Power

Wind Farm

German Miner Unveils 102MW Wind Farm Plan

Mitteldeutsche Braunkohlengesellschaft has presented proposals for the Breunsdorf project

Electric Car

GM and LG Energy Plan a $2.3 billion Electric Vehicle Battery Plant

The automaker’s future Ultium-powered EVs are designed for Level 2 and DC fast charging. Most will have 400V battery packs and up to 200 kW fast charging capab…

Thermal Plant

Stone City Energy to Build Power Plant in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan's Ministry of Energy has signed a $1.2bn deal with Dutch-registered company Stone City Energy for a gas turbine power plant.

Wave Energy

Mocean Energy Announces New Wave Energy Technology

Wave power specialists, Mocean Energy, have unveiled the company’s Blue X wave energy prototype which will take to the seas in Orkney, Scotland, in May 2021.

Wind Farm

GE Renewable Energy to Supply Turbines for Onshore Wind Projects in India

GE Renewable Energy has announced the supply of 42 units of 2.7-132 onshore wind turbines for the onshore wind hybrid projects to CleanMax totalling 110 MW.

Hydrogen Project

Volvo Trucks Reaffirms Commitment to Hydrogen Fuel Cell Trucks

Volvo Trucks has today reaffirmed its commitment in developing hydrogen-powered trucks with fuel cell variants set to come in the near future.

Nuclear Equipment

Rooppur 2 Components Begin Journey to Bangladesh

The reactor pressure vessel and first two steam generators for Rooppur unit 2 have started their journey from the Volgodonsk branch of AEM-Technology JSC in Rus…

Nuclear Power Plant

Fuel Loading Under Way at Tianwan 6

The loading of fuel assemblies into the core of the reactor of unit 6 at the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province began on 14 April.

China

China to Bring Solar and Wind Power Generation to 11% of Total Electricity Use in 2021

China has flagged it will seek to raise its power generation from solar and wind plants to around 11% of the country’s total power consumption in 2021, from 9.…

Offshore Wind Power

Giant Offshore Wind Energy Projects to be Built in Ireland’s Seas

Ireland’s plans for developing offshore wind are starting to take real shape with two new large projects in the pipeline.

Electricity Trade

DEME Wins French Floater Export Cable Gig

DEME’s French subsidiary has won a contract for the export cable for the 30MW Leucate floating offshore wind farm, off France.

Thermal Plant

Montenegro Expects more Hours for Pljevlja Power Plant

Montenegrin state-owned utility EPCG expects to be granted additional operating hours for the 225MW Pljevlja lignite-fired plant, which had been due to close la…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Seoul Requests Voluntary Cut from State Coal Plants

The South Korean government has asked state-owned Kepco utilities to voluntarily restrict its use of coal in April-November to limit overall emissions, sources …

CCS

ExxonMobil Pitches $100bn Houston Carbon Capture Hub

ExxonMobil is seeking federal support to develop a "hub" that could capture all of the CO₂ emissions from refineries and industrial facilities along the Housto…

Solar Power Plant

P&G’s Hyderabad Facility First in India to Go Solar

FMCG biggie Procter & Gamble on Monday said it has commissioned its first in-house solar power plant in India at it’s Hyderabad manufacturing facility.