Power

United Kingdom

Statkraft wins consent for Welsh solar project

Statkraft has secured planning consent for the 30MW Alleston Solar Farm between Lamphey and Pembroke in Wales.[Image: Statkraft]The company said the project wil…

Gas power plant

NextEra secures Trump's approval for up to 10 GW gas power projects

March 20- NextEra Energy said on Friday U.S. President Donald Trump has approved the development ​of up to 10 gigawatts of natural gas-fired power ‌generation…

South Africa

Construction begins on South Africa’s ‘largest’ single-phase PV plant

South African independent power producer (IPP) Anthem has begun construction on a 475MW solar PV project, the largest single-phase solar site in South Africa.Th…

Brazil

Newave Energia, Gerdau cut ribbon on 452-MWp solar plant in Brazil

Brazilian steel producer Gerdau SA and renewable power producer and trader Newave Energia SA have inaugurated a 452-MWp solar complex in the state of Goias.

China

Key Modules Installed at Bailong Unit 1 and Lufeng Unit 6 Nuclear Plants

The giant CA20 structural module of Bailong nuclear power plant's unit 1 has been lifted into place - and the first steam generator moved into position at L…

SMR

X-energy, Talen to assess deployment of multiple SMR plants

US advanced nuclear technology developer X-energy Reactor Company has signed a Letter of Intent with Talen Energy Corporation to assess deploying X-energy's…

Nuclear Reactor

Aalo completes assembly of experimental reactor

Aalo Atomics has held a ceremony to unveil its completed Critical Test Reactor at the Idaho National Laboratory. The company said it expects the reactor to achi…

India

India Unveils Plan to Quadruple Solar Power by 2035

India's solar power capacity is expected to quadruple over the next ​decade, while wind energy capacity could triple, according ‌to a report published on …

Japan

US, Japan announce $40B nuclear power project

The United States and Japan announced Thursday a $40 billion project to build nuclear reactors in Tennessee and Alabama, after a meeting of the two countries’ …

Energy Storage System

Egypt to build 5.62 GW of green energy and storage capacity

Prime Minister of Egypt Mostafa Madbouly attended a signing ceremony for agreements on the construction of renewable energy facilities and electricity storage s…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan launches construction of largest wind power plant in its south

Kazakhstan's Zhambyl Region hosted a capsule-laying ceremony at the construction site of the future Mirny wind power plant, Qazinform News Agency reports, citin…

United States

Google Inks Deals with Five US Utilities to Cut Data Center Power Use at Peak Demand

Google said on Thursday it has signed agreements with five U.S. electric utilities across states from Arkansas to Minnesota to reduce its electricity consumptio…

Russian

Russia expects to build nuclear power station on Moon within 5-7 years

Russia may develop a nuclear power station on the Moon within the next five to seven years, Mikhail Kovalchuk, president of Russia's Kurchatov Institute, sa…

Estonia

Estonia moves toward nuclear energy with draft law

The Estonian government on Thursday endorsed a draft Nuclear Energy and Safety Act and forwarded it to the Riigikogu, the national parliament, for deliberation.…

United Kingdom

UK Approves Hunterston B Nuclear Plant Relicensing for Decommissioning

The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has officially approved the relicensing of the Hunterston B nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire, Scotland, tr…