Power plant

Proposed Natural Gas Power Plant in Superior Gets Wisconsin Approval

Wisconsin utility regulators Thursday approved a $700 million natural gas-fired power plant that Minnesota Power wants to build in Superior, Wis.

Biomass Power Plant

Ivory Coast Invest $223 Million in Biomass Power Plants

The government of Ivory Coast has signed a concession agreement to construct a biomass power plant in Ayebo in the south-east of the country.

Coal Power

German Officials Agree Plan to Shut Down Coal-fired Power Plants by 2038

German officials have agreed on a plan to shut down the nation's coal-fired power plants by the mid to late 2030s that will involve operators getting billions o…

Nuclear Power Plant

How Drawing Digital Insights from Nuclear’s Past can Create a Safer Industry

Nearly a decade after the major earthquake and tsunami that irreversibly damaged four of Fukushima Daiichi’s nuclear reactors in Japan, China and India are rea…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

German Officials Agree Plan to Exit Coal-Fired Power by 2038

A year ago, a government-appointed panel recommended that Germany stop burning coal to generate electricity by 2038 at the latest, as part of efforts to curb cl…

Solar Power Plant

US Government Expects Domestic Solar Market to Install 24 GW in 2020

An agency under the Department of Energy expects 17.4 GW (DC) of utility-scale solar power and 6.6 GW of small-scale solar to be installed in 2020. The 24 GW to…

Nuclear Fuel

GNF Accident-Tolerant Fuel Loaded into US Reactor

Lead test assemblies using the company's ARMOR-coated zirconium cladding and IronClad accident-tolerant fuel solutions have been installed at Exelon's Clinton b…

World's First Small Hydropower Technical Guidelines Published

The International Small Hydropower Federation and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization officially published the international standard "Techni…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russian Repair Improvements Led to 3 TWh more Power in 2019

Greater efficiency in Russian nuclear power plant maintenance outages saved nearly 180 days last year and enabled 2.9 terawatt hours more electricity to be prod…

Coal Power

Germany Plans to Phase Out The Use of Brown Coal

Germany has reached an agreement with the regions most affected by a plan to phase out the use of brown coal, or lignite, for its power plants by providing abou…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Sunflower Electric Abandons Proposed Kansas 895MW Coal Power Plant

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. on Wednesday abandoned its proposed coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas after nearly 15 years of pushing for the project, …

Market Analysis

Japan – The ‘Odd One Out’ on Coal Power Plant New-Builds

The Japanese government keeps watering down its green energy goals, bowing to cost pressure in the face of slower macroeconomic growth.

Wartsila to Switch Brazilian Power Plant to Gas

Finnish firm Wärtsilä signed a contract with Rio Amazonas Energia to convert Cristiano Rocha power plant in Manaus, Brazil, to a 100% natural gas operation.

Biomass Power Plant

Ence Inaugurates a nNew, Low-Emissions Biomass Power Plant in Spain

Spain-based energy producer Ence Energia y Celulosa SA announced on Jan. 9 the inauguration of a new, low-emissions biomass power plant. The 50 megawatt (MW) fa…

​Nigeria Releases Funds for Compensation of Mambilla Hydropower Projec

The Federal Government has released funds for compensation of those whose land and other property will be affected by the construction of 3,050 megawatts Mambil…