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Hydropower Plant

OPG Acquires US Small Hydro Operator

Canadian utility Ontario Power Generation has agreed to acquire Eagle Creek Renewable Energy LLC (Eagle Creek), an operator of small hydropower facilities in th…

Hydropower Plant

WAPDA Appoints Design Engineer on Tarbela Extension, Pakistan

The project, with finance arranged by the World Bank, will extend the power generation facilities at Tarbela Dam on the Indus River. The extension is expected t…

Energy Investment

CIP Makes FID on 220MW BESS Project in Chile

The BESS facility will transfer surplus solar energy produced during the day to provide renewable power during the night. Credit: r.classen / Shutterstock.Copen…

Energy Investment

Brazil’s Potencial to Invest $109 Million to Turn Biodiesel Plant Into World’s Largest

Brazil's Grupo Potencial announced on Tuesday an investment of 600 million reais ($108.86 million) to increase biodiesel output at one of its plants, giving…

Battery

Sweco to Design 700MW BESS Facility in Belgium

Credit: Thierry Monasse via Getty Images.Sweco has announced that it will design the Green Turtle project in Belgium, which is set to become one of the largest …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

India Oks NPCIL, NTPC Joint Venture to Develop Nuke Plants

Photo from NTPCThe Government of India has approved the Anushakti Vidhyut Nigam Ltd. (ASHVINI), a joint venture of Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (N…

Pumped Storage

Demonstration to Convert Kentucky Coal Mine to Pumped Hydro Secures Federal Funding

This land near Pineville, Kentucky, formerly the site of a coal mine, will be repurposed as the location of a pumped storage hydropower facility. Courtesy: Rye …

Solar Power Plant

First Solar Opens $1.1bn Solar Facility, Adds 3.5GW to US Manufacturing Capacity

First Solar has inaugurated its new $1.1bn fully vertically integrated, thin-film solar manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, Alabama.

Hydropower Plant

Uganda Commissions $1.7bn Hydro Plant, Country’s Largest Power Generation Facility

Octopus Energy Generation has announced a £2bn investment in UK renewable energy projects by 2030, emphasising solar capacity with 222MW in the pipeline.

Solar Power Plant

First Solar Opens 3.5 GW Solar Factory in Alabama

US thin-film specialist First Solar has opened a $1.1 billion vertically integrated thin-film solar factory in the US state of Alabama. It said the 3.5 GW facil…

Carbon Capture

Shell, Equinor, TotalEnergies open Norwegian CO2 storage facility

A view of a signage with the logos of Northern Lights carbon dioxide project and other corporates, outside the facility in Oygarden, Norway October 18, 2022. RE…

Nuclear Reactor

Holtec Selects Site for UK SMR Factory

holtec Britain, a subsidiary of US-based Holtec International, has selected South Yorkshire for construction of a factory to produce its small modular reactor (…

Offshore Wind Power

Singapore Enters Deal to Advance Offshore Wind Development

Photo by eye4dtail via PexelsEnterprise Singapore (EnterpriseSG), the Association of Singapore Marine & Offshore Energy Industries (ASMI), and the Global Wind E…

Nuclear Reactor

Argentina Aims to Join International Research Reactor Centres Scheme

The National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) of Argentina says the country is aiming to contribute its experience and facilities to collaborate with countries i…

Solar Power Plant

Alight Secures €110M to Develop Solar Parks in Sweden

The financing agreement is a landmark in the Nordic region and the first portfolio facility of its kind. Credit: Quality Stock Arts / Shutterstock.Swedish solar…