IHI Corp. has announced it has acquired a 50 per cent stake in each of US utility Exelon Corp’s five power plants in California. This move is IHI's first entry into large-scale commercial power generation.
Columbia Biogas has announced that it has entered into a Small Generator Interconnection Agreement with PacifiCorp Transmission to connect its commercial food waste to energy plant in Portland, Oregon, USA to PacifiCorp’s Killingsworth substation.
Southern Co., Edison International and other US generators have won their case against the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), gaining more time to upgrade their most polluting coal plants.
Orix Corp. President Makoto Inoue has said that his firm plans to invest 100 billion yen ($1.25 billion) over three years to build solar power plants at dozens of locations across Japan with a total generating capacity of 400 MW.
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard claims Australia can lower its investment in power generation without risking third-world style brownouts at times of peak demand.
Mitsubishi Electric has announced that it will begin an experiment that will involve the generation of electricity from train carriages when their brakes are applied.
The Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy (CMIE) has revised down India’s forecasted power generation increase for this fiscal year from 13.2 per cent to a 10.8 per cent increase.
Westinghouse has announced that it is submitting bids for two potential new nuclear reactors in Canada, and will open a satellite office in Toronto to support the bids.
NRG Energy Inc. (NRG) is to purchase $1.7 billion of GenOn Energy Inc. (GEN) stock, initiating a merger that will create the US’ largest independent electricity generator and, hopefully, a more resilient firm with the market strength to withstand sliding power prices.
Rises in US natural gas prices are expected to push back natural gas gains against coal as some utilities return to using coal for power generation.