Power generation

Market Analysis

Acciona Will Invest 4,000 Million in Wind Energy and Solar in Five Years

At the end of 2019, Acciona had a portfolio of green power generation facilities of 10,117 megawatts (MW) installed, 56% in Spain and 44% in international marke…

Shale Gas

Saudi Aramco Launches Largest Shale Gas Development Outside U.S.

Saudi Aramco is launching the biggest shale gas development outside of the United States to boost domestic gas supply and end the burning of oil at its power ge…

Oil & Gas Trade

Total Looks To Stop Selling Fuel Oil To Power Plants

​Supermajor Total wants to stop selling fuel oil—one of the most carbon-intensive refinery products—for power generation in order to reduce its carbon footpr…

Biomass Power Plant

GE to deliver steam technology for Japanese biomass power plant

GE Steam Power has secured a contract from Japan’s Hitachi Zosen Corporation to supply its renewable steam technology for Kamisu biomass power generation plant…

Quadra’s 223 MW Voronezh Combined Cycle Plant Achieves Commercial Operation

Quadra Power Generation has announced that its Voronezh CHPP-1 combined-cycle power plant achieved the start of commercial operation, using four of GE’s SPRINT…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Korea Continues Nuclear Phase-out

South Korea has announced the permanent closure of another nuclear reactor, as the country continues to phase out thermal power generation and increase the use …

Coal Power

Coal is Out as APS Sets Carbon-Free Goal

Arizona Public Service (APS) announced Jan. 22 that it plans for all its power generation to be carbon-free by 2050, and also said it plans to produce nearly ha…

Siemens Supplies Gas Turbines for Peaking Power Plants in Belarus

Siemens will deliver the power generation equipment for two new peaking power plants in the Republic of Belarus.

​EDC Represents 60% of Geothermal Power Generation Capacity in the Philippines

Energy Development Corp. (EDC) in the Philippines, remains one of the top geothermal operators in the world, representing a total installed generation capacity …

Power Generation from Missouri River's Upstream Dams Increases in 2019

The Western Area Power Administration relies heavily on energy from the dams for the power it sells and must buy electricity on the open market in years when hy…

Electricity Transmission

9,293MW Power Generation Capacity Lies Idle

The nation’s 27 power plants stood started the year with a generation of 3,617.5 megawatts despite having a combined installed capacity of 12,910MW.

Biomass Power Plant

​Case study: Fast Boiler Repair at Biomass Plant

Biomass is becoming an increasingly popular fuel solution for power generation. It is one of several technologies being implemented to improve the sustainabilit…

Distributed Generation

Energy-Storage may be the Key to Maximise Power Generation

Electricity generated by burning fossil fuels like coal and natural gas now constitutes nearly two-thirds of all power produced in the world.

Electricity Transmission

Southern Electricity Price Rises on Exchange Due to Power Outage

Coupled with outages of power generation units and increasing irrigation demand, the development has resulted in a failure to attain the desired “one nation, o…

Cooperation case

Nam Ou River hydropower project in Laos starts 2nd phase operation

A ceremony to start the first power generation unit of Nam Ou River Cascade Hydropower Project's second phase was held on Thursday, in Luang Prabang, some 220 k…