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Hydropower Plant

New South Wales' 2GW Hydro Project Gets Final Approval

The government committed to invest up to $920m for the project.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Thermal Power Plants Allowed to Use Coal with High Ash Content

The environment ministry has decided that it will no longer regulate the ash-content of coal used by thermal power plants.

Geothermal Power Plant

More Legal Security Requested for Geothermal Projects in Switzerland

Following news, that the canton of Jura in Switzerland is considering withdrawing a legally approved geothermal energy project retrospectively, we reported, the…

Geothermal Power Plant

PLN and SMI Planning Cooperation on Geothermal Project in Indonesia

State-owned utility PT PLN and PT SMI have announced having signed an MOU to work together to develop new renewable energy projects, including geothermal clean …

Nuclear Power Plant

Illinois Nuclear Power Plant Set a Record for Outages During Covid-19

Four of Exelon Generation's six Illinois nuclear plants safely completed refueling outages during the COVID-19 pandemic, setting new operational records at each…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

GenOn Will Close Three Coal-Fired Units

The Texas-based company that owns a coal-fired power plant in Maryland announced it will retire the facility's three generating units, which have been in operat…

Gas power plant

Alliant Closing Coal Unit, Brings Gas Plant Online

Alliant Energy, based in Wisconsin, said on May 22 that it would retire its coal-fired Edgewater power plant in Sheboygan by the end of 2022.

Solar Power Plant

Bravida Buys Stake in Finnish Energy Company Savon Aurinkoenergia

Sweden-based company Bravida has acquired a stake in Finnish solar energy company Savon Aurinkoenergia.

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia Commissions World's First Floating Nuclear Power Plant

Akademic Lomonosov, the world's first floating nuclear power plant, has been fully commissioned in Pevek, Chukotka region in the Russian Far East.

Solar Power Plant

Power China to Build 600MW of Solar Power Plants for $548m in Zambia

In Zambia, the national electric company Zesco has just signed a $ 548 million contract with Power China for the development of three solar power plants.

Solar Power Plant

Algeria Set to Build $3bn Solar Power Plant

Algeria plans to build several solar power plants worth between $ 3.2 billion and $ 3.6 billion for export and domestic consumption.

Nuclear Power Plant

Atommash Completes Core Barrel for Rooppur-1 RPV

Atommash, part of the Atomenergomash engineering division of Russian state nuclear corporation Rosatom, has completed the core barrel, or shroud, of the reactor…

Nuclear Power Plant

News Russia’s Floating Nuclear Power Plant Enters Full Commercial Operation

The Akademic Lomonosov FNPP was connected to the isolated Chaun-Bilibino electricity network in Pevek December 2019.

Solar Power Plant

Largest Solar Energy Project in New Jersey Completed

Renewable energy firm CS Energy has completed the construction of the largest solar energy project in New Jersey.

Nuclear Power Plant

Fire at Shuttered Dutch Nuclear Plant; No Radiation Risk

A fire broke out Thursday at a decommissioned nuclear power plant in the central Netherlands.