Thermal power

Geothermal Power Plant

Puna Geothermal Power Plant in Hawaii Expects to Restart This Month

Local news report, that the Puna geothermal power plant by Puna Geothermal Ventures on Hawaii Island is to restart at the end of September 2020.

Thermal Plant

Viridor Selects Valmet to Service Six UK Waste-to-Energy Plants

Viridor, one of the largest recycling, energy recovery, and waste management companies in the UK, has selected Finnish automation systems company Valmet to main…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

South Korea Will Close Half Its Coal-Fired Fleet

South Korea’s president said the country will shutter 30 more coal-fired power plants by 2034.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Australian Researchers Develop Technique to Make Coal-Fired Power Plants Environment Friendly

Australia is one of the world’s worst per capita emitters of greenhouse gases.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Idaho Power Exiting Coal Plant; Proposes Reinvesting Savings in Energy Efficiency

In two proposals submitted to the Idaho Public Utilities Commission (IPUC), Idaho Power has taken another step toward its goal to provide 100% clean energy by 2…

Combined Heat and Power

Veolia to Buy Three CHP Plants in Hungary

French utility Veolia has signed an agreement to acquire Hungarian combined heat and power producer Budapesti Eromu from Czech energy group EPH.

Gas turbine engine

GE Awarded Equipment Contract for TPC Projects

The firm will deploy its latest gas turbine technology for the project.

Geothermal Power Plant

New Geothermal Company Launches to Drive Sector Development

Thermal Energy Partners, a developer of geothermal energy projects, has partnered with Schlumberger New Energy to create a new geothermal company.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Energy Giant to Close Biggest Coal Generator in Germany After Just Five Years

Swedish utility Vattenfall wants to shut down its youngest and most efficient coal-fired power plant in Germany because it is unprofitable.

Thermal Plant

Polish Coal Mine to Boost Efficiency with Caterpillar Cogeneration Systems

Commissioned in June, the system uses coal mine methane to produce up to 12MW of power and 12MW of thermal energy.

Geothermal Power Plant

Turkey’s Soyak Considers Croatia Geothermal Project

Turkish company Soyak is considering investing in geothermal energy in Croatia and has expressed interest in exploring the Legrad-1 geothermal concession area i…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japanese Coal Burn Slips to Historic Low in May

The Covid-19 pandemic drove Japanese coal-fired power generation to a more than four-year low in May, although the fuel's cost advantage for power generation sa…

Geothermal Power Plant

Switzerland Continues Its bet on Geothermal Energy

After the small earthquakes in Basel in 2006 and in St. Gallen in 2013, deep geothermal energy was the subject of intense debate in Switzerland.

Gas turbine engine

Aurelia Starts to Ship Gas Turbines

Gas turbine manufacturer Aurelia Turbines has started to ship its Aurelia® A400 turbine, capable of using hydrogen, biogas and synthetic gas, as well as other …

Biomass Power Plant

San Bernardino Renewable BioFuels Project Construction Begins

FuelCell Energy, Inc. a global leader in fuel cell technology with a purpose of utilizing its proprietary, state-of-the-art fuel cell platforms to enable a worl…