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Japan approves limited nuclear restart
- 2012-06-20 16:06:36
- Junior Isles
The Japanese government has approved plans to restart units 3 and 4 at Kansai Electric Power Co.’s Ohi nuclear power station in western Japan, after a month without nuclear power for the first time in 40 years.
United Technologies to sell Pratt & Whitney Power Systems for $1 billion
- 2012-06-19 05:25:38
- David Flin
United Technologies Corporation has announced that it intends to sell its power generation assets for about $1 billion.
Renewables show progress despite uncertainties
- 2012-06-12 16:23:03
- Junior Isles
Renewable energy sources supplied 16.7 per cent of the total energy consumed in 2011, though investment into renewables was still 15 per cent lower than the $302 billion put into fossil fuels, two reports published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) have said.
Iowa high court backs MidAmerican’s wind expansion
- 2012-06-09 06:57:37
- David Flin
The Iowa Supreme Court in the USA has upheld a regulatory decision that allowed the state’s largest utility to undertake a huge expansion of wind energy utilisation, rejecting a challenge from a rival company that claimed that the expansion was unnecessary and unfair to other energy producers.
$1.4 billion for Uttar Pradesh power sector
- 2012-06-02 06:19:47
- David Flin
Akhilesh Yadav, Chief Minister for the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, has announced a provision of $1.4 billion in the budget for the state power sector.
German solar generation hits record levels
- 2012-05-29 22:46:07
- Junior Isles
German solar power plants produced an unprecedented 22 GW of electricity through the midday hours of Friday 25th and Saturday 26th of May, equivalent to 20 nuclear power stations running at full capacity, Norbert Allnoch, director of the Institute of the Renewable Energy Industry in Muenster has said.
New Zealand invests $4.6 billion in electricity grid
- 2012-05-29 05:40:30
- David Flin
The New Zealand Government has announced that it will invest $4.6 billion over the next 10 years in upgrading the national electricity grid.
Germany’s natural gas transition at risk
- 2012-04-28 14:04:24
- Junior Isles
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.
Australia’s carbon tax to herald shift to natural gas
- 2012-04-25 11:26:57
- Junior Isles
Natural gas is likely to be Australia’s new fuel source of choice in the face of a move away from coal-fired plants, prompted by the country's looming carbon tax, according to ratings agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P).
USA and Britain to collaborate on deep-water wind power technology
- 2012-04-24 06:04:12
- David Flin
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.
