US industrial rotation equipment supplier, Dresser-Rand (NYSE: DRC), is to provide Max Bögl Group with an indirectly fired KG 2-3 G gas turbine for its new biomass cogeneration plant in Bavaria, Germany.

China Sunergy has completed delivery of 5 MW in solar modules for the Yerussalimovo solar park in Bulgaria.

Drax Power Station is poised to complete what it claims is the largest steam turbine modernisation programme in UK history.

Apple says that all three of its server centres will be run by solar power alone in the very near future.

The US has voted to impose punitive tariffs on Chinese solar panels, with duties expected to range between 31 and 250 per cent.

Royal Dutch Shell says it expects gas prices in the US to double in the next three years.

A decision on whether to impose anti-dumping measures on Chinese solar manufacturers is expected to be made shortly by the US Department of Commerce.

There was further bad news for the 1300 MW Visaginas nuclear power plant in Lithuania, as the project is now predicted to cost $2.6bn more than originally expected.

German Chancellor Angela Merkel has dismissed her Environmental Minister, Norbert Röttgen.

E.ON has announced the sale of its Open Grid Europe gas distribution network in a deal worth €3.2bn ($4.06bn).

UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry has conceded that part of the government’s Electricity Market Reform plans could fall foul of European Commission state aid rules.

Coal power generators, Drax are reaping the benefits of lower costs in producing power, while sales are on the rise.

Brazilian firm Wind Power Energia (WPE) has confirmed it has received the second and final part of a $150m loan from the Inter-American Development Bank.

The UK’s Energy Minister Charles Hendry says rolling out its smart meters will benefit the country to the tune of £7bn ($11.1bn)

Vincent de Rivaz , the head of EDF Energy, has rejected predictions that France’s new president could force it to ditch its big investment in new nuclear reactors in the UK.

Reservoir Capital, has received approval for the construction of the Brodarevo 1 and 2 hydroelectric projects and related infrastructure on the River Lim in Serbia.

RusHydro in partnership with Alstom has started the construction of a $159m hydro power equipment manufacturing plant in the Russian Republic of Bashkortostan.

The current chief of the British Bankers’ Association is to take over the helm at Energy UK, Britain’s newest power industry trade group.

Denmark has joined the Global Smart Grid Federation, an international group of technology associations.