Plants

Coal Mine

47GW of U.S. Coal Capacity to be Uneconomic by 2024

Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC sees a $64 billion spending opportunity on top of double-digit earnings accretion for more than a dozen utilities that decide to retire…

Hydropower Potential Increases to 37,000MW

The country’s hydropower potential and availability is now around 37 gigawatt (GW) or 37,000 megawatt (MW) from 155 identified sites, including the existing po…

Coal Power

Morgan Stanley: 47GW of US Coal Capacity Uneconomic by 2024

Nearly 50GW of US coal power capacity will be unable to compete with renewables by 2024, according to analysis from US investment giant Morgan Stanley, which ad…

Thermal Plant

How Siemens Gamesa Could Give Coal Plants a Second Life

The ETES thermal battery can offer coal plants a new life as heat and power storage hubs. The first customer for a full-size version could be on-board as early …

Oil & Gas Trade

Total Looks To Stop Selling Fuel Oil To Power Plants

​Supermajor Total wants to stop selling fuel oil—one of the most carbon-intensive refinery products—for power generation in order to reduce its carbon footpr…

Australia’s Renewables Chaos Prompts Solar Exit of top EPC player

The builder of some of Australia’s largest solar plants will not take on any new sector contracts, amid claims that grid fallout and other factors have decimat…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

US DoE Pledges up to $64m in Clean Coal R&D Funding

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $64m in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportun…

Thermal Plant

Dubai Plans Thermal Power Plants

Dubal Holding in alliance with France’s EDF Group will also explore 'green' projects.

Myanmar Orders Fast-Track Gas Engine Plants to Beat Blackouts

The government of Myanmar has ordered two fast-track power plants to try to put an end to large-scale blackouts.

Nuclear Fuel

Canadian Company Seeks New Site to Bury Nuclear Waste

A power company is reconsidering its options after dropping plans to bury waste from its nuclear plants on the Canadian shore of Lake Huron, officials said Wedn…

Solar Power Plant

Andalusia Adds 1.1 GW of Renewables in 2019, Solar Dominates

The Spanish region of Andalusia connected to the grid 26 renewable energy power plants in 2019, or 1,112 MW of capacity, the Andalusian Energy Agency said Thurs…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Spain Plans to Phase out Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

While some countries across Europe are resisting leaving coal power behind, Spain is speeding up its transition.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Uniper to End its Hard-coal-fired Power Production in Germany

Uniper is moving forward with its transformation and the further decarbonization of its portfolio.

Stadtwerke Kiel Replaces Coal Plant with Cutting-Edge CHP Facility

A power station hailed as one of Europe’s most modern and flexible combined heat and power plants is now operational on the site of a former coal-fired plant i…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Endesa to Close Two Giant Spanish Coal Plants

Endesa on Dec. 27 formally moved to shutter two massive coal-fired power plants—the 1.4-GW As Pontes plant in A Coruña, Galicia, which is the biggest coal-fir…