Electricity

The demand for global electricity is growing faster than renewable energy capacity and therefore will require more power to be generated from fossil fuels. That’s according to a new report from the International Energy Agency (IEA), which found renewable energy is not expanding quickly enough to meet the strong rebound …

Renewables are expanding quickly but not enough to satisfy a strong rebound in global electricity demand this year. This is resulting in a sharp rise in the use of coal power that risks pushing carbon dioxide emissions from the electricity sector to record levels next year, says a new report …

Nearly 25.7% of the total US electricity production in April, came from renewable energy sources, including solar, wind, geothermal, hydropower and biomass. A SUN DAY Campaign analysis of new data released by the US Energy Information Administration suggests solar and wind output during the month was 29.9% and 22.1% greater …

Iraqi officials have said that the country seeks to build eight nuclear reactors to tackle a crippling power shortage in the oil-rich economy. Iraq seeks to build eight reactors capable of producing about 11 gigawatts, Aljazeera quoted Kamal Hussain Latif, chairman of the Iraqi Radioactive Sources Regulatory Authority as saying …

Iraq is working on a plan to build nuclear reactors as the electricity-starved petrostate seeks to end the widespread blackouts that have sparked social unrest. OPEC’s No 2 oil producer – already suffering from power shortages and insufficient investment in ageing plants – needs to meet an expected 50% jump …

Afghan officials say electricity imported to the country from Iran has been cut due to an explosion in an electricity tower. Afghanistan Electricity Company announced the explosion of an electricity tower in Herat province. Zeinab Mohseni, public relations manager of Breshna Company in Herat, said that this morning, the electricity …

Siemens Energy and the Ministry of Electricity of the Republic of Iraq signed a contract to construct Iraq’s West Mosul 400-kilovolt (kV) super grid station, which will provide reliable and efficient power supply to around 700,000 Iraqi citizens in northern Iraq, particularly the Nineveh province. The construction of the Mosul …

In a meeting with his Iranian counterpart in Tehran, Iraqi Energy Minister Majid Mahdi Hantoush announced that his country will continue purchasing gas and electricity from Iran. “Iran and Iraq have agreed to continue imports of Iranian gas and electricity and Iraq will pay its debts to Iran,” Hantoush said …

The Iraqi Minister of Electricity, Majid Hantoush, arrived on Saturday in the Iranian capital, Tehran, on an official visit. According to the official Iranian news agency “IRNA”, Hantoush met with the aide of the Minister of Energy, Humayun Haeri. The two sides reviewed ways to expand bilateral cooperation in the …

With India’s power sector development over the next two decades set to take place against a backdrop of increasing water stress, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has advised that water management challenges be addressed while boosting power capacity. The agency has come out with two key priorities to ensure a …