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Power generated by wind blows past coal in Ontario

  • 2013-01-15 04:12:19
  • David Flin

For the first time, electrical power generated by wind has surpassed that from coal in Ontario, Canada. Figures released by Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) showed that wind-generated power supplied 3 per cent of the province’s electricity in 2012, compared to 2.8 per cent for coal-generated power.

Coal down, gas up in USA

  • 2013-01-10 04:01:10
  • David Flin

Data from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that total electricity production in the country has risen by just 6 per cent over the last decade.

China building fourth-generation nuclear power plant

  • 2013-01-08 04:34:16
  • David Flin

China has broken ground on a 3 billion yuan ($476 million) nuclear power project. Construction of the project at Shidao Bay in the coastal city of Rongcheng, in Shandong province, has begun, according to Huaneng Shandong Shidao Bay Nuclear Power Company (HSNPC), the builder and operator of the plant.

Future of Japanese nuclear still in the dark

  • 2012-12-28 15:03:52
  • Junior Isles
Japan’s newly elected Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) has failed to agree with its coalition partner Komeito on an expiry date for Japan’s nuclear programme.

US wind installations to exceed gas in 2012

  • 2012-12-24 15:40:13
  • Junior Isles
US Wind-turbine installations in 2012 are likely to exceed natural gas installations, as developers hurry to complete projects before a renewable energy tax credit expires.

New UK energy bill announced to mixed reaction

  • 2012-12-01 18:39:47
  • Junior Isles
There has been a mixed response to the UK government’s new Energy Bill, released this week. Some have criticised the bill as introducing additional uncertainty into an already fraught energy policy environment by proposing unconventional new measures to increase energy efficiency.

Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries merge thermal power businesses

  • 2012-12-01 04:36:49
  • David Flin

Japanese conglomerates Hitachi and Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) have agreed to form a joint venture that will integrate their thermal power generation businesses.

IEA report urges action from Korean nuclear industry

  • 2012-11-28 23:28:35
  • Junior Isles
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that South Korea needs to improve transparency and improve regulation in order to rebuild public trust in nuclear power, after safety scares have caused reactor closures, threatening blackouts.

EDF gains a nuclear site licence for UK plant

  • 2012-11-26 22:54:44
  • Junior Isles
EDF has been granted the UK’s first new nuclear plant site licence for 25 years for its planned Hinkley Point plant.

China to become nuclear energy world leader in the 2020’s

  • 2012-11-19 20:59:58
  • Junior Isles
China is set to become the world's largest nuclear power generator in the near future, according to British multinational Rio Tinto’s industry analyst Stephen Wilson.

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