Power plant

Hydropower Plant

China's 1.6GW Datengxia Hydro Project Starts Operations

It is expected to generate 3.75TWh/year of electricity.

Gas power plant

Siemens and BP to Expand Largest Gas-to-Power Project in Latin America

Brazil-based State Power Investment Corporation, has signed a deal with EIG Global Energy Partners, bp and Siemens to acquire a 33% stake in the largest gas-to-…

Solar Power Plant

Spark Infrastructure Secures Approvals for Bomen Solar Farm in NSW

Spark Infrastructure has secured approvals from the Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) and TransGrid to commercially operate the Bomen Solar Farm.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

AES Gener to End Agreements with Angamos Coal-Fired Plant in Chile

AES Gener, a subsidiary of AES Corporation, has agreed an early end to two power purchase agreements with the Angamos coal-fired plant in Chile.

Chad

Chad Considers Construction of 200 MW Solar-Plus-Storage Plant

The minister of finance and budget and the minister of energy have signed a memorandum of understanding with Argentina-based Alcaal Group relating to the feasib…

Nuclear Power Plant

China: Tianwan 5 Achieves Grid Connection

Unit 5 of the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China's Jiangsu province has been connected to the grid for the first time.

Nuclear Power Plant

Kudankulam Units 3 & 5 Hit Construction Milestones

Indian contractor Larsen & Toubro has completed on schedule the installation of the 'dry shield' for the reactor pressure vessel of unit 3 of the Kudankulam nuc…

Geothermal Power Plant

City of Hamburg’s Geothermal Plants a Potential Blue Print for Northern Germany

Local news from Hamburg in Germany report that a treasure lies at a depth of 3,500 meters below the island of Wilhelmsburg in the River Elbe.

Geothermal Power Plant

$7.2m DOE Grant to Fund Geothermal Exploration at Cornell University

Announced last week, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded funding of around $28 million to 5 projects on various elements of geothermal development and tec…

Hydropower Plant

MOROCCO: Government Aims to Build 50 Dams by 2050

The Moroccan government plans to build 50 water reservoirs by 2050 to secure the water supply for its population.

Solar Power Plant

Irish Developer Secures 194MW Solar Trio

Highfield Energy has secured the rights to develop three solar farms totalling 194MW in Ireland's first Renewable Electricity Support Scheme auction.

Nuclear Power Plant

Poland's Cabinet to Approve Nuclear Energy Plan Update in Q3

Poland generates most of its electricity from burning coal and sees nuclear energy as a way to help it reduce emissions as required by the European Union.

Hydropower Plant

270 Chinese Technicians to Reach Pakistan to Resume Work on Suki Kinari Hydropower Project

At least 270 Chinese technicians to be airlifted from Chengdu, the capital of China’s southwest Sichuan province, by a special chartered plane to resume work o…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Britain Goes 2 Months Without Burning Coal for Power

Britain has gone two full months without burning coal for electricity, as Covid-19 restrictions reduce demand, and the country plans to be off it entirely in th…

Micro Reactor

EDF Energy Prolongs Outages at Dungeness and Hunterston Units

The restarts of three advanced gas-cooled reactor units at EDF's Dungeness B and Hunterston B nuclear power plants in the UK have been postponed.