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Nigeria and USA to collaborate on IPPs
- 2010-05-06 05:35:10
- David Flin
Nigeria and the USA are in discussions over plans to collaborate on IPPs to increase Nigeria’s electricity generation capacity from its current level of 3700 MW to 10,000 MW by 2011.
Googling for US wind power
- 2010-05-04 06:11:33
- David Flin
Google Inc has invested $38.8 million into two wind farms in North Dakota, USA. This is the Internet giant’s first direct investment in utility-scale renewable energy generation.
1 fired, 2 suspended for roles in blackouts
- 2010-04-30 06:40:15
- David Flin
One worker for the Independent System Operator for California, USA has been fired, and two more suspended for triggering rotating blackouts that led to nearly 1 million southern Californians losing power on April 1.
Alice Springs Airport goes solar
- 2010-04-27 06:41:02
- David Flin
SolFocus has announced that the developer Ingenero will install a 235kW power station using SolFocus solar arrays to provide power at Alice Springs Airport in the Northern Territory of Australia.
Saudi Arabia to set up civil nuclear energy centre
- 2010-04-19 06:15:08
- David Flin
Saudi Arabia is due to establish a civil nuclear and renewable energy centre to help meet demand for power as it pushes forward with economic expansion plans.
Canada reports drop in greenhouse gas emissions
- 2010-04-14 07:12:59
- David Flin
The Canadian federal government has reported to the United Nations that the country’s greenhouse gas emissions were down in 2008 because of slower economic activity and reduced reliance on coal-fired power.
Recovery of Guri dam levels to take two years
- 2010-04-10 07:10:37
- David Flin
While the rainy season has started in southern Venezuela and “the volume of water at Guri dam is gradually rising,” recovery to optimum levels “will take a long time, perhaps a couple of years,” Igor Gavidia, President of Venezuela’s electricity utility Edelca, said.
Saudi Arabia to increase fossil fuels power generation
- 2010-04-08 05:58:30
- David Flin
Saudi Arabia, the world’s biggest exporter of oil, will seek to produce more electricity from fossil fuels, a top government official has announced.
Call for more realism in Welsh renewable energy plan
- 2010-04-07 07:18:53
- David Flin
The Welsh Assembly Government’s new energy policy statement is more “idealistic than realistic”, according to wind energy developer West Coast Energy.
Hanoi thirsty for electricity
- 2010-04-06 05:40:36
- David Flin
The Hanoi Power Company of Vietnam has announced that it will turn off 50 per cent of street lamps from now to June 2010 to save energy for the upcoming summer.
