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RWE to reduce renewables investment by half

  • 2013-03-07 13:58:53
  • Junior Isles
Germany’s second-largest utility RWE AG (RWE) plans to reduce renewable-energy investment by 50 per cent next year as it attempts to offset falling earnings and reduce debt.

World nuclear power capacity grew in 2012

  • 2013-03-06 04:48:44
  • David Flin

The world’s nuclear power generation capacity grew again in 2012, after a drop in 2011 in the wake of the Fukushima disaster, according to the 2013 Nuclear Technology Review, a draft report from the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

UK shifts from gas to coal in 2012

  • 2013-03-01 21:56:01
  • Junior Isles
The UK’s generation mix during 2012 was marked by a profound shift from gas to coal, with coal burn reaching its highest level since 1996 and gas output at its lowest since the same year, according to provisional figures from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

French minister says EDF must justify power production costs

  • 2013-02-23 03:33:03
  • David Flin

Electricité de France (EDF), the world’s biggest nuclear reactor operator, must justify its costs of power production and sales before the French government makes a decision on raising prices, according the Delphine Batho, the French Energy Minister.

Chinese wind generation eclipses nuclear during 2012

  • 2013-02-20 18:34:44
  • Junior Isles
China generated 2 per cent more electricity from wind than nuclear during 2012, figures released by market analysts show.

Proposed reforms worry Japanese utility executives

  • 2013-02-17 16:01:18
  • Junior Isles
Proposed reform of the Japanese power industry would deprive utilities of revenue to the extent that they would be incapable of operating current and planned nuclear facilities, according to Makoto Yagi, president of Kansai Electric Power Co. and head of the Federation of Electric Power Companies of Japan.

Power generation in New England drops from last year

  • 2013-02-09 04:48:41
  • David Flin

Total power generation in the Independent System Operator (ISO) of New England, USA, fell by 2.8 per cent compared with the same month in 2012, according to data released by the grid operator.

Centrica withdraws from new UK nuclear project

  • 2013-02-08 23:07:04
  • Junior Isles
Centrica has decided to withdraw its proposal from the UK's nuclear re-building program, because of increasing costs and delays, the company has said in a statement.

France reports 66.7 per cent increase in solar power generation

  • 2013-01-29 04:29:47
  • David Flin

According to the 2012 French Electricity Report published last week by France’s transmission system operator Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE), photovoltaic systems generated 4 TWh in 2012.

RWE to reduce power generation business

  • 2013-01-26 04:23:26
  • David Flin

Germany’s move to exit nuclear power and shift to renewables within the next decade has caused the country’s second largest utility, RWE, to fundamentally rethink its business.

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