The electricity access rate in Kenya is the highest in East Africa according to the latest report from the World Bank tracking global achievements in sustainable energy for all. Kenya Power noted in a statement, according to The Energy Progress Report that was released by the World Bank on 2nd May covering the period up […]

The Colorado Public Utilities Commission on Wednesday granted Xcel Energy Colorado another month to figure out what generation sources will meet future electricity demand. But the commission warned that the request, the second since the April 10 deadline, would be the last provided. In December, Xcel received the lowest bids to date nationally for renewable […]

Nigeria’s electricity generation capacity dropped from the 5,222.3 megawatts (MW) attained earlier this year to 2,329.9 MW on May 6.This meant that e country lost about 3,710.8MW due to gas, line and frequency constraints, which is the equivalent of N1.870billion, according to the Nigerian Electricity Supply Industry (NESI). On this same day, the country’s national […]

ABU DHABI: The growing renewable energy industry created 500,000 new jobs globally last year, surpassing the 10 million-mark for the first time, an Abu Dhabi-based agency said on Tuesday. Harnessing clean energy around the world had created a total of 10.3 million jobs by the end of 2017, a 5.3 percent jump on the previous […]

Brazil’s wind power output inched up 2.8% year-on-year to 3,687 average megawatts (MWa) in April, according to preliminary figures released by the Power Trading Chamber (CCEE). The share of wind power in the overall generation remained stable at 5.7%, according the data published by CCEE in the InfoMercado Semanal, the weekly bulletin for energy generation […]

Nelson Tasman has a new kid on the block making a power-play for a share of the retail electricity market. Energyclubnz, which is a joint venture with Stuff, launched in Nelson Tasman on Monday, offering a different electricity model for Network Tasman and Nelson Electricity customers. Chief executive and founder David Goadby said it would […]

The African Development Bank (AfDB) says all the investments in electricity in 2017 were in renewable energy. Amadou Hott, Vice President, Power, Energy, Climate and Growth Complex, who revealed this in an interview with NAN, also noted that 74% of the bank’s investment in the sector in 2016 went into renewable energy. “The bank is […]

NSW’s largest electricity distributor Ausgrid has gone public on its proposal to cut network tariffs by 6 per cent next year, increasing pressure on retailers to make the power price cuts called for by the federal government elsewhere in the supply chain. Amid heightened criticism of retail energy price hikes from the competition regulator and […]

AMMAN — Imported natural gas contributes to the production of 93 per cent of the electricity generated in the Kingdom, while the share of renewable energy is the remaining 7 per cent, the National Electric Power Company (NEPCO) said on Friday. Assistant director general of production planning at NEPCO, Amin Zaghal, told the Jordan News […]

Electricity output from the Hunterston B nuclear power station could fall by 40% this year after dozens of cracks were discovered in one of the reactors. The North Ayrshire power plant’s director Colin Weir said it would be necessary to reduce generation. But he insisted that Hunterston B, which is scheduled to be in operation […]

New England’s regional electrical grid operator is predicting it will have sufficient power supplies to meet customer demand this summer. ISO-New England officials say that when temperatures hit 90 degrees this summer, demand for electricity is expected to peak at 25,729 megawatts in the region. And if temperatures rise to 94 degrees for an extended […]

Coal power champion Trevor St Baker’s Delta Electricity is to move swiftly into the pumped hydro sector after securing South Australian government approval for a 230-megawatt project near Port Augusta that is following a fast-tracked development process. The $410 million Goat Hill project, being built by Delta together with Altura Group, will provide “reliable and […]