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ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund co-investors in $1 billion Uzbekistan project

  • 1 year, 9 months ago (2022-09-15)
  • David Flin

ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund have signed a share purchase agreement for the 1.5 GW Sirdarya CCGT facility in Uzbekistan.

Tlou Energy developing CBM plant in Botswana

  • 1 year, 9 months ago (2022-09-14)
  • David Flin

Tlou Energy is constructing a coal bed methane (CBM) extraction and power generation plant at Lesedi in Botswana.

North Sea nations plan wind power expansion

  • 1 year, 9 months ago (2022-09-13)
  • David Flin

Nine nations bordering the North Sea have announced plans to massively increase offshore wind power in the coming decades as part of an effort to both combat climate change and to become independent of fossil fuel imports.

Norway’s Scatec to build 3 GW wind project in Egypt

  • 1 year, 9 months ago (2022-09-12)
  • David Flin

A spokesman for President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi of Egypt said that the country was considering cooperation with Norway’s Scatec for construction of a 3 GW wind power generation project and other renewable energy projects.

Gulf Energy of Thailand buys 49 per cent stake in US gas-fired power plant

  • 1 year, 9 months ago (2022-09-09)
  • David Flin

Thailand’s Gulf Energy Development has announced that it has invested $409 million to acquire a 49 per cent stake in Jackson Generation, a 1200 MW gas-fired power plant in Illinois, USA.

EU records record summer solar power generation

  • 1 year, 9 months ago (2022-09-08)
  • David Flin

The think tank Ember Climate has produced a study showing that EU countries have generated record levels of solar power during the summer months.

China’s drought increases global coal shortage

  • 1 year, 9 months ago (2022-09-07)
  • David Flin

China’s drought has caused it to increase coal consumption as lack of hydroelectric generation forces it to turn to coal to meet electricity demand.

Germany to keep two nuclear reactors on standby over winter

  • 1 year, 9 months ago (2022-09-06)
  • David Flin

Robert Habeck, Germany’s Economy Minister, has announced that Germany will keep two of its three remaining nuclear power stations on standby until April 2023, to ensure sufficient electricity supply through the winter.

EU discusses measures to deal with energy crisis

  • 1 year, 9 months ago (2022-09-05)
  • David Flin

EU energy ministers are to discuss special measures, including natural gas price caps and a suspension of power derivatives trading, to keep rising energy costs under control.

EDP Brazil to sell 198 MW Mascarenhas hydropower plant

  • 1 year, 10 months ago (2022-09-02)
  • David Flin

EDP Brazil has agreed to sell its 198 MW Mascarenhas hydropower plant to Victory Hill Global Sustainable Energy Opportunities (GSEO) of the UK for $235 million.