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Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Cummins Trialling Fuel Cells for 2022 Winter Olympics

For almost two years, Canadian technology and power solutions provider Cummins has been trialling its hydrogen fuel cells in 74 buses operating on roads in Zhan…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

New Zealand Government Backs Hiringa's Nationwide Hydrogen Fueling Network

The Infrastructure Reference Group has provisionally approved $20 million for Hiringa Energy to establish New Zealand’s first nationwide network of hydrogen fu…

Nuclear Power Plant

French Regulator Releases IAEA Report on Flamanville 3

France’s Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire on 5 August posted online the report of an International Atomic Energy Agency pre-OSART mission which took place in m…

Nuclear Power Plant

Chinese Fast Reactor Completes Trial Operating Cycle

The China Experimental Fast Reactor completed a manual emergency shutdown test from full power on 31 July, China National Nuclear Corporation announced last wee…

Energy Storage Battery

Kiwi Power Fully Commissions 30MW Somerset Battery System

Kiwi Power has commissioned the final 5MW of capacity at South Somerset District Council’s 30MW Fideoak Mill battery storage installation in Taunton.

Power Construction

Saint-Nazaire Cable Work Gets Underway

French grid operator RTE has started export cable installation works for the 480MW Saint-Nazaire offshore wind project off France, in the Atlantic Ocean.

Power Construction

Elsewedy Electric to Build High Voltage Substation in DRC

Egyptian electric company Elsewedy Electric has contracted to build a 220-15/6.6kV high voltage distribution substation in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Spain

Spain-Based Iberdrola Takes Over Infigen Energy

It proposed to buy the Australian producer for $638m.

Hydropower Plant

China's 1.6GW Datengxia Hydro Project Starts Operations

It is expected to generate 3.75TWh/year of electricity.

Gas power plant

Siemens and BP to Expand Largest Gas-to-Power Project in Latin America

Brazil-based State Power Investment Corporation, has signed a deal with EIG Global Energy Partners, bp and Siemens to acquire a 33% stake in the largest gas-to-…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

AES Gener to End Agreements with Angamos Coal-Fired Plant in Chile

AES Gener, a subsidiary of AES Corporation, has agreed an early end to two power purchase agreements with the Angamos coal-fired plant in Chile.

Wind Farm

EDPR Signs Sale and Purchase Agreement with Portugal’s Finerge

Wind energy producer EDP Renewables has signed a $500m sale and purchase agreement with Portugal’s renewable energy company Finerge.

Chad

Chad Considers Construction of 200 MW Solar-Plus-Storage Plant

The minister of finance and budget and the minister of energy have signed a memorandum of understanding with Argentina-based Alcaal Group relating to the feasib…

Mauritius

Mauritius Must Prepare for 'Worst-Case Scenario' After Oil Spill, Prime Minister Says

Mauritius Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth told the Indian Ocean island nation to prepare for the “worst-case scenario” after a crippled Japanese ship leaked o…

Saudi Arabia

Saudi Aramco Says Profit Fell 73 Percent as Demand for Oil Shrank

Saudi Aramco, the world’s largest oil company, said on Sunday that its quarterly earnings plunged more than 73 percent compared to a year ago, as lockdowns imp…