French-Swiss power company Alstom has announced that it is to partner with Shanghai Electric Group (SEC) to create a joint venture in supplying boilers for coal-fired power generating facilities, the company said.
Gulf states must add about 8 GW of power generation capacity per year to cope with growing demand, Dr Abdullah Al Shehri, CEO of Saudi Arabia's Electricity and Co-generation Regulatory Authority (ECRA), has said at the Dubai Global Energy Forum.
A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. has said it has reached an agreement to build a new combined heat and power plant in China worth an estimated $75 million.
Total global generation from renewable energy sources outpaced nuclear energy for the first time in 2010, a report from a US think tank shows.
Tanzania is seeking international and domestic investors for wind generation projects to boost power output in the country.
South Korea will not scrap nuclear power as it is an important source of energy for the resources-starved nation, said prime minister Kim Hwang-sik, amid heightened concern about the safety of atomic power plants following Japan's nuclear crisis.
The Nuclear Safety Commission of Japan has decided to raise the severity rating of the Fukushima nuclear crisis to the highest level, seven.
Wind power is currently second in adding new generation capacity in the US, close behind natural gas, according to the American Wind Energy Association (AWEA).
China has revealed it is keen to invest $10 to $15 billion in developing the Pakistani power sector .
Natural gas supplies to Pakistani independent power producers (IPPs) have been affected badly by a rupture in one of the main pipelines, causing reduction in electricity generation capacity by 1000 MW, said a senior official of the Pakistan Electric Power Company (Pepco).