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UK surges ahead on offshore wind construction

  • 13 years ago (2011-07-30)
  • Junior Isles

The UK has built more offshore wind power generation in the first six months of 2011 than any other country in the world, accounting for almost all the offshore turbines erected so far in Europe this year.

TEPCO’s cost structure drawing scrutiny by monitoring panel

  • 13 years ago (2011-07-29)
  • David Flin

A Japanese government panel has said that it will thoroughly check Tokyo Electric Power Company’s (TEPCO’s) cost structure and how it has been reflected in electricity bills to see if its rates are appropriate.

Kailuan Energy and Syngas sign Letter of Intent

  • 13 years ago (2011-07-27)
  • David Flin

The Australian firm Syngas and the Chinese company Kailuan Energy Chemical have announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent. The companies aim to implement above ground coal gasification and coal-to-liquid projects, and to successfully develop and operate biomass power generation projects.

UAE to see 40 per cent generation growth

  • 13 years ago (2011-07-26)
  • Junior Isles

In order to match its growing demand the UAE will achieve nearly 40 per cent growth in its electricity generation by 2020, according to the UAE Power Report from Business Monitor International (BMI).

India to continue with plans for 10 000 MW Nuclear reactor

  • 14 years ago (2011-07-23)
  • Junior Isles

India’s lone nuclear power generation utility, Nuclear Power Corporation (NPCIL), is to go ahead with its plans for agressive capacity expansion, despite the renewed safety concerns for nuclear power generation after the Fukushima disaster.

Japan to maintain its green commitments despite post-Fukushima uncertainty

  • 14 years ago (2011-07-23)
  • Junior Isles

Japanese Environment Minister Satsuki Eda has vowed to maintain Japan’'s pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020, despite uncertainty hanging over Japan’'s power generation future in the aftermath of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant.

China to pilot carbon emission trading

  • 14 years ago (2011-07-22)
  • David Flin

China will start a pilot carbon emissions trading project, and gradually set up a carbon emissions trading market, according to one of China’s top climate change officials.

Texas grid operator fears electricity shortage

  • 14 years ago (2011-07-20)
  • David Flin

H B Doggett, President and CEO of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), has said that Texas could face a shortage of electrical generation within a few years if the federal government moves forward with a new rule to reduce power plant smokestack emissions.

AEP puts carbon capture on hold

  • 14 years ago (2011-07-15)
  • David Flin

American Electric Power (AEP) said it was putting a hold on its plans for a commercial-scale CO2 capture and storage project in West Virginia, USA because of uncertainty surrounding US climate policy and what the company described as a weak economy.

Renewables reach 20 percent of global electricity generation in 2010

  • 14 years ago (2011-07-13)
  • David Flin

The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) has released its “2011 Global Status Report”, which said that renewable energy supplied 16 percent of total energy usage and 20 percent of electricity generated globally in 2010.