Plants

Thermal Coal

Coal Dominates Asia Pacific’s Generation Mix in 2022

However, the share of low-carbon resources is increasing.Asia Pacific’s electricity was sourced mainly from coal which accounted for 57% of the region&rsq…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

JERA’s Anegasaki Thermal Power Station New Unit 1 Starts Operations

The LNG-fired power station has a capacity of 650MW.The 650-megawatt (MW) Anegasaki Therman Power Station New Unit 1 which JERA is replacing through its subsidi…

Thermal Plant

US to Retire 15GW of Coal and Gas-Fired Power Plants in 2023

Gas power plant. Image by nachai on 123rfAccording to the Department of Energy’s Energy Information Administration (EIA), US operators plan to retire 15.6…

Hydropower Plant

ENHY Launched to Develop Hydroelectricity in Madagascar

ENHY has been launched through a partnership between Hyvity and the Filatex Group to develop, build and operate hydroelectric plants in Madagascar.At the heart …

Nuclear Technology

Modern Surface Assessment Technologies Address Today’s Inspection Challenges in Nuclear Power Plants

While nuclear power plants are some of the most highly regulated and safe worksites in the world, inspection challenges remain. According to estimates by indust…

Thermal Plant

Coal and Gas-Fired Power Plants Make Up Nearly All Planned 2023 Retirements

Data source: EIA, Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory, December 2022Operators plan to retire 15.6 GW of electric-generating capacity in the United …

Hydropower Plant

Statkraft Reports Dams in Turkey Safe After Earthquake, Donates to Relief Work

In the aftermath of a powerful earthquake that killed thousands of people in Turkey and Syria on Feb. 6, Statkraft reported its two hydropower plants in the cou…

China-Pakistan

Coal Power Plant Under CPEC Put Into Operation in Pakistan

This aerial photo taken on Feb. 4, 2023 shows an open-pit coal mine included in the Thar Coal Block-I Coal Electricity Integration project in Sindh province, Pa…

Oil & Gas Supply

Gas Supply Secured for Peak Power Demand: Rk Singh

Fuel supply for gas-based power plants has been secured for the anticipated peak demand, Power Minister RK Singh said on Sunday. If needed, section 11 of the El…

Energy Security

Modern Surface Assessment Technologies Address Today’s Inspection Challenges in Nuclear Power Plants

While nuclear power plants are some of the most highly regulated and safe worksites in the world, inspection challenges remain. According to estimates by indust…

Nuclear Decommissioning

Belgium’s Nuclear Phase-Out Policy Claims Second Victim

The Tihange nuclear power plant. (Photo: Engie Electrabel)Unit 2 at Tihange, one of Belgium’s two nuclear power plants, was permanently disconnected from …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Big Solar in Kosovo Replaces Coal-Based Electric Heating

The way is clear for the construction of one of the largest solar district heating plants in Europe. The financing package for the EUR 80 million project was si…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Ammonia Co-firing Planned at 1434 MW Coal Plant

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) is studying introducing ammonia co-firing at the BLCP Power Station in Thailand. The plant includes two subcritical coal-fired…

Coal Production

Ramaphosa: South Africa Will Not Ditch Coal ‘Just Like That'

Coal-rich but energy-starved South Africa will not immediately abandon its fossil-fuelled electricity generating plants as it transitions to cleaner forms of po…

Biofuel

Biorefinery Uses Microbial Fuel Cell to Upcycle Resistant Plant Waste

Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03667When nature designed lignin—the fibrous, woody ma…