je.st
news
Tag: power
United Kingdom: Solar power sees record high in June
2016-07-04 06:54:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Daily Mail: Solar power has hit new record highs in the UK, providing almost a quarter of the country's electricity at one point last month, analysis shows. The solar industry estimates the country now has almost 12 gigawatts (GW) of solar panels, on homes, offices, warehouses, schools and other buildings and in solar farms - enough to power the equivalent of 3.8 million homes. New analysis by MyGridGB for the Solar Trade Association (STA) shows that solar power hit a new peak of meeting 23.9% of demand in...
EBRD provides 218m loan to Albanian power generator KESH
2016-07-04 01:00:00| Power Technology
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a loan of 218m for the modernisation of Korporata Elektroenergjitike Shqiptare (KESH), a state-owned electricity generator of Albania.
Tags: power
loan
generator
albanian
World Bank, India Sign $1 Billion Solar Power Deal
2016-07-02 03:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: The World Bank Group and India signed an agreement Thursday for over $1 billion that the worlds second-most populous country will receive to develop its solar power generation. India, which currently has just over 7GW of installed solar capacity, has announced ambitious plans to increase it to 100GW by 2022. With its climate, the South Asian country has the potential to generate a large amount of solar power, and has increased its installed capacity significantly in the recent years, up from...
Venezuela's Maduro ends power rationing as drought eases
2016-07-02 02:47:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Venezuela as of Monday will end an electricity rationing program launched in April in response to a severe drought that crimped the operations of the OPEC nation's hydroelectric generators, President Nicolas Maduro on Friday. Maduro's government had rationed electricity in the provinces, cut the work week for public employees to two days per week, and canceled school on Fridays to save power as the country's massive Guri dam dried up. "As of Monday we can say that the power administration plan...
Tags: power
ends
drought
eases
Rwanda harnesses lake "demons" to power the economy
2016-07-02 01:40:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Some Rwandans tell stories of "demons" in Lake Kivu causing the deaths of fishermen and swimmers who have occasionally disappeared on one of Africa's great expanses of water in the heart of the continent. Now Rwanda is turning the methane gas which can bubble up from the lake bed, sometimes with fatal consequences, into a lifeline by generating electricity to help businesses expand and light up a nation with a chronic power shortage. Across Africa, governments are struggling to increase power...
Tags: power
lake
economy
rwanda
Sites : [321] [322] [323] [324] [325] [326] [327] [328] [329] [330] [331] [332] [333] [334] [335] [336] [337] [338] [339] [340] next »