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TEPCO considers contingency plans as nuclear plants go dark

  • 13 years ago (2012-03-27)
  • Junior Isles

Tokyo Electric Power Co. (TEPCO) is seeking alternative electricity supplies following the closure of the last of its 17 nuclear reactors.

GE reaches MoU for $10 billion investment in Nigeria

  • 13 years ago (2012-03-27)
  • Junior Isles

General Electric has agreed a memorandum of understanding with Nigeria for $10 billion of investment in new power plants, in which it will have a 10-15 per cent equity stake, a Nigerian power ministry spokesman has said.

Philippine Government urged to nationalise power barges

  • 13 years ago (2012-03-24)
  • David Flin

Teddy Casiño, Representative for the Philippine district of Bayan Muna, has proposed that the government take over privatised power barges in Mindanao as an immediate step to address the reported power crisis in the island.

China considers power gen capital injection

  • 13 years ago (2012-03-23)
  • Junior Isles

Beijing is considering ways of injecting funds into the country's weakened power generation sector, executives at China's largest independent power producer, Huaneng Power International, have said.

Indian Power Ministry to seek 19 percent duty on imported power equipment

  • 13 years ago (2012-03-21)
  • David Flin

India’s Power Ministry has said that it is likely to place its proposal to levy 19 percent duty on imported electricity equipment for large power projects before the Cabinet.

Morocco plans significant generation development

  • 13 years ago (2012-03-20)
  • Junior Isles

Robust growth of electricity demand in Morocco has highlighted the need for significant expansion of generation and transmission capacity in the country.

CLP and China Southern negotiate to acquire stake in Hong Kong power provider

  • 13 years ago (2012-03-17)
  • Junior Isles

Chinese regional power utilities, CLP Holdings and China Southern Power Grid Co, are to pay around $2.8 billion for a 60 per cent stake in Hong Kong power provider Castle Peak Power Co Ltd, currently held by ExxonMobil.

Mozambique firm cuts power to Zimbabwe over $80 million debt

  • 13 years ago (2012-03-16)
  • David Flin

Mozambique’s Hydro Caharo Bassa (HCB) has cut off electricity supplies to Zimbabwe over an outstanding $80 million debt. The move has forced Zimbabwe to intensify load shedding.

China resumes nuclear development one year on from Fukushima

  • 13 years ago (2012-03-15)
  • Junior Isles

China is set to resume construction of 43 new nuclear power plants one year on from Japan’s Fukushima disaster.

Coal’s share of US generation hits rock bottom

  • 13 years ago (2012-03-14)
  • Junior Isles

Coal’s share of US power generation has fallen to an almost 35-year low, as power generators shift to cheaper natural gas.