Generation

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japan Power Firm JERA to Test Ammonia Fuel at Coal-Fired Plant to Cut CO2

Power generation company JERA Co. said Monday it will start using ammonia as a fuel at a coal-fired power plant in central Japan as part of a four-year test pro…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

G7 Countries Agree to Stop International Funding for Coal-Fired Power

Coal is considered unabated when it is burned for power or heat without using technology to capture the resulting emissions, a system not yet widely used in pow…

Power Construction

German Energy Regulator Sees Good Progress on Power Grid Expansion

Europe's biggest economy aims to cut carbon emissions by 2030 by 65% from 2019 levels under new targets set last week. It is demanding the energy sector bear mo…

Nuclear Technology

Electrochemical Cell Leverages Next-Generation Nuclear Heat

An electrochemical cell that converts gaseous carbon dioxide into valuable compounds could take advantage of high-temperature technologies including next-genera…

Coal Trade

Merkel Rejects Bringing Forward Germany’s Exit from Coal

German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Saturday rejected demands to bring forward an exit date for ending coal generation in Germany, currently set at 2038.

Wind Power Project

Repsol Begins Construction of Its Largest Renewable Project to Date

Repsol has begun construction of Delta II, the company's largest renewable project to date.

Nuclear Power Plant

Canadian Trio Collaborates on Candu Decommissioning

Ontario Power Generation's Centre for Canadian Nuclear Sustainability, Canadian Nuclear Laboratories and SNC-Lavalin have signed an agreement to work together o…

Nuclear Power Plant

Nuclear Energy to Still be Main Source of Electricity in Bulgaria in 2030 – GlobalData

Nuclear power will remain the dominant source of power generation in Bulgaria by 2030, despite the government’s plans to shift toward renewable power.

Coal Trade

S Korea Coal Imports Drop Amid Voluntary Restrictions

South Korean thermal coal imports fell on the year in April amid a likely drop in coal-fired generation, driven in part by voluntary restrictions on the use of …

Hydropower Plant

Work on Tarbela 5th Extension to Begin in July

WAPDA chief voices hope cheap electricity generation will stabilise tariff

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Volvo Sees a Greener Future in Hydrogen Fuel Cells

Volvo Group chief technology officer Lars Stenqvist clearly sees a future in fuel-cell-electric vehicles – a generation of trucks that will draw their power fr…

Hydrogen Project

Yara And JERA Sign Green Ammonia MoU

Yara International ASA, a leading global ammonia player and JERA Co., Inc, Japan’s largest power generation company, have signed a MoU to collaborate on the pr…

Solar Power Plant

Polish Solar Output Reaches Record High

Polish solar generation has reached record highs two days in a row this week, as the country intensifies a push to expand its renewable capacity.

Clean Energy Transition

UAE Set to Double Clean Energy Output in 2 Years As IEA Eyes New Global Record

Renewable power generation grew worldwide at the fastest rate in two decades in 2020, and that trend is set to continue in the aftermath of the pandemic led by …

Power Construction

Worst Brazil Drought in 20 Years to up Pressure on Power Grid

Brazil's worst drought in two decades will force the country to depend more heavily on costly thermal power plants to compensate for reduced hydroelectric gener…