Power

Energy Storage Battery

USTDA Supports First-of-Its-Kind Battery Storage Project in Senegal

This will also be one of the first stand-alone battery power projects owned by an independent power producer.

Solar Power Plant

Ignitis Group Installs Largest Solar Plant in the Baltic States

In Lithuania, utility Ignitis Gamyba, has completed the installation of what is claimed to be the largest solar power plant in the Baltic States.

Gas turbine engine

GE Restores Gas Turbines Adding 360MW to Nigeria’s Grid

GE announced the successful rehabilitation of three 9E.03 gas turbines at three Niger Delta Power Holding Company power plants in Calabar and Sapele, Nigeria.

Vietnam

Vietnam Requires $133.3bn in Power Investment By 2030

Vietnam will need an investment of $133.3bn in its power industry to meet its increasing electricity demand.

Thermal Plant

Wheelabrator Reportedly Plans Sale of UK Waste-to-Energy Plants

Waste-to-energy plant developer Wheelabrator will reportedly sell four of its plants in the UK, in a deal valued at more than $600m.

Wind Farm

Statkraft Invests in Solar and Wind Power in Brazil

In the case of the wind farm in Bahia announced by Statkraft on Monday, the planned investments are 2.5 billion reais.

LNG

Vietnam Power Sector's LNG Demand Set to Soar

Demand for LNG from Vietnam's power sector is set to reach 8.5mn t/yr by 2030, the country's industry ministry said today

Nuclear Power Plant

China Completes Development of New Third-Generation Nuclear Technology

On September 28, 2020, the State Power Investment Corporation of China announced that China's third-generation nuclear power technology with completely independ…

SMR

Small Modular Reactor First to Receive US Design Approval

Markham interviews Dom Claudio of NuScale Power.

Solar Power Plant

Vattenfall has Opened Its First Floating Solar Farm in Gendringen, the Netherlands

The solar farm, with a capacity of 1.2 megawatt, was built on the site of the sand and gravel extraction company Netterden.

LNG

Karpowership Kicks off First Floating LNG-to-Power Project in Indonesia

Turkey’s floating power plant company Karpower International has begun operation on its first LNG-to-Power project offshore Indonesia.

Coal Production

What Would A Biden Presidency Mean For Coal?

The United States is expected to see an acceleration in renewables development and an effort to reverse the loosening of emission restrictions made by the Donal…

Nuclear Policy

Iraq Sets Up Committee Tasked with Building a Research Reactor

Iraq’s Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi has ordered the formation of a committee tasked to build a nuclear research reactor.

Nuclear Power Plant

Pakistan's Chashma 4 Officially Accepted

A ceremony has been held to mark the final official acceptance of unit 4 at the Chashma nuclear power plant in Pakistan's Punjab province.

Nuclear Power Plant

Dutch Minister Presents Report on New Nuclear

The Netherlands is considering the expansion of nuclear power in its energy mix, according to a letter Minister for Economic Affairs and Climate Policy Eric Wie…