Power plant

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Energy Giant to Close Biggest Coal Generator in Germany After Just Five Years

Swedish utility Vattenfall wants to shut down its youngest and most efficient coal-fired power plant in Germany because it is unprofitable.

Solar Power Plant

ZIMBABWE: a Law to Regulate the Installation of Solar PV Systems is Under Study

The Government of Zimbabwe should soon put an end to the uncontrolled installation of solar photovoltaic systems in the country by regulating the sector.

Hydropower Plant

Power Machines Continues Upgrades of Volzhskaya Hydro Plant Units

Power Machines has announced it has completed modernisation of the hydraulic unit No 19 at RusHydro’s Volzhskaya hydropower plant in Russia.

Nuclear Power Plant

Zhangzhou Unit 2 Construction Starts

The pouring of first safety-related concrete has started for the second Hualong One unit at the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province.

Nuclear Power Plant

Kursk II Completes Steam Generator Hydraulic Tests

Atommash has completed hydraulic tests on the first steam generator for the Kursk II nuclear power plant under construction in Western Russia.

Hydropower Plant

Significant Investments Needed to Modernise Hydropower Stations in Asia

Hydropower stations constructed decades ago across Asia are in need of significant investment and upgrades to enhance their critical contribution to the region…

Nuclear Power Plant

Baltic States Agree to Block Nuclear Power from Belarus

The ministries responsible for the energy sector in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have reached an agreement to cease electricity trading with Belarus when it co…

Nuclear Power Plant

Rolls-Royce Wins Contract for ZhangZhou Units

Rolls-Royce, the British engineering firm, has been awarded a "multi-million-euro" contract by CNNC to provide the Neutron Flux Monitoring System for two nuclea…

Solar Power Plant

RattanIndia Sells 306MW Solar Portfolio to GIP for $232m

RattanIndia Group has reportedly sold its 306MW of solar projects to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), in a deal valued at $232m (Rs16.7bn).

Hualong One

The World's First Hualong One Reactor Begins to Load Fuel

The first fuel loading of Hualong One in the world’s first reactor of China National Nuclear Corporation's Fuqing Nuclear Power Unit 5 officially began.

Hualong One

Hualong One: Fuqing No. 5 Unit Obtains Operating License

On September 4, 2020, the issuing ceremony of the operation license for Unit 5 of Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant was held in Beijing.

Geothermal Power Plant

Turkey’s Soyak Considers Croatia Geothermal Project

Turkish company Soyak is considering investing in geothermal energy in Croatia and has expressed interest in exploring the Legrad-1 geothermal concession area i…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japanese Coal Burn Slips to Historic Low in May

The Covid-19 pandemic drove Japanese coal-fired power generation to a more than four-year low in May, although the fuel's cost advantage for power generation sa…

Solar Power Plant

ACWA Announces Fin Close for 900-MW PV Project in Dubai

Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power said today it has signed all financing agreements for the 900-MW fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar project in D…

Nuclear Power Plant

China's Approved Two Nuclear Power Plants to Boost the Economy and Reduce Pollution

The Government of China has reportedly approved the construction of two nuclear power projects in the country.