Power

United States

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy BWRX-300 Small Modular Reactor Achieves US Licensing Milestone

The LTR, which was submitted to the NRC in December 2019, forms the basis for the dramatic simplification of the BWRX-300.

Energy Storage Project

Enel X to Install Solar + Storage System at Eaton Manufacturing Plant in Puerto Rico

Enel X, the Enel Group’s advanced energy services business line, and power management company Eaton announced plans for microgrid development in Puerto Rico.

Smart Grid

Nova Scotia Power Selects Partner for Smart Grid Atlantic Pilot Project

Canadian utility Nova Scotia Power has selected distributed energy resources technology firm Sunverge as a partner for its Smart Grid Atlantic project.

Wind Turbine

EDP Renováveis Commissions Spain’s Largest Wind Turbines in Burgos

EDPR is developing the Quintanilla II wind farm, which will feature three wind turbines spanning a height of 199.9 metres.

Geothermal Power Plant

Mitsubishi Power to Upgrade Geothermal Plant in the Philippines

Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, has received an order for the facility upgrading of the Makban Geothermal Power Plant…

Offshore Wind Power

Orsted Renews US Maritime Research Partnership

Orsted has announced a new three-year partnership with the US Maritime Institute of Technology & Graduate Studies.

Wind Farm

Nordex Receives Certification for N149/5.X Model

Turbine can be operated both with standard and anti-icing rotor blades.

Wind Farm

Southern Power's 136MW Washington Wind Site Goes Live

Southern Power has announced the 136MW Skookumchuck Wind Facility in Washington state, USA, is now operational.

Rooftop PV System

Solar Car-Parks Completed At Oman’s Mina Al Fahal

The electricity output will meet a large part of the demand at Mina Al Fahal while any surplus will be channeled into the grid.

Combined Heat and Power

World’s First 1MW Large-Scale Gas Engine Begins Hydrogen Field Test

The recent initiation of field testing on the converted CHP plant in the Othmarschen area of Hamburg, Germany, marks a step forward in a joint flagship project …

Combined cycle power plant

Jacobs Secures 1.2GW Power Plant Development Contract in Malaysia

US technical consultancy Jacobs has secured an engineering contract for the development of a 1.2GW combined cycle power plant in Malaysia.

Hydropower Plant

Chinese-Built Power Plant in Uganda to Reduce Power Tariff by 17.5 pct

Commissioning and full utilization of power generated by the 600MW Karuma Hydropower Plant in Uganda will make power more affordable by reducing the tariff rate…

Hydropower Plant

Doosan Heavy Teams Up with Korea Western Power for Laos Hydroelectric Power Plant Project

In August, the two companies signed a three-way investment agreement with Korea Overseas Infrastructure and Urban Development Corp.

Offshore Wind Power

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction to Cooperate with KOEN on Offshore Wind Farm Projects

Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has recently signed a memorandum of understanding with Korea South-East Power Company for the promotion of offshore wind …

Wind Power Tower

Nordex’s New Concrete Tower Factory for Wind Energy in Spain Begins Operations

After only four months of construction work, Nordex has launched its new mobile concrete tower production plant for wind turbines in Spain.