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UK renewables approach all time high of 10 per cent
- 2011-09-30 00:40:39
- Junior Isles
Renewable electricity contributed an all time high of 9.6 per cent of the UK's power generation mix in the second quarter of this year, statistics released by the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change have revealed.
Gazprom looks to northern Asia to complement European expansion
- 2011-09-28 19:53:33
- Junior Isles
Russian gas giant Gazprom, which has recently begun actively studying power generation markets in Europe, is also interested in being part of electricity generation and sales in Northeast Asian countries.
UK set to miss 80 per cent emissions cut
- 2011-09-19 14:23:44
- Junior Isles
UK companies are “nowhere near” to achieving the government’s target of an 80 per cent cut in emissions by 2050, according to a report by ENDS (Environment Data Services).
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.
