Plants

Thermal Plant

India's Thermal Plant Efficiency to Drop Amidst Commercial Demand Slump

The average load factor of thermal plants dropped to 52.55 in March.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Austria’s Last Coal-Fired Power Station Closes as the Country Pushes Renewables

In a move welcomed by environmental organizations, Austria’s last operational coal-fired power station has shut down.

Solar Company

SunPower Idles All Solar Cell and Module Assembly Plants

SunPower has closed all its manufacturing plants in the United States, Mexico, France, Malaysia and the Philippines.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Eco-Friendly Coal-Fired Technology for Stackless Power Plants Without Emissions

Coal-fired power plants in Korea are one of the main sources of air pollutants, CO2 and the other precursor materials to ultra-fine dust particulates such as ni…

U.S. Revises Cost Justification of Mercury Rule for Coal Plants

The Trump administration revised the cost-benefit analysis for an Obama-era rule that forced coal-fired power plants to cut their mercury emissions, Environment…

EPA Nixes Legal Justification for MATS Rule

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 16 withdrew the legal justification for an Obama-era rule that required coal-fired power plants to reduce the…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

New Mexico Weighs Plans to Replace Coal-Fired Power Plant

“If we don’t ask them to do that, there’s no one else out there to do it,” he said, urging his fellow commissioners to “give that careful thought” before …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

The Decline of Coal-Fired Power Will Not Impact Reliable Electricity Supply

If the economic viability of the coal industry was not already in question before the outbreak of COVID-19, the ensuing economic downturn has really laid bare t…

Gas turbine engine

Wärtsilä Supplying 22 Gas Engines For Two Power Plants

Wärtsilä has been awarded full engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contracts for two power plants in Latin America.

Nuclear Fuel

Canadian Firms Extend Suspension of Uranium Operations

Saskatoon-based Cameco on 23 March put Cigar Lake on care and maintenance for an initial period of four weeks.

Power Generation from Coal-Fired Plants in Poland Rose to 50.21% in March

The production of electricity in Poland based on the burning of coal grew in March 2020 to 50.21 percent from 46.79 in March 2019

Supply of thermal power plant equipment

Tenders are invited for Supply of equipment for thermal power plants and food blocks and provision of accessory services.

Hydropower Plant

Kosovo Government Suspends Construction of Hydropower Plants

All ongoing construction work impacting Kosovo’s water resources has been suspended following an order from the Ministry of Economy issued on Sunday afternoon,…

Wind Power Project

Egypt Considers Implementing 6.3GW Renewable Energy Projects

The New and Renewable Energy Authority (NREA) is studying requests to build power plants at a total capacity of 6.34GW, of which 2.75GW projects are by the priv…

Nuclear Power Plant

KHNP to Support Canadian Decommissioning Projects

In a 7 April statement, KHNP said Kinectrics highly appreciated the technology KHNP used to replace the pressure tubes and improve the facilities of unit 1 of t…