Power Station in Moni, bringing memories of last year’s fatal explosion at Mari.

Iran’s power expansion on track to reach 2016 target

  • 13 years ago (2012-08-31)
  • Junior Isles

Iran has increased its electricity generation capacity by 4 GW since March 20th 2011, the beginning of the previous Iranian calendar year, deputy energy minister Mohammad Behzad has said. Iran’s total power generating capacity currently stands at 65.2 GW.

South Korea to invest in two hydropower projects in Pakistan

  • 13 years ago (2012-08-28)
  • David Flin

A delegation from South Korea’s Ministry for National Restoration has expressed keen interest for investing in the construction of the 4500 MW Diamer Bhasha Dam project and the 969 MW Neelum-Jhelum hydropower project.

Germany’s green energy policy to force consumer price rises

  • 13 years ago (2012-08-27)
  • Junior Isles

Germany's green energy strategy is destined to cause upset as the costs of new renewable power generation units and transmissions must be passed on to consumers, Tuomo Hatakka, head of the German unit of Swedish energy group Vattenfall has said.

IHI Corp makes first venture into power generation

  • 13 years ago (2012-08-25)
  • Junior Isles

IHI Corp. has announced it has acquired a 50 per cent stake in each of US utility Exelon Corp’s five power plants in California. This move is IHI's first entry into large-scale commercial power generation.