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Kailuan Energy and Syngas sign Letter of Intent
- 2011-07-27 07:01:55
- David Flin
The Australian firm Syngas and the Chinese company Kailuan Energy Chemical have announced that they have signed a Letter of Intent. The companies aim to implement above ground coal gasification and coal-to-liquid projects, and to successfully develop and operate biomass power generation projects.
Japan to maintain its green commitments despite post-Fukushima uncertainty
- 2011-07-23 11:50:36
- Junior Isles
Japanese Environment Minister Satsuki Eda has vowed to maintain Japan’'s pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 25 per cent from 1990 levels by 2020, despite uncertainty hanging over Japan’'s power generation future in the aftermath of the disaster at the Fukushima nuclear plant.
Renewables reach 20 percent of global electricity generation in 2010
- 2011-07-13 06:51:15
- David Flin
The Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) has released its “2011 Global Status Report”, which said that renewable energy supplied 16 percent of total energy usage and 20 percent of electricity generated globally in 2010.
China and India expected to dominate future energy growth
- 2011-07-10 17:56:13
- Junior Isles
Analysis from Frost & Sullivan's Annual Global Power Generation Forecasts 2011, shows that electricity generation will expand at a growth rate of 2.7 per cent through 2020, with the growth rate declining to 1.8 per cent per annum over the subsequent decade, as growth rate in the emerging markets becomes less pronounced and energy-efficiency measures begin to have a significant impact.
Indian Wind sees impressive 165 per cent growth
- 2011-07-06 18:01:58
- Junior Isles
The state of Gujarat, India, has experienced an unprecedented 545 per cent growth in wind power generation capacity between 2006 and 2011, moving from a mere 338 MW to 2175.5 MW in half a decade. The state currently produces around 15 per cent of the total wind power generation in India.
US DOE offers loan guarantee for three solar power plants
- 2011-07-06 06:44:13
- David Flin
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has announced offers of conditional commitments for loan guarantees of $4.5 billion to support three AC Cadmium Telluride (Cd-Te) thin film PV solar generation facilities to be located in California.
Wyoming’s energy future
- 2011-06-22 06:01:31
- David Flin
A recent study by the US National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) suggests that the energy industry could bring an economic boom to the US state of Wyoming.
IEA fears consequences of abandoning of nuclear power
- 2011-06-17 14:55:38
- Junior Isles
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has forewarned that the global consequences of abandoning nuclear power would be greater costs, emissions and power uncertainty.
DOE offers $2 billion loan for solar thermal projects
- 2011-06-15 06:09:09
- David Flin
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced almost $2 billion in conditional commitments for loan guarantees for two solar thermal projects.
Turkey orders FlexEfficiency combined solar-natural gas project
- 2011-06-09 02:44:38
- Junior Isles
Turkey’s MetCap Energy Investments planning to build an integrated combined solar-natural gas plant, based on GE’s latest combined cycle technology.
