Power plant

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

KHNP, Candu Energy and Ansaldo Nucleare Sign Cernavoda 1 Refurb Deal

Romania's Nuclearelectrica has ceremonially signed the engineering, procurement and construction contract for the estimated EUR1.9 billion (USD1.97 billion) ref…

Nuclear Reactor

Joint Venture Planned for Commercialisation of Newcleo SMR

France-based innovative reactor developer Newcleo is to create a joint venture with Italy's NextChem to develop a new generation commercial-scale power plan…

Hydropower Plant

EDB Joins Suusamyr-Kokomeren HPP Cascade Project in Kyrgyzstan

The Eurasian Development Bank (EDB) has signed a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Ministry of Economy and Commerce and the Ministry of Energy of the Kyrgyz Re…

Hydropower Plant

Vietnam’s Ialy Hydropower Plant Unit 2 Synchronized Ahead of Schedule

Unit 2 of the Ialy Hydropower Plant Expansion in Vietnam was successfully synchronized to the national grid at 8:28pm on 13 December 2024, 18 days ahead of sche…

Hydropower Plant

NIB Provides €230 Million Loan to Latvenergo for Hydropower and Renewable Energy Projects

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has granted a €230 million loan to Latvenergo AS, Latvia’s state-owned power utility, to support the company’s…

Romania

International Experts Assess Romania’s Nuclear Security

The IPPAS team visited Cernavoda nuclear power plant to assess the nuclear security measures in the facility (Photo credit: IAEA)An International Atomic Energy …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Poland Secures Funding for Nuclear Plant

Visualisation of Poland’s first nuclear power plant (Photo credit: PEJ)France’s Bpifrance Assurance Export and Sfil are the latest financial institu…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Akkuyu NPP Progresses Despite Equipment Delays

The problems caused by the failure of Germany’s Siemens to deliver key equipment for the Akkuyu NPP under construction in Türkiye have been overcome,…

Nuclear Fusion

UK Partnership to Design Fusion Power Plants

Rob Akers (UKAEA), Vassil Alexandrov (STFC Hartree Centre) and Juan Bernabe-Moreno (IBM) at the signing of the partnership agreement for fusion collaborationThe…

Nuclear Fusion

Virginia Site Selected to Host Fusion Power Plant

US private fusion company Commonwealth Fusion Systems has announced plans to independently finance, construct, own and operate a commercial-scale fusion power p…

Solar Power Plant

SDIC Gansu Commissions 750 MW CSP-PV Plant in China

SDIC Gansu New Energy has commissioned the 750 MW Akesai Huidong CSP-PV plant in Jiuquan, China’s Gansu province, combining a 110 MW concentrated solar po…

Transformer

Transformer Explosion at South African Coal Power Leaves Nine Injured

An explosion at an Eskom coal-fired power plant injured nine employees last week. The utility believes a rupture of a high-pressure steam steel pipe caused the …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Oklo Signs Power Agreement With Data Centre Developer

In what is claimed to be "one of the largest corporate power agreements in history", US nuclear power plant developer Oklo has signed a non-binding Master Power…

Nuclear Fusion

MIT Spinout Commonwealth Fusion Systems Unveils Plans for the World’s First Fusion Power Plant

illustration onlyAmerica is one step closer to tapping into a new and potentially limitless clean energy source today, with the announcement from MIT spinout Co…

United Kingdom

UK’s Last Coal-Fired Power Plant Closes Its Doors for the Final Time

Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station, near Nottingham UK, closed its doors for the last time on 30 September 2024, marking the closure of the UK’s last coal-fi…