Power

Electricity Transmission

Hitachi ABB: Coordination At National Level Needed For Transmission Planning

The company said that the lack of intraregional, as well as interregional, transmission capacity is a major limiting factor for large-scale development of hydro…

Power Construction

Siemens to Deliver Grid Control Center System to Sweden

Support reliable power supply for 965,000 citizens in Stockholm area

Nuclear waste

IAEA Designates New Collaborating Centre in Slovakia on Decommissioning and Waste Management

The IAEA has designated the Slovak Nuclear and Decommissioning Company as a Collaborating Centre to support IAEA Member States on nuclear facility decommissioni…

Nuclear Power Plant

UAE Begins Nuclear Power Plant Tests

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation said yesterday that it has started tests as part of the reactor start-up process for the Barakah nuclear power plant.

Nuclear waste

Is an End to Nuclear Waste Possible?

The 2011 Fukushima disaster in the wake of a 9.0-magnitude earthquake has been an inflection point for nuclear power in the public mind, particularly in Europe.…

Thermal Plant

GE Wins Order for 1.2GW of Power Equipment in Malaysia

GE says it has secured an order to provide power generation equipment for a 1,200 MW Pulau Indah power plant in Selangor.

Electricity Transmission

Lom Pangar-Bertoua Transmission Line Construction to be Completed in 2021, Cameroon

The construction of the Lom Pangar-Bertoua transmission line in Cameroon, which is being carried out by the French engineering company known as Cegelec, is expe…

Pumped Storage

Australian Renewable Agency Approves Funding for Pumped Hydro Plant

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has committed to provide $35.8m to support a pumped hydro storage project.

Nuclear Reactor

Assembly Operations Completed at Unit 2 Reactor of Belarusian NPP

The assembly operations have been completed at Unit 2 reactor of the Belarusian NPP to ensure the cold and hot run stage.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

EDF’s Last Coal Plant to Shut Two Years Ahead of Deadline

EDF has decided to end generation at West Burton A power station, its sole remaining coal-fired power station, in September 2022.

Nuclear Power Plant

Cavendish Nuclear Wins Decommissioning Contract for Scotland’s Dounreay Site

UK solutions company Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract to ensure sustainable and safe extraction and packaging of nuclear materials at Scotland’s D…

Net Zero Emission

Net-Zero Emissions in India’s Energy Systems by 2050 Highly Challenging

It added that this would require more and faster deployment of large-scale solar, wind and hydropower to enable greater electrification across the country

Market Analysis

Russia Considers Qualifying Nuclear Energy as “Green” Source of Energy

On March 16, 2021, at the site of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development, representatives of VEB.RF, the Bank of Russia, the Ministry of Industry and Trad…

Geothermal Power Plant

Spudding-in Marks Progress for Tanzania’s Geothermal Aspirations

The principal research and innovation engineer at Tanzania Geothermal Development Company, Eng.

Power Cable

LS Cable and System Asia to Supply Undersea Cables to Vietnam

LS Cable and System Asia announced on March 23 that LS-VINA, its subsidiary in Vietnam, will supply undersea cables for an offshore wind farm project in Tan Phu…