Power plant

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Why ‘wet coal’ Causes Problems for Power Generation

Eskom has 13 coal-fired power stations around the country, which all have various requirements when it comes to coal. The one thing they all have in common is t…

Los Angeles Wants to Build Their Fist Hydrogen-Fueled Power Plant

As Los Angeles weans itself off the last of its coal-generated electricity, the city needs to replace that fuel with a climate-polluting natural gas plant in Ut…

CCS

Carbon Capture And Storage Projects Advancing at Ethanol, Coal plants

As a Richardton ethanol facility gears up to store its carbon emissions underground, the company that runs a coal-fired power plant north of Washburn has secure…

Combined cycle power plant

1050 MW Natural Gas-fueled Combined-cycle Power Plant Are Running in Pennsylvania

The plant is now supplying natural gas and ethane-fueled combined-cycle electric power to more than one million Pennsylvania homes and businesses.

Gas power plant

India Hopes to Revive 24GW of Gas-fired Power Plants

The Indian government is working on a new proposal to help 24 GW of stressed gas-fired power plants to operate at 90% at their capacity by importing gas and sel…

Ballard and HDF Energy Sign Agreement For the Development of Hydrogen

Ballard Power Systems has signed a product development agreement with Hydrogene de France (HDF Energy) for the development and integration of a multi-megawatt s…

Gas turbine engine

Siemens to Deliver Gas Turbines for Two New Peaking Power Plants in Belarus

Siemens has been selected to deliver the power generation equipment for two new peaking power plants for the state-owned utility company RUE Vitebskenergo in th…

South Korea Shuts Down 10 Coal-Fired Power Plants to Curb Pollution

The shutdown comes after the government said last month it would idle up as much as 15 coal-fired power plants between December and February, while its remainin…

Nuclear Power Plant

East of England Nuclear Contracts Top £650m

More than £650m worth of nuclear contracts have been awarded to East of England companies for a nuclear power plant project which is set to provide the templat…

Virtual power plant

Tesla's Virtual Power Plant Rescues Grid After Coal Peaker Fails

Tesla’s Virtual Power Plant project in South Australia is only around ~2% complete, but it is already proving to be a difference-maker, rescuing Queensland’s …

Thermal Plant

Engie Will Close its Newest Power Plant in Chile to Become Carbon Neutral

Engie will close its newest power plant in Chile after just five years of operations as part of the country's efforts to become carbon neutral, the company said…

New Technology

Reduce the Water Use in Thermal Power Plants by Satellite Imagery

A team of researchers at LUT University in Finland has recently investigated water use in thermal power plants, trying to project future scenarios for water use…

BHEL to Uprate Chilla Hydropower Plant, India

Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited (BHEL) is to work on the modernisation of the 144MW Chilla hydroelectric plant in Uttarakhand, India.

Coupling Pumped Hydro with Renewables and Other Storage Technologies

The combination of pumped hydro with other storage technologies can increase renewables penetration, improve operational safety and reduce maintenance costs at …

Nuclear Power Plant

Is the Negativity Around the Nuclear Energy Sector Justified?

There have been a number of negative press stories surrounding nuclear power in recent years and coupled with the surge in growth for renewable energies such as…