Power plant

Reconstruction Completed on Further Unit at Cheboksarskaya Plant, Russia

RusHydro and Power Machines have said they have completed the next stage of modernization of the Cheboksarskaya hydropower plant, with unit No. 11 put into oper…

Nordic Investment Bank Finances New 47-MW Osterbo Hydropower in Norway

The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and Norwegian utility company Sogn og Fjordane Energi AS have signed a 15-year loan agreement of €30 million (US$33.3 million)…

South African Firm to Study Building 360-MW Ugandan Hydropower Plant

The Electricity Regulatory Authority (ERA) in Uganda has lifted its objections to a South African firm conducting a study for a 360-MW hydropower plant at Murch…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Pristine-M Solution Improves the Efficiency of Coal-Burning Power Plants

The future of coal is, in many ways, contradictory. While countries such as the UK and Germany look to replace a reliance on coal with renewable power and clean…

Nuclear Power Plant

China Starts Up First Nuclear Cogeneration Project—at AP1000 Plant

China has started up its first commercial nuclear cogeneration system, using two newly operational AP1000 reactors at the Haiyang Nuclear Power Plant to heat 70…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Siemens Supplies Digital Solutions for India Coal Plant

The German energy company will install a complete thermal twin for the plant in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, which is owned by Lalitpur Power Generation Company Lim…

B.Grimm Power Opens 16.8-MW Nam Che 1 Small Hydropower Plant in Lao PDR

B.Grimm Power PCL officially opened the 16.8-MW Nam Che 1 small hydropower plant in Lao PDR in late November 2019.

Nuclear Power Plant

Leningrad II Plant Begins Providing District Nuclear Heating

Unit 1 of Russia's Leningrad II nuclear power plant has been integrated into the heat supply system of the city of Sosnovy Bor, operator Rosenergoatom has annou…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Coal Power Generation Continues to Drop in the US

By comparing 2018 and 2019 energy production data for the entire country, the researchers found that coal generation in 2019 Q2 was down 19% when compared to th…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Africa to Create Extra Space for Nuclear Waste

Radioactive waste storage facilities at South Africa's nuclear power station Koeberg will fill up next year, the power utility Eskom said Tuesday, adding it has…

Combined cycle power plant

Biskra Combined-Cycle Power Plant

The Biskra combined-cycle power project involves the development of a 1,338MW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant in Biskra Province, Algeria.

Clean emission

Using Technology to Tackle Power Plant Emissions

Power plant owners and operators have a range of systems available to help reduce pollutants at their facilities, depending on a number of factors. And industry…

Solar Power Plant

China to Build Space-Based Solar Power Station by 2035

China plans to accomplish a 200-tonne megawatt-level space-based solar power station by 2035, according to the China Academy of Space Technology (CAST).

Solar Power Plant

ESM, Girişim Sign Deal for 10 MW Oslomej PV Plant in North Macedonia

North Macedonia’s state-owned electricity producer Elektrani na Severna Makedonija (ESM – formerly ELEM) and Turkish EPC contractor Girişim Elektrik have sig…

Solar Power Plant

​Saudi Arabia’s 300MW Sakaka PV Solar Plant Connected To Main Grid

The PV facility was completed a month and a half ahead of schedule by Saudi energy company ACWA Power. The project will sell power at $0.0236/kWh.