Power

Coal Price

Back to Black? Germany’s Coal Power Plan Hits Hurdles

High coal prices, supply bottlenecks and aged plants are posing a challenge to Germany's plan to increase electricity production from hard coal-fired power plan…

Wind Farm

Rosatom and Vietnamese An Xuan Energy Sign Wind Power Cooperation Agreement

NovaWind (Rosatom’s wind power division) and representatives of An Xuan Energy signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of a wind farm in Vietnam. …

Nuclear Reactor

Researchers and Experts From 14 Countries and International Organisations Discussed the Areas of Their Future Joint Research at the MBIR Reactor Facility

Promising areas of scientific and experimental work on the MBIR research reactor were discussed by representatives of 14 countries and international organisatio…

Spain

Iberdrola and EU Bank Ink €550M Loan to Boost Renewable Energy in Spain

The loan will support the construction of solar and wind farms with a total capacity of around 1,800MW, generating enough electricity to power around one millio…

Pumped Storage

Poland’s 820MWH Pumped Storage Project to Boost Energy Security

Polish utility PGE has announced its plan to build an 820MWh hybrid energy storage system at Żarnowiec pumped-storage plant.

Wave Energy

First Composite Hull for Corpower’s Wave Energy Converter

CorPower Ocean has teamed up with composite machinery specialist Autonational and composite tank firm CPT Tankwell to develop its first commercial-scale hull in…

Oil Refinery

NTPC, IndianOil Partner to Form JV for Renewable Energy

IndianOil plans to supply the additional power requirements of its refineries with RE by December 2024.

Hydrogen Production

ACWA Power, POSCO Partner to Develop Green Hydrogen in South Korea

The MoU seeks to decarbonise POSCO Group’s power generation.

Finland

Neoen and Prokon Sign Second PPA With Equinix

Neoen and Prokon have announced the signing of a new power purchase agreement (PPA) with Equinix to provide at least 42 MW of green energy in Finland.

Hydrogen Project

Invenergy Launches First Green Hydrogen Project

Invenergy has announced its first green hydrogen project. The 5-acre Sauk Valley Hydrogen project will generate green hydrogen by utilising power from Invenergy…

Wind Turbine

Vattenfall Installs First Turbine at Grönhult Project

The first wind turbine at Grönhult wind farm, Sweden, is now being erected, where a total of 12 5.6 MW wind turbines will be installed from Vestas.

Hydropower Plant

Portugal, Switzerland Launch Pumped Storage Hydropower Plants of Over 2 GW in Total

Iberdrola inaugurated its pumped storage hydropower plant Tâmega Gigabattery in Portugal and a similar facility was set into motion in Switzerland.

Hydropower Plant

Construction of Chinese-Built Hydropower Plant in Zambia Nears Completion

Last Thursday, Zambian President Hichilema toured the Kafue Lower Gorge Power Station, a Chinese-built hydropower plant.

Kyrgyzstan

Heatwaves Could Cause Energy Crunch in Central Asia

Kyrgyzstan’s state utilities company is warning of potential energy shortages as a heatwave grips Central Asia.

United Kingdom

Sizewell C ‘a Step Forward’ for Energy Supply and Reliability

That’s the claim of an economics professor, after the UK government granted the site right to go-ahead