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Cold putting pressure on power supply

Metro | Public utilities
2009-11-19

THE city's power supplier was scrambling yesterday to avert shortages, as five sets of generators broke down amid the cold weather. Shanghai Electric Power Co rushed to fix three of the five malfunctioned generators...

Coal comfort on power supply

National
2009-11-19

COAL stocks for power plants were above the "alert" level in snow-hit regions of the nation, which will ensure continuous power supply, a senior official of State Grid Corp of China said yesterday. Accumulative...

China's power use surges 16%

Business | Energy
2009-11-14

CHINA'S National Energy Administration announced yesterday that the country's power consumption in October rose 15.87 percent annually to 313.42 billion kilowatt-hours, up for the 5th consecutive month since June. ...

Blackouts darken Brazil's 2 largest cities

World
2009-11-11

A MASSIVE power failure blacked out Brazil's two largest cities and other parts of Latin America's biggest nation for more than two hours late yesterday, leaving millions of people in the dark after a huge hydroelectric...

More nuke power plants vital

Business | Energy
2009-11-5

THE design and first-phase construction of three inland nuclear power stations in China has begun, Wang Binghua, chairman of State Nuclear Power Technology Corp, said yesterday at 2009 China Power Forum. The new...

Solar power hailed as future bright spark

Metro | Environment
2009-10-24

CONSTRUCTION and installation of equipment for solar-energy generation for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo had been completed, officials told the Great Wall Renewable Energy Forum that opened in the city yesterday. ...

Wind industry uses federal grants to add capacity

Business | Energy
2009-10-21

ARMED with nearly US$1 billion in federal grants, wind farm developers installed more capacity and got projects off the drawing board in the third quarter. Yet turbine manufacturers struggled amid excess supply, a...

Huaneng powers to robust Q3 profit

Business | Energy
2009-10-21

HUANENG Power International Inc, China's largest electricity provider, swung to a third-quarter profit due to more output from new operating units, two tariff hikes in the second half of 2008 and lower coal costs. ...

Chinese company to build biggest hydropower project in Ecuador

Business | Energy
2009-10-6

ECUADORIAN President Rafael Correa yesterday signed a contract with representatives of China's Sinohydro corporation to build a US$2 billion hydroelectric project in the country. The Coca-Codo-Sinclair...

Producers of hydro electricity win with price hikes

Business | Energy
2009-9-22

SHARES in Chinese hydroelectric power producers rose yesterday after media reports said the government may raise hydropower rates. China Yangtze Power Co, operator of the world's largest hydropower project, the...