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Ofgem announces Scotland grid upgrade

  • 14 years ago (2011-01-26)
  • Junior Isles

UK energy regulator Ofgem has announced a £95 million upgrade of Scotland’s high voltage grid.

Pakistan says new generation coming this year

  • 14 years ago (2011-01-25)
  • Junior Isles

Pakistan’s Water and Power Minister Raja Pervaiz Ashraf has said that an additional 826 MW of electricity will be added to the system by December 2011.

Emerson acquires Turbine Control Service Associates

  • 14 years ago (2011-01-25)
  • Junior Isles

Emerson has acquired Pittsburgh-based Turbine Control Service Associates Inc., an independent provider of generator excitation control systems for power plants. The acquisition “expands the breadth and depth of Emerson Process Management’s product portfolio for the global power generation market,” the company said.

Solar an economically viable alternative to oil in Gulf States

  • 14 years ago (2011-01-21)
  • Junior Isles

Solar photovoltaic (PV) would be more economically viable than oil-fired electricity generation in oil-rich Gulf states, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

AEI to sell assets in re-focus on generation

  • 14 years ago (2011-01-21)
  • Junior Isles

AEI, the Houston-based company that includes many of the late Enron Corp's foreign energy businesses, is selling off the majority of its assets in an effort to restructure as a smaller operation that will focus on international power generation.

2010 a record year for clean energy investment

  • 14 years ago (2011-01-18)
  • Junior Isles

Global investment in clean energy reached a record of $243 billion in 2010, a 30 per cent increase on 2009 levels, according to research house Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF).

Turkey to continue power infrastructure privatisation

  • 14 years ago (2011-01-18)
  • Junior Isles

Turkey’s largest electricity generation plant, Hamitabat power station (HEAŞ), is to be privatised in the next few days according to Privatization Administration (ÖİB) Vice President Ahmet Aksu.

Pakistan ready to export its nuclear and hydro expertise

  • 14 years ago (2011-01-18)
  • Junior Isles

Pakistan is ready to share its expertise and experiences in hydro and nuclear power generation under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) safeguards, President Asif Ali Zardari has said.

Siemens to supply 8000H to Korea

  • 14 years ago (2011-01-12)
  • Junior Isles

Siemens has received an order from Seoul-based utility GS Electric Power and Services Co. for the supply of its latest (H Class) high-efficiency gas turbine. This is the first time Siemens will supply a complete combined cycle power plant equipped with its new-generation gas turbine.

Gujarat secures PPAs for 950 MW of solar generation

  • 14 years ago (2011-01-12)
  • Junior Isles

Eighty companies have signed Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for generation of 950 MW of solar power in the Indian state of Gujarat, according to Pranav Mehta, founder and chairman of the Solar Energy Association of Gujarat.