SOUTH AFRICA - Eskom is in negotiations with coal miners over quality and quantity of coal, and the utility might pay more for better quality coal in future, Eskom CEO Jacob Maroga said recently. At ...

SAINT JOHN, NEW BRUNSWICK - Several people who live on the lower west side of Saint John want to know if they'll be compensated after their electronics and appliances were damaged by an unusual power ...

Electricity generation is a process that involves the production of electrical power through various sources. In the United States, power production from utility-scale generators was about 4.1 ...

TUNISIA - The plan to produce renewable energy in North Africa to power the continent and export excess capacity to Europe is advancing, the companies involved say. The advance comes despite unrest in ...

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - TransCanada has agreed to buy a large New York power plant from utility National Grid for around $2.9 billion. National Grid is divesting the 2,480 megawatt gas-fired Ravenswood ...

SAUDI ARABIA - Saudi Arabia will require more than $200 billion over the next 15 years in the power generation and water desalination sectors as the growing middle-class population and the ongoing ...

MARLBOROUGH, MASSACHUSETTS - Brookfield Renewable Power Inc., the Toronto-based energy company with 164 hydroelectric plants and wind farms in North America and Brazil, has not only decided to ...

KANSAS - A yearlong dispute over two proposed coal-fired power plants in southwest Kansas appears headed back for a Kansas Supreme Court review because of an administrative ruling. The ruling by the ...

LAHORE, PAKISTAN - In yet another episode of power outages in the country, Pakistani power generation company Pakistan Electric Power Company Private Limited PEPCO witnessed a massive power shortfall ...

PARK CITY, UTAH - Cabinet leaders in the Obama administration promised to help western states develop a robust system for delivering renewable energy. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar said the West has ...

HILO, HAWAII - One of the most expensive public works projects in Big Island history was awarded to a Houston firm that has been vying to build a garbage-to-energy incinerator for the county similar ...

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA - Dozens of protesters were arrested near Duke Energy's headquarters as they called on the company to halt construction of a coal-fired power plant in western North Carolina.