World Power Generation

Global energy consumption plays an important role in determining the price of energy on today’s global market.  We give you the latest power generation statistics for each country monitored by the world energy council and world energy research.

World Power News

UK publishes draft Energy Bill but industry still wary

22/05/2012 The UK government today published its long-awaited draft Energy Bill, which outlines how it plans to reform the British electri...

India in bid to double renewable capacity

22/05/2012

India intends to more than double its renewable power capacity to almost 53 GW by 2017.

Scotland to host new wave energy test centre

22/05/2012

A new £9.5m ($15m) wave and tidal energy centre is to be opened in Scotland.

Zambia to get $100m transmission line upgrade

21/05/2012

The European Investment Bank is to provide $30m towards the upgrade of a 341 km transmission line in Zambia.

Agency says German power plants must be prevented from shutdowns

21/05/2012 State-owned Dena Energy Agency says that utilities operating in Germany should not be permitted to close unprofitable gas-fired...

Japanese consortium wins thermal power contract

21/05/2012 Two power generating units, set to deliver 800 MW each are to be developed by a Japanese consortium after the group won the con...

Siemens announces first turbine order from Chile

21/05/2012 Siemens has received its first wind turbine order from Chile, for a total capacity of 115 MW, at the El Arrayán wind power proj...

Latin American hydropower to be ‘an example to the world’

21/05/2012 Hydropower holds the key to energy integration between South American countries, according to Brazil’s energy minister Altino V...

ABB wins $33m order as India continues to improve grid

21/05/2012 Swedish-Swiss group, ABB, has won an order worth around $33m from NTPC Limited, India’s largest power company, to build two sub...

BP Sempra partnership continues with Hawaii wind project

18/05/2012 American gas utility Sempra Sempra Energy (NYSE: SRE) is to join forces with BP Wind Energy NYSE: BP to develop ...

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