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

New start-up Endeavor Energy to target African thermal and hydro projects

18/06/2013

Private equity firm Denham Capital has formed an energy company that will target thermal and hydro projects in Africa.

Biogas first for Sub-Saharan Africa

18/06/2013 A combined heat and power plant powered by biogas is to be the first such facility introduced to Sub-Saharan Africa.

UK and Russia sign nuclear agreement

18/06/2013 The UK energy secretary, Ed Davey and the deputy prime minister of Russia Arkady Dvorkovich this week signed an agreement that ...

Rurelec behind Peruvian hydropower plant

18/06/2013 The Inter-American Investment Corporation has provided an injection of $7.2m towards the Canchayllo hydroelectric power project...

Statoil signs up to supply high-efficiency German power plant

18/06/2013 The senior vice-president of Statoil's Natural Gas Business Unit says the German energiewende will not succeed without the supp...

Thailand and Myanmar positive about 1800 MW coal plant

18/06/2013 The Thai government believes a new coal-fired power plant to be constructed in Dawei will be mutually beneficial to both Thaila...

A$400m renewable energy fund launched down under

17/06/2013 In an effort to replace the use of diesel in rural Australia the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) has launched a new ...

Licensing agreement for Mitsubishi in India

17/06/2013 A subsidiary of Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has concluded a licensing agreement for its advanced electrostatic precipit...

Wartsila gets €150m R&D loan from European Investment Bank

14/06/2013 The European Investment Bank has granted a €150m loan to Finnish engineering company Wartsila to finance the company’s power pl...

New head of British renewable energy association

14/06/2013 The Renewable Energy Association (REA) in the UK has chosen Dr Nina Skorupska to be its new leader as successor to Gaynor Hartn...

From the Wires

China to import 53 billion cubic meters of natural gas in 2013

According to China's largest state-owned energy company China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), China is expected to impor...

Gazprom hopes to get access to OPAL pipeline in 2013

- Russia's gas giant Gazprom hopes to get an access to the OPAL pipeline this year, Gazprom deputy CEO and Gazprom Export Direc...

M&A: Sintez out of race for gas monopoly DEPA

Sintez Group is pulling out of the fray for the Greek gas monopoly DEPA, the Vedomosti reported. According to the paper,...

RF, EU to discuss gas cooperation at international conference in Brussels

- The eighth international conference Energy Dialogue: Russia - EU. Gas Aspect opens in Belgium's capital city on Thursday. The...

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