Power

Hydropower Plant

Nepal Inaugurates Small Hydro Power Plant Built with Indian Assistance

The small hydro power plant was built with Indian financial assistance of Nepali Rs 26.39 million.

Market Analysis

Greece Commits to 2025 Coal Phase-Out

Greece’s Public Power Corp., the country’s biggest energy company, has announced that its coal-fired thermal power plant Ptolemaida 5 will be converted to gas…

Solar Power Plant

Milestone Reached for Abu Dhabi Solar Plant

The 1.2-GW power plant has more than 3.3 million solar panels on a single site, reflecting the progress made in the UAE to address the rising energy demand.

Wind Power Project

Vestas Awarded Contract for Italian Wind Farm

Italy-based engeniering and construction company, SIMIC Spa, has placed a 30 MW order for the Fiurme Santo wind park, to be located in Porto Torres in Sardinia,…

Wind Power Project

JSW Renew Energy Signs Wind PPA in India

Indian power company JSW Energy’s subsidiary, JSW Renew Energy, has signed a 540MW power purchase agreement with the Solar Energy Corporation of India for blen…

Market Analysis

How Norway Became Europe’s Biggest Power Exporter

The world’s largest synchronous electricity network has allowed many European countries to make power trading a part of everyday grid balancing. Until now, Fra…

Japan

Japan to Restart Ageing Reactors at Takahama and Mihama

Unit 3 at Kansai Electric Power Company’s Mihama NPP and units 1&2 at the Takahama NPP, both in Japan’s Fukui Prefecture and idle since the 2011 Fukushima nuc…

Nuclear Power Plant

More Equipment for Iter

UK-based CMP said on 27 April that it had supplied thousands of cleats to the International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor.

Offshore Wind Power

Rystad Energy: Set for Surge in Global Offshore Wind Expenditure

The offshore wind industry’s global installed capacity is set to exceed 250 GW by 2030, driven by a surge in coming projects, a Rystad Energy report shows

Hydrogen Technology

Raven SR & Hyzon Motors to Build up to 100 Waste-to-Hydrogen Hubs

Raven SR, a renewable fuels company, and Hyzon Motors Inc., a global supplier of hydrogen fuel cell-powered commercial vehicles, announced a joint venture to bu…

Power Construction

US DOE Promises Loans for Electric Infrastructure Projects

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced loans of up to $8.25bn to support projects for expanding and improving the country’s electricity grid.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Kansai Electric and Marubeni drop coal power plant plans

Kansai Electric Power and Marubeni have reportedly scrapped their plans for a 1.3GW coal-fired power plant in Japan.

Energy Storage System

Pacific Energy to Build Network Integrated Battery Energy Storage System for Fortescue Metals Group

Pacific Energy Ltd subsidiary Contract Power Australia has signed a contract to build Western Australia’s largest network integrated BESS for Fortescue Metals …

Nuclear Technology

Canadian University Becomes IAEA Collaborating Centre

The institution is the first in Canada to receive such a designation.

Nuclear Reactor

Entergy to Shut Down Indian Point Unit Three Permanently

US-based energy company Entergy has announced plans to close the third unit of its Indian Point Energy Centre nuclear reactor permanently by 30 April.