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Nigerian power privatisation on track

  • 13 years ago (2012-07-19)
  • Junior Isles

The Nigerian Bureau of Public Enterprises (BPE) has received technical and financial proposals from 25 potential investors for the country’s four thermal and two hydro generation power stations, according to a statement from spokesman of the BPE, Chukwuma Nwoko.

Power tariff rise proposed for Bangladesh

  • 13 years ago (2012-07-17)
  • David Flin

The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has proposed a 50 percent increase in the power tariff for bulk users, despite heavy criticism of the move by consumers.

UK tops energy efficiency ranking

  • 13 years ago (2012-07-16)
  • Junior Isles

The ranking is modelled on ACEEE's existing method for ranking US states’ energy efficiency, and grades 12 of the world's key economies on a scale of 100 possible points, in 27 separate categories.

Pakistan suffers hydro troubles

  • 13 years ago (2012-07-14)
  • Junior Isles

Hydro power capacity has in Pakistan reportedly fallen by 1000 MW compared to last year due to diminished dam inflows and ill-advised government strategy to generate electricity when inflows were too low, leading to a greater shortage and lower water levels.

Japan eyes electricity deregulation to boost competition

  • 13 years ago (2012-07-14)
  • David Flin

A panel set up by Japan’s Industry Ministry to look into structural weaknesses in the country’s electricity industry in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster has submitted draft proposals to overhaul the power sector.

Funding shortage delays implementation of Bangladesh IPPs

  • 13 years ago (2012-07-10)
  • David Flin

Abul Kalam Azad, the Bangladesh Power Secretary, has said that some IPP projects in the country are facing a funding shortage that is delaying their implementation.

10 MW solar project under construction in Ontario, Canada

  • 13 years ago (2012-07-07)
  • David Flin

International Power Canada (IPC) has announced that construction has started at the $50 million Brockville Solar project in Leeds County, Ontario.

IEA report estimates 40 per cent renewables growth by 2017

  • 13 years ago (2012-07-06)
  • Junior Isles

A new “Medium-Term Renewable Energy Market Report 2012” by the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates that renewable generation should grow by 1840 TWh globally between 2011 and 2017, an almost 60 per cent increase on the 1160 TWh growth between 2005 and 2011, and a 40 per cent increase on current generation levels.

Carbon tax blamed for Australian plant closure

  • 13 years ago (2012-07-04)
  • Junior Isles

The New South Wales (NSW) government has partly blamed Australia’s new carbon tax for its decision to shut down Delta Electricity’s 45-year-old Munmorah coal-fired power plant in Hunter Valley.

GT Energy and E.On to develop UK geothermal

  • 13 years ago (2012-07-04)
  • Junior Isles

GT Energy and E.On have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to jointly develop a new wave of urban geothermal power plants in the UK.