Imperial Metals suspends operations at Mount Polley copper mine (Canada)

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10 January 2019. Imperial Metals announced this week that due to declining copper prices, operations at the Mount Polley mine will be suspended. The suspension plan includes milling of low grade stockpiles which is targeted to extend operations to the end of May 2019.

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900 MW solar farm approved for Australia’s Riverina region

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10 January 2019. In the final days of 2018, Australia’s New South Wales government gave its tick of approval for the construction of the state’s largest solar farm to date, rounding off a year that saw a flurry of utility-scale solar construction activity and an unprecedented number of big solar additions in the state.

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NTPC to invest in greenfield thermal and solar plants in UP (India)

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10 January 2019. Public sector energy generation major NTPC Limited has planned to invest almost Rs 10,300 crore in Greenfield power plants in Uttar Pradesh. These plants include a proposed 1,600 megawatt (Mw) (2×800) thermal power project at Shaktinagar (Singrauli) in Sonebhadra district of UP.

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Duke Energy completes 75 MW Hamilton Solar Power Plant in Florida

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9 January 2019. Duke Energy today announced the completion and operation of its new 74.9-MW Hamilton Solar Power Plant in Jasper, Florida. The plant’s carbon-free power is enough to energize more than 20,000 homes at peak production.

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Vestas Finished 2018 With Record Wind Turbine Orders Over 12 Gigawatts

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9 January 2019. Danish wind turbine manufacturing giant Vestas Wind Systems A/S continued to flummox efforts to report its total wind turbine order book for 2018 right down to the wire, with five announcements made on December 31 (and a sixth on January 1), bringing its total for 2018 close to the 13 gigawatt (GW) mark.

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BHEL commissions 800 MW supercritical coal plant in Telangana in record time

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9 January 2019. Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) has commissioned a 800 MW thermal power unit within a record time of 46 months for Kothagudem Thermal Power Station of Telangana State Power Generation Corporation.

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Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) is facing bankruptcy due to California Wildfires

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8 January 2019. PG&E is now reportedly scrambling facing the consequences of the incoming wave of liability due to its potential role in California’s deadliest and most destructive fires in history. According to NPR, its parent company is looking into selling some of its major assets in order to avoid bankruptcy and pay the incoming tsunami of lawsuits.

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