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Aggreko to increase its Chinese operation

  • 13 years ago (2012-10-21)
  • Junior Isles
Aggreko plc, the world's largest temporary power generation company, is planning to greatly expand its Chinese business, which began operation in 2006.

FERC reveals fall in new power plants

  • 13 years ago (2012-10-19)
  • Junior Isles
US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has revealed that fewer new power plants entered service in the first nine months of 2012 than during the same period in 2011, despite generators building more wind farms and solar facilities in 2012.

United Tech to sell power systems business for $400 million

  • 13 years ago (2012-10-18)
  • Junior Isles
United Technologies Corp. has agreed to sell its electric power systems business, inherited from Goodrich Corp., to French aerospace manufacturer Safran SA for $400 million.

Energy efficiency subsidy could cut UK demand by 40 per cent

  • 13 years ago (2012-10-16)
  • David Flin

A report from the UK think tank Green Alliance has said that an electricity efficiency feed-in traiff (EE FiT) paying projects that can demonstrate measured electricity use savings should be introduced into the upcoming Energy Bill, as this will introduce a financial incentive for energy efficiency.

ADB-led lenders readying $.14 billion for Bangladesh power sector

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

Four lenders, including the Asian Development Bank (ADB), are readying a fund worth about $1.4 billion for development of the Bangladesh power sector.

India faces rising power prices

  • 13 years ago (2012-10-13)
  • Junior Isles
Indian domestic power producers are facing rising cost of fuel and finance, which has pushed up the cost of generation by as much as 50 per cent over last two years.

Solarstrom plans 440 MW of solar capacity in Spain

  • 13 years ago (2012-10-10)
  • Junior Isles
German renewables developer, SAG Solarstrom AG, is to build 440 MW of solar generation capacity in Spain’s Extremadura region, in conjunction with partners.

BNEF records mediocre quarter for renewables

  • 13 years ago (2012-10-10)
  • Junior Isles
Data from Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) suggests a mediocre third quarter for clean energy investment is likely to make 2012 the first global ‘down’ year in almost a decade.

CEZ says EU settlement deal to sell capacity still valid

  • 13 years ago (2012-10-09)
  • David Flin

Czech company CEZ has said that its plan to sell 800 MW of generation capacity to resolve European Union competition issues remains unchanged after a period of third-party comments on the plan.

UK risks generation shortage due to fall in spare capacity

  • 13 years ago (2012-10-07)
  • Junior Isles
UK energy regulator Ofgem has forecast that the UK will run the risk of electricity generation shortages in the winter of 2015-16, as spare capacity falls from 14 per cent to just 4 per cent due to earlier-than-expected closures of coal-fired power plants under the EU’s large combustion plant directive (LCPD).