Generation

Market Analysis

Hydro Power Requires $100 bn Investment Annually: Roger Gill, International Hydropower Association

The Global hydropower generation capacity is set to grow 60 per cent to 2,000 Gigawatt by 2050 and that growth can be achieved in a sustainable way, Roger Gill,…

Distributed Generation

Flexible Small-Scale Generation Empowered by Once-Through Boiler Technology

Distributed generation integrated with intermittent renewable generation responds to the growing need for highly flexible small-scale power generation resources…

Thermal Plant

COE Decides to Close 4 Loss-Making Power Plants

The Cabinet Committee on Energy on Thursday decided to close four loss-making power plants of state owned Gencos of low efficiency with an approximately 1500MW …

Market Analysis

GlobalData: China to Overtake US in Nuclear Capacity by 2026

China is on track to have the largest nuclear power generation fleet of 93GW and is set to overtake the US by 2026.

Wind Farm

Video: Liebherr - LR 1800-1.0 First Use in Wind Power

In a wind farm in Marsberg, about 120 kilometers from Essen, the brand new LR 1800-1.0 from Colonia Special Vehicles had its first use.

Electric Vehicle Charging

Siemens Supports New Zealand's Low Carbon Future with Ebus Charging Infrastructure

Siemens Smart Infrastructure received an order from Go Bus, one of New Zealand's largest bus operators, to power two of their bus depots with charging infrastru…

Nuclear Power Plant

First Overseas Nuclear Reactor Using Hualong One Technology Completes Hot Functional Tests

​The K2 unit at the Karachi Nuclear Power Plant in Pakistan successfully completed hot functional tests on Friday, laying a solid foundation for subsequent ass…

Hualong One

China Loads Fuel at First Nuclear Unit with Home-Grown Reactor

Fuel loading has begun at China's first nuclear power unit using Hualong One technology, a domestically developed third-generation reactor design, bringing the …

Aslim Solid Waste Storage Area Depony Gas to Establish Electric Energy Generation Facility

Tender are Invited for Aslim Solid Waste Storage Area Depony Gas to Establish Electric Energy Generation Facility and Leasing the Right to the Operator

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.

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.

Chile

Chile: Mainstream Renewable Power Secures Funding for 630MW of Renewable Generation

Mainstream Renewable Power has closed funding of US$620 million for the second phase of the Andes Renovables wind and solar generation platform in Chile.

Power Construction

The Demand for Electricity in Spain Decreases 2.4% in August

37.8% of the monthly generation was of renewable origin: wind energy 15.8%, concentrated solar power 3.5% and photovoltaic 8%.

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…

Top 20 Country by Total Electricity Generation (1973-2018)

This video shows the Top 20 countries with the highest total electric power generation from 1973 to 2018.