Energy

Hydropower Plant

Honduras to Refit Hydro and Improve Renewable Energy Integration

Honduras will refit its main hydroelectric dam with an $18 million loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

Wind Power Project

Siemens Gamesa Adds 250MW of Wind Energy to South Africa’s Grid

Siemens Gamesa has officially started production of Mainstream Renewable Power’s 110MW Perdekraal East and 140MW Kangnas wind farms in South Africa, supporting…

Solar Power Plant

Sonnedix Acquires Photovoltaic Project in Chile from Andes Solar

Independent solar power producer Sonnedix has acquired a 160MW solar photovoltaic project in Chile from Andes Solar, a renewable energy developer and constructo…

Wind Power Project

Siemens Gamesa Wins Contract from BHE Canada for Wind Farm Project

Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has secured a contract from Berkshire Hathaway Energy Canada for its 130MW Rattlesnake Ridge w…

Biofuel

Battered by Virus and Oil Slump, Biofuels Fall out of Favour

The production of biofuels for transport in 2020 is expected to decline 11.6 percent on 2019 levels, the first fall in 20 years, according to the International …

Biomass Power Plant

UK’s Tees Valley to Welcome Second Waste-to-Energy Plant

A second waste-to-energy plant will be built in the UK’s Tees Valley, attracting £430 million of private investment and creating hundreds of jobs.

Doosan Heavy Becomes Largest Shareholder of Doosan Fuel Cell

Doosan Fuel Cell shareholders, including group Chairman Park Jeong-won, seeded a 23 percent stake in Doosan Fuel Cell to Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction …

Offshore Wind Power

Equinor and Partner Reach Financial Close on World’s Biggest Offshore Wind Farm

Dogger Bank wind farm owners, Equinor and SSE, have today announced financial close on the first two phases of the project, representing in aggregate the larges…

Power Construction

Siemens Energy Awarded Major Kuwait Grid Contract

Kuwait’s Ministry of Electricity and Water has awarded Siemens Energy a contract to provide maintenance of 116 high-voltage substations.

Oil Field

Genel Begins Production from Sarta Oil Field in Iraq

Iraq-focused independent Genel Energy said production has started at the Sarta oil field in the semi-autonomous Kurdistan region of northern Iraq.

Coal Production

South Korean Coal Restrictions to Edge up This Winter

South Korean state-owned Kepco utilities operated 56 coal-fired units with a combined capacity of 33.7GW.

Nuclear Fusion

South Korea’s Artificial Sun Sets New Record

The Korea Institute of Fusion Energy announced on Nov. 24 that it succeeded in operating 100,000,000°C plasma, which is a core condition for nuclear fusion, fo…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Energy Invites Interest in DAC Project at Sizewell C

EDF Energy subsidiary Nuclear New Build Generation Company on 25 November published an Expression of Interest document for a direct air capture demonstrator pro…

Biobattery

UK Details Plans for Future of the CfD Scheme

The U.K. government on Nov. 24 confirmed that coal-to-biomass conversion projects will be excluded from future allocation rounds under its Contracts for Differe…

Energy Storage Battery

5 MW/7.5 MWh Li-ion Battery to Provide Network Services in Australia

Spanish storage specialist E22 is now working on its first project in Australia – a 5 MW/7.5 MW Li-ion battery in Victoria that will provide AusNet with networ…