Power plant

Sweden

Fortum provides local hydropower to EcoDataCenter in Falun, Sweden

Fortum and Swedish digital infrastructure provider EcoDataCenter have signed a five-year power supply agreement for delivery of 10 MW capacity and Guarantees of…

India

India Boosts Domestic Coal Use at Import-Designed Power Plants to Curb Overseas Purchases

India is increasing the share of domestic coal to more than 50% at power plants originally designed to run on imported fuel, as the world's second-largest t…

India

Reactor pressure vessel installed at Indian nuclear plant

The 320-tonne vessel which will house the core of unit 5 at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India was lifted by crane into place in a precision operation …

United States

Georgia nuclear power plant cleared for 80-year operating life

The two boiling water reactor units at Georgia Power's Edwin I Hatch plant have been cleared by the regulator to operate until the mid-2050s.(Image: Southern Nu…

China

270-tonne Containment Dome Lifted into Place at China's Ningde 5 Nuclear Unit

China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) has completed the installation of the 270-tonne containment building outer dome at its Ningde Nuclear Power Plant Unit 5…

United States

Voltus Acquires Brightfield AI to Accelerate Energy Storage Deployment

Voltus, Inc., the leading virtual power plant (VPP) operator and distributed energy resource (DER) platform, announced on June 10 its acquisition of Brightfield…

Egypt

Alcazar Energy secures $420m deal to manage Egypt’s Gabal El Zeit wind farm

Egypt signed investment, operation, and power purchase agreements worth $420m with Alcazar Energy for the 580-megawatt (MW) Gabal El Zeit wind power plant, the …

Brazil

ANDRITZ WINS MAJOR CONTRACTS TO EXPAND HYDROPOWER CAPACITY IN BRAZIL

COPEL (Companhia Paranaense de Energia) has awarded ANDRITZ two turnkey contracts for the supply and commissioning of additional generating units at the Foz do …

Japan

Chubu Electric to procure credits from 7-MW biomass-fired plant in Japan

Chubu Electric Power Miraiz Co Inc has inked an off-site virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Enshu Forest Energy LLC to procure environmental credits f…

Japan

Baseload Capital and Furusato Netsuden demonstrate scalable geothermal growth model in Japan

With the completion of the Waita No. 2 geothermal power plant in Kumamoto Prefecture, Baseload Capital and Furusato Netsuden are positioning Japan as a breakthr…

China

Xudabao Nuclear Plant: Unit 3 Passes Hot Tests, Unit 2 Vessel in Place

Hot functional tests have been completed at unit 3 of the Xudabao nuclear power plant in China's Liaoning Province ahead of the reactor's start up, whil…

Brazil

ANDRITZ secures hydropower capacity expansion contracts with COPEL

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (COPEL) has awarded ANDRITZ two turnkey contracts for the supply and commissioning of additional generating units at the Foz do …

Combined cycle power plant

KEPCO Secures Saudi Jafurah Phase 2 Power Project

KEPCO has secured the second phase of the Saudi Arabia’s Jafurah, Jafurah combined cycle power project, following the first phase. KEPCO announced on the …

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan and Russia sign deal to finance 1st nuclear power plant

Kazakhstan and Russia have signed an agreement on the main principles and conditions for cooperation to build the country's first nuclear power plant, inclu…

United States

‌KEPCO Commissions Ukudu Combined Cycle Power Plant in Guam‌

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) commissioned the Ukudu combined cycle power plant in Guam on May 28 (local time), marking a major step in strengthening its o…