Power plant

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.

Combined cycle power plant

​Edison Builds 760MW Combined Cycle Thermoelectric Power Plant In Campania

The project involves the partnership between Edison and Ansaldo Energia, as the assignee of the contract for the construction of the power plant, two of Italy’…

Nuclear Power Plant

UAE Expected To Grant Nuclear Power Plant Operating License In Q1 Of 2020

The $24.4 billion Barakah power plant is the world’s largest nuclear project under construction and will be the first in the Arab world.

Virtual power plant

Virtual Power Plant Debuts in Italy's Balancing Market

German virtual power plant operator Next Kraftwerke has provided balancing energy in Italy for the first time this month.

Thermal Plant

TransAlta Selects Emerson for Coal-to-Gas Conversion

TransAlta Corporation has selected Emerson as the main automation contractor in its planned conversions of coal-fired units to natural gas.

Solar Power Plant

China Helps Kazakhstan Build Solar and Wind Power Plants

China has help implement two renewable energy projects in the Almaty region, southern Kazakhstan – the construction of a 5 MW wind farm and a 1 MW solar power …

Japan's Promotion of Coal-Fired Power Plants Leads to U.N. Rejecting Abe's Request

The United Nations rejected Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s request to speak at its climate summit last September, government sources said Thursday, apparently due…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

India Pollution Regulator Threatens to Shut Coal-Fired Utilities Around New Delhi

India’s federal pollution regulator has warned coal-fired power plants around New Delhi that they could be shut down for failing to comply with deadlines to me…

Nuclear Technology

Reactor Vessel Installed at Third Korean APR-1400

A ceremony was held today to mark the installation of the reactor pressure vessel of the APR-1400 under construction as unit 5 of South Korea's Shin Kori nuclea…

Brazil Unveils World’s Fourth Biggest Hydropower Plant

After its 18th and last turbine was switched on, the world’s fourth largest hydropower plant and Brazil’s biggest—the Belo Monte Dam—is now fully operationa…

Bui Power Authority Completes 45kW Tsatsadu Micro Hydropower Project in Alavanyo-Abehenease

Ghana is set to commission its first micro-hydropower plant to be known as the Tsatsadu Generating Station (TGS) under the Ministry of Energy’s renewable energ…

Copel Awards Contract to Upgrade its 1,240-MW Governador Jose Richa Hydropower Plant

Companhia Paranaense de Energia (Copel) has awarded a US$2.5 million contract to ABB’s to upgrade its 1,240-MW Governador José Richa hydropower plant in the s…