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Jordan and Turkey sign nuclear cooperation agreement

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-19)
  • Junior Isles

Amman and Ankara are set to usher in a new era of energy cooperation between Turkey and Jordan, with the signing of a nuclear cooperation agreement.

Report released on Chinese renewables

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-17)
  • Junior Isles

A new report titled "China Renewable Energy Market Outlook” has been released detailing every segment of the renewable energy industry in China; including wind, solar, hydropower, biomass, geothermal and tidal.

Karnataka continues to expand thermal generation

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-15)
  • Junior Isles

The Indian state of Karnataka hopes to commission the third unit of the Bellary Thermal Power Station (BTPS) before July 2014 in its bid to ease the severe power shortage in the state.

India’s great renewables potential

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-11)
  • Junior Isles

Renewable energy sources can play an important role in increasing India's energy security, according to The World Bank. It said 68 000 MW of power costing less than Rs 6 per unit can be generated in the subcontinent.

Scotland to host the UK’s first CCS site

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-10)
  • Junior Isles

Shell, Petrofac and Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) have joined an ambitious bid to turn Peterhead power station into the UK’s first carbon capture and storage plant, which would see carbon dioxide emissions pumped into an empty North Sea gas field.

Dong open's first UK power plant

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-10)
  • Junior Isles

Dong Energy A/S, Denmark’s biggest utility, has inaugurated its first power station in the UK, the gas fired Severn Power station at Uskmouth in south Wales.

Toshiba awarded $500m hydro contract

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-07)
  • Junior Isles

Toshiba’s US business has secured a $500m hydro power equipment supply deal with Consumers Energy and Detroit Edison.

Mesquite Solar 1 to commence construction

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-07)
  • Junior Isles

Sempra Generation's ambitious Mesquite Solar 1 project is scheduled to begin construction in mid-2011 and will be completed by 2013.

New thermal unit pushes Iran’s generation over 60 000 MW

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-06)
  • Junior Isles

Iran’s electricity generation capacity has increased to 60 000 MW after the inauguration of a new gas unit in Semnan’s combined cycle power plant in northern Iran.

Brazil reneges on non-fossil promise

  • 13 years ago (2011-02-04)
  • Junior Isles

Brazil is seeking proposals for natural gas power plants barely two months after releasing an official energy plan that said the country would not build new electricity projects powered by fossil fuels.