The flow reduction in America’s Colorado River has left Lake Powell – the country’s second-largest reservoir – at just 23 per cent, its lowest level since it was filled in the 1960s.
GE has signed an agreement with Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity (MoE) to explore opportunities to increase output through establishing new power plants and expanding capacity at existing facilities.
BP has formed a joint venture with Norway’s Deep Wind Offshore, taking a 55 per cent stake in four offshore wind projects in South Korea.
The Pakistan Government has announced that it plans to quadruple its domestic coal-fired capacity to reduce power generation costs and that it will not build new gas-fired plants in the coming years to transition away from coal.
GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has announced that it has been awarded a contract from Nepal Electricity Authority (NEA) to automate 39 substations of various ratings across Nepal.
According to the International Energy Agency (IEA) in its latest annual outlook report on electricity, renewables will dominate the growth of the world’s electricity supply over the next three years.
Over the next three years, Delhi will increase renewable generation capacity in the city by 6 GW through a variety of government initiatives.
GE Hitachi (GEH) has secured a contract from Estonian nuclear energy company Fermi Energia to supply its BWRX-300 SMR.
Italian energy group Enel has entered exclusive talks to sell a stake in 3Sun, its photovoltaic panel production site in Sicily, according to Francesco Starace, Enel’s Chief Executive.
Saskatchewan’s Deep Earth Energy Production Corporation said that it will begin construction this year on Canada’s first commercial-scale geothermal power production facility.