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Nuclear Power Plant

IAEA Addresses Safety of Smart Devices in Nuclear Plants

The safety of smart digital devices used in nuclear power plants - some of which were not initially designed for nuclear-related purposes - was discussed last m…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Energy says plans in place to maintain operations at UK nuclear plants

EDF Energy has plans in place to maintain operations at its nuclear power plants in Britain during the coronavirus outbreak.

Solar Power Plant

Solar Energy Corporation of India Floats Tender for 5,000 MW

State-run Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has invited bids from wind and solar plants to supply 5,000 mega-watt (MW) power under a round-the-clock sche…

103-mwp Solar Power Project In Mexicos Ojocaliente Municipality, Zacatecas State

The company signed the deal with Techgen SA de CV, which owns and operates a combined cycle power plant, producing electricity for the manufacturing plants in M…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

From U.S. to Europe to China to Russia, Renewables are Now Cheaper than Coal

It’s now cheaper to invest in renewable energy than coal in all major markets around the world—and more than half of existing coal plants are also more expens…

Power Construction

South Sudan Is Building Its Electric Grid Virtually From Scratch

As South Sudan emerges from the wreckage of civil war, its leaders are beginning to build the nation’s electric sector from the ground up. With only a handful …

Coal Power Developers 'Risk Wasting Billions'

Coal power developers risk wasting hundreds of billions of pounds as new renewable sources are now cheaper than new coal plants, a report has said.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Vietnam Reduces Capacity of Coal Power Plants

Vietnam will reduce the total capacity of coal-fired thermal power plants from 2020 until 2030, according to the National Steering Committee for Electricity Dev…

Iran Designs AVC System for Hydroelectric Power Plants

Iranian experts and engineers have indigenized the knowledge for manufacturing automatic voltage control (AVC) system, which is high-technology equipment used i…

Solar Power Panel

Brazil Adds 215 MW of Enel Solar Plants to REIDI Programme

Brazil has allowed 215 MW of solar projects owned by Italian Enel Green Power SpA (BIT:EGPW) to enter the national Incentive Regime for Infrastructure Developme…

Poland Faces $15 Billion Nuclear Power Bill over 20 Years

Poland will have to spend 60 billion zlotys (12.2 billion pounds) on its planned nuclear power plants over the next 20 years, the Polish minister responsible fo…

Coronavirus Delays Construction Progress on 510-MW Batang Toru Hydropower Plant in Indonesia

Work on the 510-MW Batang Toru hydropower plants in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, was temporarily shut down in mid-February because workers from mainland C…

Solar Power Plant

Rajasthan to Set up 30,000 MW Solar Power plants by 2024-25

Rajasthan targets to set up 30,000 MW solar power plants by the year 2024-25 in the state, Energy Minister B D Kalla said on Tuesday. Replying to a question rai…

Shale Gas

Saudi Aramco Launches Largest Shale Gas Development Outside U.S.

Saudi Aramco is launching the biggest shale gas development outside of the United States to boost domestic gas supply and end the burning of oil at its power ge…

Bhutan’s Hydropower Potential, Availability Increases to 37GW

Bhutan's hydropower potential and availability is currently at around 37GW from 155 identified sites, including existing power plants.