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Consortium to invest $600 million in Nigeria’s power distribution
- 2011-09-16 06:14:31
- David Flin
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) has announced that a consortium including the US power company Symbion Power, and Finagestion of France, were set to invest $600 million into Nigeria’s distribution network and generation plants.
India to reach 20 000 MW of nuclear generation in 20 years
- 2011-08-22 23:30:55
- Junior Isles
India's nuclear power generation capacity is expected to reach 20 000 MW in around two decades, a top official at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) has said.
Drax plans to boost UK green energy if subsidies come soon
- 2011-08-15 11:22:41
- Junior Isles
Drax Group has said it is ready to significantly boost its renewable power generation to switch the Drax power plant to mainly biomass-fuelled generation, if the UK Government makes it affordable through subsidies.
Sempra signs off another solar PPA with PG
- 2011-08-05 16:42:19
- Junior Isles
Sempra Generation has signed a power purchasen agreement (PPA) with Pacific Gas & Electric of San Francisco to sell the utility 150 MWs of electricity generated at its Copper Mountain Solar complex in Boulder City.
Barriers continue for Germany’s clean coal
- 2011-08-05 06:49:25
- David Flin
The German Bundestag has passed a carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology bill allowing demonstration projects at carbon-emitting power plants until 2016 to pump CO2 emissions underground.
UK surges ahead on offshore wind construction
- 2011-07-30 00:01:46
- 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.
India to continue with plans for 10 000 MW Nuclear reactor
- 2011-07-23 21:24:25
- 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.
Renewables reach 20 percent of global electricity generation in 2010
- 2011-07-13 06:51:15
- 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.
Gazprom and Renova reach merger deal
- 2011-07-12 13:56:35
- Junior Isles
Gazprom has signed a deal with Renova Group to merge assets and create a state-controlled national power utility, part of plans partially reversing the recent privatisation of the Russian power industry.
China and India expected to dominate future energy growth
- 2011-07-10 17:56:13
- Junior Isles
Analysis from Frost & Sullivan's Annual Global Power Generation Forecasts 2011, shows that electricity generation will expand at a growth rate of 2.7 per cent through 2020, with the growth rate declining to 1.8 per cent per annum over the subsequent decade, as growth rate in the emerging markets becomes less pronounced and energy-efficiency measures begin to have a significant impact.
