Power plant

Nuclear Reactor

Concreting Completed For The Containment Dome Of Akkuyu Unit 1

Concreting of the outer containment dome of the first unit at Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power plant took 104 days, with3511 cubic metres of high-strength self…

Solar Power Plant

Bahrain Launches Tender for 44 MW Solar Plant

The solar project is planned to be located at the University of Bahrain’s campus.Bahrain’s Electricity and Water Authority (EWA) has issued a tender…

Solar Power Plant

World’s Second-Largest Solar Plant Goes Online in China

CHN Energy has connected the 3 GW Mengxi Lanhai solar facility to the grid after 14 months of construction. The project in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, required a tot…

Solar Power Plant

Japanese Gas Supplier Buys Stake in Vietnamese PV Operator

Japanese energy producer Shizuoka Gas has jumped into Vietnam’s renewable energy sector with the acquisition of a 25% stake in My Son-Hoan Loc Viet Solar …

Solar Power Plant

Turkish-Chinese Joint Venture to Build Two PV Plants in Romania

Turkey-based YEO Technology and Chinese company Shanghai Electric Power (SEP) earmarked EUR 65.8 million for two solar power plants in Romania of 129 MW in tota…

Hydropower Plant

Andritz to upgrade Malaysia’s Chenderoh Hydropower Plant

Malaysia’s oldest hydropower plant, Chenderoh, is set for a major upgrade as part of a new rehabilitation project. TNB Power Generation has commissioned A…

Hydropower Plant

USACE Issues $22m Contract For Spillway Dredging At Garrison Dam

Agence Française de Développement (AFD) has signed a €6.5 million (ZAR 125 million) grant agreement with Eskom to support the development of …

Hydropower Plant

USACE Issues $22m Contract For Spillway Dredging At Garrison Dam

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) has issued a $22,019,171 contract to HSG Park Joint Venture 2 for dredging of the spillway approach at Garrison Dam nea…

Solar Power Plant

Saint-Gobain to Offtake Solar, Wind Power From Boralex in France

Wind turbines in France. Image by: Boralex.French building materials maker Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA (EPA:SGO) has agreed to procure solar and wind power fro…

Gas power plant

Entergy Mississippi Breaks Ground on 754-MW Gas-Fired Power Station

Entergy Mississippi on Nov. 7 celebrated the start of construction of a new $1.2 billion, 754-MW natural gas-fired power plant that will serve the utility&rsquo…

Solar Power Plant

Spain Approves 7 Photovoltaic and Hybrid Projects in the First Week of November for 587.21 MW

The Official State Gazette for the month of November contains announcements corresponding to 7 photovoltaic projects for 587.21 MW, including 222.09 MW belongin…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Uzbekistan Aims to Have More Than 18,000 MW of Wind Energy and Photovoltaic Solar Power by 2030

By 2026, Uzbekistan plans to have 5,000 MW of photovoltaic (PV) and wind capacity, and by 2030 this figure is expected to exceed 18,000 MW. This would allow the…

Geothermal Power Plant

Tender for Chachimbiro, Ecuador Geothermal Consultancy Enters Prequalification

The tender process for consultancy services for the construction of a geothermal power plant at the Chachimbiro site in Ecuador has entered the prequalification…

Solar Panel

Iran’s Wind Power and Photovoltaic Plant Capacity Increased by 500 MW by Mid-March

According to SATBA data for the end of the sixth month of the Iranian calendar of Shahrivar (September 21), the share of wind power plants is 29 percent, and th…

Switzerland

Small Modular Reactors / Commercial Viability Needs To Be Improved, Says Swiss Thinktank

The commercial viability of small modular reactors (SMRs) needs to be improved with partnerships between the public and private sector needed to help move proje…