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Hawaii outage due to sudden shutdowns

  • 14 years ago (2010-07-06)
  • David Flin

Generators at three power plants on Hawaii tripped off-line, triggering the power outage that affected about 63,000 customers on the island, according to a news release from the Hawaii Electric Light Co (HELCO).

Nigeria to privatise power by June 2011

  • 14 years ago (2010-07-05)
  • David Flin

Nigeria is working at delivering a full-fledged private power sector by June 2011. The policy shift appears to be a key deliverable that the present government wants to have in place before the next election.

Rain revives Chandrapur plant

  • 14 years ago (2010-07-04)
  • David Flin

The Chandrapur Thermal Power Station in Maharashtra, India, is being put back into significant service following its partial shutdown due to water shortages earlier in the year.

Higher GCC power tariffs needed to cool peak demand

  • 14 years ago (2010-07-01)
  • David Flin

The Middle East’s electricity providers have been urged to introduce variable tariff schemes that charge consumers more for usage during peak hours in an effort to ease demand.

Kentucky approves rate increase but not wind power

  • 14 years ago (2010-06-29)
  • David Flin

The Kentucky Public Service Commission in the USA has approved an electricity rate settlement that will result in a 17 per cent rate rise for typical residential electricity customers of Kentucky Power Company.

Three BEC generators restored

  • 14 years ago (2010-06-28)
  • David Flin

In the Bahamas, three of four large gen-sets that were off-line over the weekend, prompting load shedding that cut power to thousands of homes, have been repaired a week ahead of schedule.

Renewable’s share of energy mix falls in UK

  • 14 years ago (2010-06-26)
  • David Flin

The UK Government has announced a drop of nearly 7 per cent in the share of electricity generated from renewable sources. Despite a year-on-year increase of nearly a third of onshore wind power generation, the total amount supplied in the first quarter of 2010 as part of all sources fell by 6.6 per cent.

MIT report on natural gas growth

  • 14 years ago (2010-06-25)
  • David Flin

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has published the findings of a two year study into the use of natural gas in the USA. The study proposes greater use of natural gas in the generation of electricity, claiming that this could reduce the country’s CO2 emissions levels by over 10 per cent.

PEPCO rejects report over energy savers’ purchase

  • 14 years ago (2010-06-23)
  • David Flin

Pakistan Electric Power Company (PEPCO) has rejected a report from Transparency International Pakistan (TIP) regarding expected losses to the company in the purchase of energy saver bulbs.

Set-Aside announced for UK wind farms

  • 14 years ago (2010-06-22)
  • David Flin

Major UK wind energy producers will receive Government-backed incentives to shut down production at wind farms during strong wind gusts at periods of low power demand.