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RWE suffers write-down due to low plant profitability

  • 2014-01-29 09:41:09
  • Junior Isles
Declines in the profitability of conventional power plants will force RWE to write down €3.3 billion worth of assets in the German utility giant’s 2013 earnings report, according to a company statement, with some analysts speculating that RWE will declare a net loss.

UK launches distributed energy funding scheme

  • 2014-01-27 13:42:52
  • Junior Isles
The UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) this week unveiled a new ‘Community Energy Strategy’ report, aimed at encouraging decentralised power generation via community ownership.

Mott MacDonald appointed owner’s engineer on Turkish power plant

  • 2014-01-26 21:18:33
  • Junior Isles

Mott MacDonald has been appointed owner’s engineer by Icanadolu Doğalgaz Elektrik Üretim ve Ticaret A. Ş. – a subsidiary of Gama Enerji A. Ş. – for a new 840 MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in Kirikkale, Central Anatolia, Turkey.

Dewa to pilot CSP plant

  • 2014-01-23 15:51:31
  • Junior Isles

The Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) has signed an agreement to pilot the Middle East’s first Stirling Engine Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant.

The US EPA’s new emissions regulation rules out new coal without CCS

  • 2014-01-10 12:02:21
  • Junior Isles
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finally published details of its long expected rule changes on the allowed level of carbon emissions from new power plants.

Marubeni expands North American portfolio

  • 2014-01-08 18:03:27
  • Junior Isles
Marubeni Corp. said this week that it has acquired a 90 per cent interest in a wind power project in Solano County, California run by EDF Renewable Energy Inc., a US arm of French utility Electricite de France (EDF). Marubeni did not disclose details of the acquisition.

Singyes signs statement of intent for 1.1 GW solar plant

  • 2013-12-19 13:13:14
  • Junior Isles
China Singyes Solar Technologies Holdings Limited has signed an agreement of intent with the government of Minqin County, Gansu Province for its participation in the strategic development, planning and construction of a 1.1 GW solar power plant in the area.

Direct Energy to sell three gas-fired plants

  • 2013-12-19 13:09:47
  • Junior Isles
Houston-based Direct Energy, a subsidiary of Britain’s Centrica PLC, has announced it will sell its three gas-fired power plants in Texas to New York-based Blackstone Group LP for $685 million in first quarter 2014.

EBRD scraps support for coal-fired power projects

  • 2013-12-11 18:05:17
  • Junior Isles
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to scrap most of its assistance for coal-fired power generation, after a vote on a new investment strategy by the lender’s board.

Mexico reveals power privatisation bill in the senate

  • 2013-12-10 20:30:26
  • Junior Isles
Mexico has revealed an energy bill in its senate which would end the state’s monopoly over the power generation sector, opening up power generation to private firms.