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Power minister details India’s ambitious 2012-17 power plan

  • 13 years ago (2012-05-07)
  • Junior Isles

India plans to construct 80 000 MW of generation capacity during its 12th Five Year Plan 2012-17, Power Minister Sushilkumar Shinde has said.

Coal shortage to trigger power tariff increase in Maharashtra

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

The Times of India has reported that a shortage of coal, combined with wet coal problems in 2011, will result in the Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Limited (MSEDCL) putting up its electricity tariff to meet the increased cost of importing power.

Go ahead for South Korea ETS

  • 13 years ago (2012-05-04)
  • Junior Isles

South Korea has passed a law launching its emissions trading scheme (ETS) beginning in 2015, making the country the third in the Asia-Pacific region, and the first in Asia, to commit to a cap-and-trade scheme.

Bahrain inaugurates new power and desalination plant

  • 13 years ago (2012-05-02)
  • Junior Isles

Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, King of Bahrain, has inaugurated Bahrain's largest independent power generation and water desalination plant owned by Al-Dur Power & Water Company.

Bolivia seizes its power grid from Red Eléctrica in nationalisation plan

  • 13 years ago (2012-05-02)
  • Junior Isles

Bolivian president Evo Morales said he is nationalising and seizing control of the main power grid from Spanish-owned Red Eléctrica Corporaciión, which has operated most of Bolivia's electricity distribution since privatisation 15 years ago.

Malaysian firm buys stake in Bahrain power plant

  • 13 years ago (2012-05-01)
  • David Flin

The Bahrain Government and the Malaysian independent power producer Malakoff Corporation Berhad (MCB) have signed an investment agreement in Hidd Power Company (HPC).

Germany’s natural gas transition at risk

  • 13 years ago (2012-04-28)
  • Junior Isles

Wingas GmbH, one of Germany’s largest importers of natural gas, claims the German government needs to improve investment conditions for gas-fired power plants if it is to ensure continued energy security.

TEPCO submits 10-year restructuring plan to government

  • 13 years ago (2012-04-28)
  • David Flin

Japan’s Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) and a state-backed bailout fund have submitted a restructuring plan to the government.

SGCC to sell a $7.9 billion power unit to Shenhua Group

  • 13 years ago (2012-04-26)
  • Junior Isles

State Grid Corp of China (SGCC), the country's largest power transmission and distribution firm, is planning to sell Shenhua Group a coal and power generation unit with assets worth about Yuan50 billion ($7.9 billion), sources have reported.

Australia’s carbon tax to herald shift to natural gas

  • 13 years ago (2012-04-25)
  • Junior Isles

Natural gas is likely to be Australia’s new fuel source of choice in the face of a move away from coal-fired plants, prompted by the country's looming carbon tax, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P).