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Solar Power Plant

Burundi’s First Grid-Connected Solar Farm Reaches Commercial Operation

A pioneering 7.5MW solar PV plant has reached commercial operation in Burundi, increasing the country’s generation capacity by over 10%.

Saudi Arabia

TotalEnergies Dives Deeper into Saudi Downstream

State-controlled Saudi Aramco and TotalEnergies have launched two new fuel service stations in Saudi Arabia, the first since the pair set up a joint venture to …

China

Tesla Opens First Overseas Vehicle R&D Center in Shanghai

Tesla has opened its R&D innovation center, the first of its kind among the electric car company's overseas facilities, and a Gigafactory data center in Shangha…

Wind Power Project

Turkey Gets 9.22 percent of Power from Wind Energy in 1H2021

Turkey obtained 9.22 percent of its electricity consumption from wind energy in the first half of 2021, Turkish Wind Energy Association Chairperson Ebru Arici t…

Nuclear Power Plant

TVEL Manufactures Trial Nuclear Fuel Assembly for the First Land-Based SMR Plant with RITM-200 Reactor

The plant's installed electrical capacity will amount to at least 55 MW, while the service life of irreplaceable equipment will last for about 60 years.

Austria

my-PV Opens Austria's First Solar-Electric Commercial Building

The expert for solar-electric heat generation my-PV has opened its new headquarters after a construction period of only seven months.

Nuclear Reactor

Energoatom Plans Rapid Start to AP1000s

Work on Ukraine's first AP1000 project could begin before the end of this year, the acting president of Energoatom, Petro Kontin, has said.

Nuclear Power Plant

Pressure Vessel in Place at Zhangzhou 1

The reactor pressure vessel has been hoisted into place at unit 1 of the Zhangzhou nuclear power plant in China's Fujian province. Zhangzhou unit 1, the first o…

Solar Power Plant

Summit Ridge Begins Construction of 44-MW Solar Portfolio in Maine

US community solar projects specialist Summit Ridge Energy LLC on Tuesday said it has started constructing the first solar project in a 44-MW portfolio in Maine…

Energy-Eficient Building

GGF Supports Novus in Building Energy-Efficient Supermarkets

The Green for Growth Fund – GGF joined the EBRD in providing a USD 100 million senior loan to Novus to finance the construction of energy-efficient supermarket…

Substation

Aker to Develop Scotland’s First Offshore Wind Underwater Substation

Aker Offshore Wind has outlined plans to utilise Scotland’s first offshore wind underwater substation as part of its bids for major offshore windfarms.

Hydrogen Project

Hypersonix Opens International Office to Accelerate Hydrogen Spaceflight Ambitions

Australian aerospace firm Hypersonix Launch Systems, which is striving for space flight with its hydrogen-powered scramjet technology, has opened its first inte…

Nuclear Reactor

Bangladesh Plans Another Nuclear Power Plant

Bangladesh wants to build another nuclear power plant after its first one is completed, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said yesterday as work at the Rooppur plant…

O＆M

Maryland to Get Its First Emissions-Free Offshore Wind Facility

The nearly $20 million facility is located in west Ocean City, Maryland, and will service Ørsted’s Skipjack Wind program.

Ammonia

Wärtsilä and Eidesvik Offshore to Partner on Converting Ship to Ammonia-Fueled Engine

This project will be the first of its kind and has a provisional completion target by the end of 2023.