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Power Construction

GE Vernova Commissions 1GW Gas-Fired Power Plant in South Korea

E Vernova announced the start of commercial operation for Tongyeong Eco Power’s Tongyeong combined cycle power plant in Gyeongsangnam-do, South Korea.The …

Electricity Transmission

How Transmission Services Could Be a Gas Turbine Money-Spinner

Gas turbine plants could be run continuously to provide services hears Brussels conferenceThe growth of renewables could open the way for peak-load gas turbine …

Power Construction

Ukrainian Banks Finance Power Plants With Capacity of 310 MW in June-Oct 2024

Ukrainian banks provided financing to power plants with total capacity of 310 MW in 21 regions in June-October 2024, Ukrainian media reported with reference to …

Power Construction

EDF in Talks With Providers to Power 1GW Data Centres in France

Électricité de France (EDF) is currently in discussions with three providers to source power for their 1GW data centre projects in France, as reported by Reut…

Power Construction

PG&E Cuts Power to California Customers As Wildfire Risk Builds

PG&E Corp. shut off power to nearly 25,000 homes and businesses in Northern California as gusty Diablo winds and plummeting humidity levels raise the risk of wi…

Power Construction

Bangladesh Fast Tracks Payment To Adani Power After Supply Cut

Bangladesh is accelerating payment of more than $800 million it owes Adani Power (ADAN.NS), ahead of a Nov. 7 deadline set by the Indian company, which has cut …

Distributed Grid

UK Power Hits 11-Month High as Reliance on Europe Reaches Record

UK power prices jumped to their highest in almost a year as the country imports electricity from Europe at record levels.The day-ahead price for delivery Tuesda…

Power Construction

California Faces Risk of Power Cuts With Winds Boosting Fire Threat

California residents face power shutoffs this week as warm, dry winds sweep the state, threatening to tear down utility lines and spark wildfires.Edison Interna…

Offshore Wind Power

UK Can Meet 2030 Clean Power Target With Less Wind Than Promised

The UK has a narrow pathway to achieve the government’s goal of a clean power grid by 2030, and it may not need as much offshore wind as promised to get t…

Power Construction

New Ultra-high Voltage Project Begins Operation In North China

An aerial drone photo taken on Oct. 31, 2024 shows Shengli substation of the Zhangbei-Shengli 1,000-kilovolt ultra-high voltage (UHV) alternating current (AC) p…

Electricity Transmission

South Africa’s Eskom Opposes Electricity Trading Licenses

Power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. will ask the High Court to review a decision by South Africa’s energy regulator to grant licenses to multiple applic…

Electricity Trade

The Rust Belt Is Becoming Ground Zero for the EV Charging Boom

As electric car sales pick up pace far from the US coasts, a wave of new fast-charging stations coming online from the Rust Belt down to the Deep South.Roughly …

United States

US Governors Push Back on PJM After Record-High Power Plant Prices

A group of five governors on Tuesday urged PJM Interconnection, the largest U.S. grid operator, to change the process it uses to determine the price paid to pow…

Power Construction

Kenya Power Swings to Record Profit as Strong Currency Cuts Debt

Kenya Power and Lighting Co. posted a full-year profit thanks to a stronger local currency that softened its debt burden, sending the stock to a record high.Alm…

Electricity Trade

UK's Energy Industry Divided in Battle for Free Electricity

A proposal to divide up the UK power market and unleash free electricity in the windiest parts of the nation is turning into a bitter fight between its biggest …