Wisconsin Public Services Corporation (WPS) has announced that it plans to spend $250 million to upgrade a coal-fired boiler in Wausau so that it meets US Federal clean air rules.
South Korea has passed a law launching its emissions trading scheme (ETS) beginning in 2015, making the country the third in the Asia-Pacific region, and the first in Asia, to commit to a cap-and-trade scheme.
Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa, King of Bahrain, has inaugurated Bahrain's largest independent power generation and water desalination plant owned by Al-Dur Power & Water Company.
Wingas GmbH, one of Germany’s largest importers of natural gas, claims the German government needs to improve investment conditions for gas-fired power plants if it is to ensure continued energy security.
Britain and the USA have announced that they will jointly fund development work on offshore wind generation technologies that can be deployed in waters as much as 150 m deep, with the intention of opening vast new areas of ocean to development.
Roma Capitale, Enel Green Power (EGP) and ENEA have signed a memorandum of understanding for the testing and development of new technologies for generating zero CO2 emissions electricity from renewable sources.
A new Power Plant Operations Report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows significant renewables growth across many states in the last decade.
Waste2Tricity has announced that it has acquired the exclusive rights for AFC Energy hydrogen fuel cells for deployment in the UK energy-from-waste sector in a £1 million deal.
GE Energy Financial Services has announced that it will auction 225 MW of bi-directional electricity transfer capacity from its Linden variable frequency transformer (VFT) smart grid project at the intersection of the New York City and PJM power grids.
One of India’s largest solar projects, a 40 MW PV plant in Rajasthan, north-western India, has begun production. PV company First Solar has provided the 500 000 thin film modules that will help provide clean energy to Mumbai.