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UK energy mix shifts further from gas towards coal during 2012

  • 2013-01-11 09:48:54
  • Junior Isles
The UK’s generation mix shifted further from gas-fired generation towards coal during 2012, a trend that looks likely to continue in 2013 due to rising gas prices and falling fuel and emissions allowance costs for coal, according to analysis from Platts.

Turkey and UAE sign $12 billion power production investment deal

  • 2013-01-05 03:34:42
  • David Flin

State power companies in Turkey and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have signed an agreement to invest in a $12 billion project to produce electricity in Turkey’s Afsin-Elbistan region, according to a statement by Turkey’s Energy Minister.

US wind installations to exceed gas in 2012

  • 2012-12-24 15:40:13
  • Junior Isles
US Wind-turbine installations in 2012 are likely to exceed natural gas installations, as developers hurry to complete projects before a renewable energy tax credit expires.

Canada to appeal WTO ruling on Ontario FiT

  • 2012-12-20 18:31:11
  • Junior Isles
Canada will appeal against a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling, which could scupper Ontario’s new green energy Feed-in-Tariff (FiT) programme, aimed at encouraging renewable generation in the province.

Grid upgrades to accommodate more renewables in N.Ireland given the go-ahead

  • 2012-12-18 23:19:11
  • Junior Isles
The Northern Irish Utility Regulator has approved a £44 million plan to have Northern Ireland Electricity (NIE) upgrade its electricity transmission system to enable more renewables such as wind farms to connect to the grid.

Spanish Senate backs 7 per cent tax on power production

  • 2012-12-15 04:25:50
  • David Flin

Spain’s Senate has approved a reform of its energy sector that includes a 7 per cent tax on electricity generation that is likely to cost power producers hundreds of millions of euros.

EREF President criticises Ukraine subsidising the ‘traditional sector’

  • 2012-12-10 16:45:42
  • Junior Isles
Ukraine should move to favour renewable sources of energy and give up subsidies for ‘traditional energy generation’, which still dominates the country’s generation mix, according to Rainer Hinrichs-Rahlwes, President of the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF).

Blue Energy to build Africa’s largest solar PV power plant

  • 2012-12-04 04:21:17
  • David Flin

UK-based Blue Energy has announced that it will build Africa’s largest solar photovoltaic (PV) power plant, the 155 MW Nzema project in Ghana.

New UK energy bill announced to mixed reaction

  • 2012-12-01 18:39:47
  • Junior Isles
There has been a mixed response to the UK government’s new Energy Bill, released this week. Some have criticised the bill as introducing additional uncertainty into an already fraught energy policy environment by proposing unconventional new measures to increase energy efficiency.

Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries merge thermal power businesses

  • 2012-12-01 04:36:49
  • David Flin

Japanese conglomerates Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have agreed to form a joint venture that will integrate their thermal power generation businesses.

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