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Solar Module

Photon Energy Commissions Two Power Plants With Total Capacity of 9.5 Mwp in Romania

Photon Energy N.V. announces that Photon Energy Engineering Romania S.R.L. – the Group’s Romanian subsidiary dedicated to engineering, procurement a…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Mauban-Based Coal Plants Boost Philippines’ Luzon Grid

The two plants combined contribute around 915 megawatts of power to the Philippines’ grid.Coal-fired power plants Quezon Power Plant (QPL) and San Buenave…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Energy Sector. At ₹8.34 Crore a MW, Putting up Coal-Fired Power Plants Is a Costly Affair: Power Ministry Report

The Report on Optimal Generation Capacity Mix for 2029-30, released by the Ministry last week, also says that between now and 2030, India will build 26,900 MW o…

Thermal Coal

Losing Sheen. Viability Issues Scare Private Sector Away From Coal-Based Power Projects

Environmental concerns and the difficulty in raising finance are also reasons for the private sector’s apathyPower Ministry’s report says the last y…

Carbon Storage

Berkeley Researchers Propose Salted Biomass as Scalable, Economical and Stable Carbon Capture and Storage Solution

Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, are proposing burying salted biomass in a dry environment within an engineered biolandfill as a solutio…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

How Soon Should the World Retire Coal Plants to Meet Climate Goals

GEM estimated coal retirement globally needs to be almost five times faster.Coal retirement across the globe needs to speed up by four and a half times to attai…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

AGL’s Liddell Power Station Shuts Down After 52 Years

The coal plant will be converted into a renewable energy hub.AGL-owned coal-fired power plant Liddell Power Station has retired after almost 52 years as the sit…

Coal Production

India Mulls End to Coal Plant Construction

If approved by the cabinet, India’s new electricity policy would end the construction of new coal-fired power plants after the planned 28 GW are builtChim…

Solar Panel

US Utilities Can Leverage Vpps to Save Billions, Google-Commissioned Report Finds

As distributed energy resources (DER) such as residential solar rooftop increase in the next decade, their aggregation into virtual power plants (VPPs) could sa…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Egypt Parliament Approves Bill to Speed Up Work at El Dabaa NPP

Egypt's House of Representatives has approved government-drafted amendments to the 1976 law regulating the activities of the Nuclear Power Plants Authority …

Hybrid Power Plant

Pump Beyond Baseload at Power Plants

Sulzer secures flexible thermal power generation with pump retrofitsThe rapid growth of renewable energy in Asia is presenting the grid with a challenge: how to…

SMR

OSGE Seeks Approval for SMRs at Six Polish Locations

Orlen Synthos Green Energy (OSGE) has submitted applications to Poland's Ministry of Climate for a decision-in-principle on the construction of power plants…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

French Regulator Approves EDF Schedule for Weld Checks

France's nuclear safety regulator, the Autorité de Sûreté Nucléaire (ASN), has approved EDF's revised programme to rectify st…

Coal Production

ADB to study early coal retirement in Kazakhstan

This will be accomplished through the bank’s energy transition mechanism program.The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is studying opportunities to speed up th…

Energy Storage System

Grid Inertia Measurement Trial at Australia’s Biggest Battery Storage Project

The Australian government is funding a trial of grid inertia measurement at the Victorian Big Battery, aiming to develop real-time, accurate assessments of the …