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Saudis to invest $3B in Bangladesh gas-to-power project
Saudi utility company ACWA Power and Saudi Aramco are set to invest $3 billion in a gas-to-power project in Bangladesh, the local government said in a Memorandum of Understanding ceremony last week.
read more... 21/10/2019
Poland's cleaner power imports pile pressure on coal energy
Poland is on track to import a record amount of electricity this year as power traders buy cheaper and cleaner electricity from neighboring countries, reducing demand for the mostly coal-fired energy produced by state-run utilities.
read more... 21/10/2019
French power output down over 1.5 GW as workers start protest over restructuring
A strike by employees at French utility EDF in protest against a plan to restructure the state-controlled company cut power generation at two nuclear reactors and two gas-fired power plants on Wednesday evening, company data showed.
read more... 17/10/2019
Zimbabwe hikes average electricity tariff by 320% - energy regulator
Zimbabwe has increased the average electricity tariff by 320% to let the state power utility ramp up production and improve supplies at a time of daily rolling power cuts, the national energy regulator said on Wednesday.
read more... 09/10/2019
Irish-French power link of 700 MW gets EU grant
The European Commission (EC) will extend EUR 530 million (USD 580.4m) in grant financing for the Celtic Interconnector, a roughly 700-MW link that will connect the Irish and French power grids.
read more... 03/10/2019