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Nuclear Decommissioning

Decommissioning Permit Issued for German Reactor

The Baden-Württemberg Ministry of the Environment has granted utility EnBW approval to decommission and dismantle unit 2 of its Neckarwestheim nuclear powe…

Energy Storage Battery

Interconnection Requests Surged in 2022 Adding to Deep Backlog

Voltage transmission lines above city. Courtesy National Grid ESO.Requests to connect to the U.S. transmission grid grew by 40% in 2022, including nearly 2,000 …

Offshore Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa Orders Konecranes Cranes for Taiwan Offshore Nacelle Plant

Finland-headquartered Konecranes has won a contract to supply four electrical overhead cranes to Siemens Gamesa’s offshore nacelle plant in Taichung Taiwa…

Pumped Storage

U.S. And Thailand Partner on Pumped Storage Hydropower Development

(photo courtesy USTDA)The U.S. Trade and Development Agency announced it has awarded a grant to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) for a fe…

Energy Technology

Partnership Unveils Plan For Helium Test Facility

X-Energy Reactor Company, LLC and Kinectrics have announced a partnership to design, construct and operate a commercial-scale facility to test and verify the pe…

Nuclear Power Plant

Vogtle Unit 3 Generates Electricity, Connects to Power Grid

Georgia Power has announced another milestone for the two-unit reactor expansion at the Plant Vogtle nuclear power site, as Unit 3 on April 1 successfully gener…

Offshore Wind Power

Hollandse Kust Noord Grid Connection Ready for Commissioning

The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has announced that the grid connection for the 759 MW Hollandse Kust Noord offshore wind farm is re…

Wind Farm

550 MW Onshore Wind Farm in SW China Connects to Power Grid

An 550 MW wind farm connects to power grid in southwest China’s Yunnan Province, March 30, 2023. /Pengpu Town’s WeChat accountAn onshore wind farm, …

Portugal

EKZ and Smartenergy Celebrate the Successful Connection to the Grid of Their Largest Solar PV Plant in Portugal So Far

The new large-scale plant Pessegueiro is located in Pinhal Novo, Palmela (Portugal) close to Lisbon and will produce around 126,500 MWh of renewable electrical …

Solar Power Plant

EKZ and Smartenergy Celebrate the Successful Connection to the Grid of Their Largest Solar PV Plant in Portugal So Far

The new large-scale plant Pessegueiro is located in Pinhal Novo, Palmela (Portugal) close to Lisbon and will produce around 126,500 MWh of renewable electrical …

Offshore Wind Power

Tennet Awards Eur 23 Billion in Contracts for 22 GW of Offshore Wind Grid Connections in North Sea

The Dutch-German transmission system operator (TSO), TenneT, has signed multiyear agreements with three consortia for the delivery of eleven 2 GW grid connectio…

Energy Storage Battery

Wärtsilä, Eolian Complete 200-Mw Texas Storage Facility, World’s Largest Merchant Battery System

Wartsila energy storage site in south Texas. Retrieved from Wartsila.Wärtsilä has reached commercial operation date for two interconnected energy stor…

Energy Storage Battery

Engie Acquires Second Scottish Battery Project

Engie has secured a 50MW battery storage project in Scotland, from developers EcoDev, Sirius Renewable Energy and Ethical Power Connections.Energisation of the …

Hydropower Plant

Orbital Marine Power Plans New Tidal Energy Project in Orkney

A new 30MW tidal energy project is set to be developed in Orkney Waters as Orbital Marine Power announced it has been awarded an Option Agreement from Crown Est…

Power Construction

Energyconnect: First of 1,500 Steel Towers Installed, Buronga Substation Update

The EnergyConnect transmission project has hit construction milestones, with the first of 1,500 steel towers installed, as well as earthworks completed at the B…