Plants

Hydropower Plant

Uzbekistan Issues Tender for 23 MW Hydropower Capacity

JSC Uzbekhydroenergo, Uzbekistan's state hydropower producer and developer, has announced a tender for the design and construction of the 6 MW Rabat, 8 MW Chapp…

Market Analysis

Rising Global Coal Demand by 2050 Unavoidable, DOE Official Says

The United States and other countries need to take massive action to capture and store carbon dioxide from coal-fired power plants.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Germany Brings Last New Coal Plant Online

What is expected to be the last new coal plant to come online in Germany entered commercial operation on May 30, more than a decade after it was first planned.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

KEPCO Warned Over Coal Projects in Vietnam, Indonesia

BlackRock sought rationale from the South Korea utility for the investments.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Enel Chile Fast Tracks Closure of Last Coal-Fired Plant

The Board of Directors of Enel Chile S.A. and Enel Generación Chile S.A.have decided to accelerate the closure of Bocamina coal-fired power plant.

Offshore Wind Power

3-D Printed Concrete for Offshore Wind Farms

Wind off the coast of the USA could be used to generate more than double the combined electricity capacity of all the nation’s electric power plants.

Energy Investment

EIB to Support Development of 66 Solar PV Plants in Poland

The European Investment Bank has agreed to provide a loan to the Poland-based company Energy Solar Projekty for the construction and operation of 66 small-scale…

Poland Launches EUR 6.8m Funding Program for Geothermal Heating Efforts

NFEPWM has announced the call for applications for co-financing of small hydropower plants and construction of geothermal heat sources!

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Thermal Power Plants Allowed to Use Coal with High Ash Content

The environment ministry has decided that it will no longer regulate the ash-content of coal used by thermal power plants.

Nuclear Power Plant

Illinois Nuclear Power Plant Set a Record for Outages During Covid-19

Four of Exelon Generation's six Illinois nuclear plants safely completed refueling outages during the COVID-19 pandemic, setting new operational records at each…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

GenOn Will Close Three Coal-Fired Units

The Texas-based company that owns a coal-fired power plant in Maryland announced it will retire the facility's three generating units, which have been in operat…

Solar Power Plant

Power China to Build 600MW of Solar Power Plants for $548m in Zambia

In Zambia, the national electric company Zesco has just signed a $ 548 million contract with Power China for the development of three solar power plants.

Solar Power Plant

Algeria Set to Build $3bn Solar Power Plant

Algeria plans to build several solar power plants worth between $ 3.2 billion and $ 3.6 billion for export and domestic consumption.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Closed Texas Power Plant May be Refired in 2021

A now-closed coal-fired power plant in Texas may be reopened in 2021 to help meet what is projected to be record high demand for electricity.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Construction Halted on 1-GW Polish Coal Plant

Polish energy companies Enea and Energa announced late on May 19 that they were ending their involvement in the construction of the Ostroleka C coal-fired power…