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28 May 2020
Coronavirus company news summary – Pakistan completes 50% work on power project – Coal India sees 22% dip in demand from power sector
28 May EDF has been ordered by a French court to accept Gazel Energy’s suspension of nuclear supply contracts under a force majeure clause due to the Covid-19 pandemic. The...
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27 May 2020
Capgemini report calls for flexibility and digitisation amid Covid-19
French consultancy firm Capgemini has released a report into the impacts of the Covid-19 pandemic on the world’s energy landscape, with key takeaways including a need for companies to embrace...
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27 May 2020
Coronavirus company news summary – Global energy investments to tumble by 20% – 100 confirmed Covid-19 cases at Belarus nuclear plant
27 May The International Energy Agency (IEA) has said that global energy investment may plunge by approximately 20% or $400bn this year due to the coronavirus outbreak. The France-based agency...
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26 May 2020
NextEnergy builds subsidy-free solar plants despite coronavirus
Renewable energy sector investment manager NextEnergy Capital (NEC) has obtained financing to build two subsidy-free UK solar plants amongst the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic. NextEnergy founding partner Michael Bonte-Friedheim commented: "The ability...
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26 May 2020
The big interview: Cisco UK and Ireland CEO David Meads
He has already overseen the UK medical sector’s biggest peacetime IT infrastructure project – fitting out the 4,000-bed Nightingale hospital in London’s ExCeL centre in just nine days. Now, Cisco...
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26 May 2020
Leading energy companies call for European clean hydrogen investment
The CEOs of ten leading energy companies have written an open letter to the European Commission (EC), urging the group to prioritise hydrogen generation as part of Europe’s clean energy...
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26 May 2020
Coronavirus company news summary – EDF to submit application for Sizewell C – Brazil new nuclear reactor to get delayed
26 May EDF Energy is expected to submit a planning application for the Sizewell C nuclear plant in the UK despite delays caused by the Covid-19 pandemic. EDF UK in...
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22 May 2020
China Develops $26bn Ultra High Voltage Electrical Grids to Stimulate Economic Recovery
China identified its first COVID infection from Wuhan in Hubei Province in December 2019. In an attempt to curb the spread of the virus, China in January 2020 locked down...
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22 May 2020
UK Office of National Statistics puts ‘excess’ death figure during Covid pandemic at 55,000
As the UK has climbed the tables that count the number of Covid-19 cases and deaths in each country, it has become obvious that it is one of the worst...
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22 May 2020
Covid-19 will accelerate workplace automation, say business leaders
The majority of professionals expect the Covid-19 pandemic to accelerate the adoption of workplace and industry automation. This is according to a survey by Internet of Things company Pod Group,...