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Hydro Quebec buys New Brunswick Power for 4.4 billion USD

AFP Global Edition 28 days ago

Behemoth hydro-electricity supplier Hydro-Quebec on Thursday bought its New Brunswick rival for 4.7 billion Canadian dollars (4.4 billion US) amid consolidation of power grids in North America. Under the deal, to be finalized next year, Hydro-Quebec acquires most of New Brunswick Power's ...

Arkansas high court to review SWEPCO plant case

AP News 35 days ago

Arkansas Supreme Court says it will review SWEPCO case about the proposed $1.6B power plant The Arkansas Supreme Court said Thursday it will review a case involving Southwestern Electric Power Company's planned coal-fired power plant in south Arkansas. The state Court of ...

Rewiring the Utility Business

BusinessWeek 49 days ago

Rewiring the Utility Business Peter A. Darbee used to dock his three children 50 cents when they left a room without turning out the lights. Now, as CEO of PG&E, the former investment banker and high school wrestling champion is trying to ...

Nuke future will combat climate change: Indian PM

AFP South Asian Edition 58 days ago

India's prime minister vowed on Tuesday that a massive increase in nuclear power generation over the next four decades would allow the booming country to reduce its impact on global warming. Manmohan Singh told an international atomic conference in New Delhi that ...

Atomic future will fight climate change: Indian PM

AFP Asian Edition 58 days ago

India's prime minister vowed on Tuesday that a massive increase in nuclear power generation over the next four decades would allow the booming country to reduce its impact on global warming. Manmohan Singh told an international atomic conference in New Delhi that ...

Dubai's URUK to build new Iraq power plant

AFP Global Edition 68 days ago

Dubai's URUK Engineering has won an 85-million-dollar contract to build a power station north of Baghdad to provide electricity for 80,000 homes, Iraq's government spokesman said on Saturday. The 160 megawatt plant in Taji, just outside the capital, is set to be ...

SKoreans develop technology for no-booting computers

AFP Global Edition 69 days ago

South Korean scientists said Friday they had developed a new transistor which moves faster and consumes less energy than existing semiconductors, a technology opening the way for no-booting computers. Researchers at the state-run Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) said the ...

Rolls-Royce plans nuclear plants with EDF

AFP European Edition 71 days ago

Engineering firm Rolls-Royce is to collaborate with French nuclear power producer EDF on building four new nuclear power plants, it said Wednesday. "Rolls-Royce today announced plans to collaborate with EDF Energy, the UK business of the French utility group, on programmes that ...

AES shares rise on report of China interest

AP News 73 days ago

AES shares briefly rise to 1-year high on report Chinese investment arm weighs buying stake Shares of AES Corp. briefly rose to a 52-week high on Monday on a published report that China's investment arm is interested in buying a stake in ...

Clean energy to create more jobs than coal: study

Reuters Environmental Online Report 73 days ago

OSLO (Reuters) - A strong shift toward renewable energies could create 2.7 million more jobs in power generation worldwide by 2030 than staying with dependence on fossil fuels would, a report suggested Monday. The study, by environmental group Greenpeace and the European ...

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