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Wind Power Project

NEURC Approves Feed-in Tariff for EuroCape Wind Power Plant of 98 MW

The National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission of Ukraine has set a feed-in tariff for the first stage of a wind power plant of EuroCape Ukraine I LLC …

Thermal Plant

Stone City Energy to Build Power Plant in Uzbekistan

Uzbekistan's Ministry of Energy has signed a $1.2bn deal with Dutch-registered company Stone City Energy for a gas turbine power plant.

Hydrogen Technology

SoCalGas and H2U Technologies Test Green Hydrogen Technology

Electrolysers use electricity to split water into its components—oxygen and hydrogen.

China

China to Bring Solar and Wind Power Generation to 11% of Total Electricity Use in 2021

China has flagged it will seek to raise its power generation from solar and wind plants to around 11% of the country’s total power consumption in 2021, from 9.…

Electricity Trade

DEME Wins French Floater Export Cable Gig

DEME’s French subsidiary has won a contract for the export cable for the 30MW Leucate floating offshore wind farm, off France.

Substation

EVNNPT Installs First Digital Transformer in Hai Phong

Vietnam’s National Power Transmission Corporation has put into operation its first digital transformer station in the Thuy Nguyen district of the northern port…

Electric Car

Flexible Charging Cuts Electricity Bills and Creates Grid Stability

Steered charging of electric vehicles can provide the electricity grid with much needed flexibility.

Energy Security

Texas House Targets Power Grid Flaw that Cut Electricity to Natural Gas Facilities and Worsened February Blackouts

The lower chamber gave initial approval Monday to a series of bill responding to this year’s catastrophic power outages during a deadly winter storm.

Hydropower Plant

Mega Hydropower Project in SW China will be Fully Operational in July

With construction beginning in December 2015, the station’s first batch of electricity-generation units began generating power in June 2020.

Nuclear Power Plant

China Formally Approves Five New Nuclear Units

China’s state council has approved the construction of five nuclear power units, with total installed capacity of 4.9 GWe, roughly 10% of the country’s total.…

Wind Power Project

Uzbekistan Signs Wind Alliance with Siemens

Country to work with German power giant on electricity generation development including renewables

Solar Power Plant

448 Solar Farms Set up in South Khorasan in 4 Years

Alireza Pouzeshi, the director of the projects for renewable energy and reducing powers loses in the power distribution company of the province, put the capacit…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Aramco Resumes Work on Offshore Oil Capacity Expansion

State-controlled Saudi Aramco has resumed development work on three offshore crude expansion projects that will provide an additional 1.15mn b/d of capacity by …

Paris Climate Agreement

'Commitment to Cooperate': US and China Pledge Renewables-Led Decarbonisation

Superpowers' special climate envoys proclaim 'shared goal' to step up action to meet Paris climate targets and support developing nations' transition away from …

Carbon Pricing

American Clean Power Association Applauds FERC Finalizing Carbon Pricing Policy Statement

FERC’s move encourages states to continue considering carbon pricing in their electricity markets.