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Renewables show progress despite uncertainties

  • 13 years ago (2012-06-12)
  • Junior Isles

Renewable energy sources supplied 16.7 per cent of the total energy consumed in 2011, though investment into renewables was still 15 per cent lower than the $302 billion put into fossil fuels, two reports published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) have said.

India to supply 500 MW to Pakistan

  • 13 years ago (2012-06-12)
  • David Flin

The Indian Government has announced that it will supply 500 MW to Pakistan.

Iowa high court backs MidAmerican’s wind expansion

  • 13 years ago (2012-06-09)
  • David Flin

The Iowa Supreme Court in the USA has upheld a regulatory decision that allowed the state’s largest utility to undertake a huge expansion of wind energy utilisation,  rejecting a challenge from a rival company that claimed that the expansion was unnecessary and unfair to other energy producers.

Ongoing coal supply problems depress Indian generation

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

Coal India Ltd (CIL) has said that ongoing coal shortages mean it can supply only 60 per cent of the required output, below its mandatory 80 per cent commitment. The shortage puts extra pressure on power companies that are already operating at half capacity and this development is likely to mean further power outages and inconvenience for Indian consumers.

Zimbabwe agrees $230 million deal to upgrade power plants

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

Zimbabwe’s government has approved a $230 million power deal between Zimbabwe Power Company (ZPC) and Indian firm WAPCOS Limited to upgrade boilers at three of the country’s thermal power stations, Energy and Power Development minister Elton Mangoma has said.

Kenya’s Thika Power gets $35 million investment boost

  • 13 years ago (2012-06-05)
  • David Flin

Kenya’s Thika Power has received a $35 million investment from the International Finance Corporation (IFC) to help develop an IPP near Nairobi.

Fresh water shortages pose threat to coal and nuclear generation

  • 13 years ago (2012-06-05)
  • Junior Isles

Higher water temperatures and lower river flows due to climate change pose significant operational and cooling problems for nuclear and coal-fired power plants in both the US and Europe, a study published in Nature Climate Change warns.

US plants switch from coal to gas at accelerating rate

  • 13 years ago (2012-06-02)
  • Junior Isles

US power producers increased their natural gas use by 40 per cent year on year to March 2012, as low prices spur a switch from coal, whose share fell 20 per cent, an EIA report has said.

$1.4 billion for Uttar Pradesh power sector

  • 13 years ago (2012-06-02)
  • David Flin

Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister for the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has announced a provision of $1.4 billion in the budget for the state power sector.

German solar generation hits record levels

  • 13 years ago (2012-05-29)
  • Junior Isles

German solar power plants produced an unprecedented 22 GW of electricity through the midday hours of Friday 25th and Saturday 26th of May, equivalent to 20 nuclear power stations running at full capacity, Norbert Allnoch, director of the Institute of the Renewable Energy Industry in Muenster has said.