Power prices in the Canadian province of Alberta soared after two generation facilities tripped off-line during a severe cold spell.
A shale-gas glut has driven down electricity prices for the US power industry by around 50 per cent since 2008 and reduced investment in costlier sources of energy, according to a research report by Aneesh Prabhu, a Credit Analyst with Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC.
Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Abdul Razak said that Malaysia has offered to sell electricity to Singapore as the countries explore new opportunities for future collaborations.
North Carolina based SPX Corporation and Shanghai Electric Group Co., Ltd. (Shanghai Electric) today announced the formation of a new strategic joint venture to supply products to the power sector in China.
The US Environmental Protection Agency has been forced to delay its January 1, 2012 implementation of new rules on interstate air pollution after a federal court ruled in favour of electric power producers seeking to defeat the new regulations.
India’s state-run National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has signed an agreement with Madhya Pradesh Power Trading Company to supply electricity from a 50 MW solar plant, the biggest such unit in the country currently under implementation.
Wärtsilä has been awarded a €150 million contract to supply a complete dual-fuel power plant to the Dominican Republic.
MidAmerican Energy Holdings has announced that it will acquire a 49 percent stake in the 290 MW Agua Caliente solar photovoltaic (PV) project, located in Arizona, USA, from NRG Energy.
Tabish Gohar, CEO of the Karachi Electric Supply Company (KESC) said that KESC would increase its generation capacity to around 1100 MW until March 2012 through the use of Thar coal.
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) will start construction of a production shop for gas turbine rotors in Pooler, Georgia, USA.