Plants

Coal Trade

UK Calls on Reserve Coal Power as Supply Tightens

National Grid ESO, serving the grid of Great Britain, has used reserve coal power units for the first time this winter during expected supply shortages.Two coal…

Nuclear Power Plant

Vogtle 3 reaches initial criticality, marking pivotal nuclear startup milestone

Plant Vogtle Units 3 and 4 are the first nuclear plants to be built in the United States in 30 years. This photo shows Vogtle 3 under construction in January 20…

Solar Power Plant

Saudi Arabia’s Acwa Power to Build Two Solar Plants in Uzbekistan With 1.4GW Capacity

Uzbekistan's capital Tashkent will host one of the new solar power plants, under the deal with Acwa. Photo: flydubaiSaudi Arabia's Acwa Power has signed…

Nuclear Reactor

Biden Administration Pledges $1.2 Billion to Keep U.S. Nuclear Reactors Online

The Biden administration has pledged another $1.2 billion to help extend the operating life of older or distressed nuclear power plants, with Energy Secretary J…

Paraguay

Eby Discusses Construction of Hydro Station Between Yacyretá and aña Cuá Plants

During a recent meeting, representatives of Entidad Binacional Yacyreta (EBY), the National Electricity Administration (ANDE) and Sociedad Anonima met to analyz…

South Korea

South Korea’s APR1000 Certified for European Use by EUR

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power's (KHNP's) APR1000 reactor design has been formally certified as compliant by the European Utility Requirements (EUR) organi…

Wind Farm

ACWA Power Inks Major Renewable Development Deal With Kazakhstan Government for 1GW Wind Energy and Battery Storage Plant

ACWA Power, a leading Saudi developer, investor, and operator of power generation, water desalination and green hydrogen plants worldwide, has announced a groun…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China Approves 106 GW of New Coal-Fired Capacity

A new report from a two global energy research groups found that China last year approved its most new coal-fired power generation projects since 2015.The repor…

Energy Saving Products

New 3D-Printed Superalloy Could Make Power Plants More Efficient

Sandia technologist Levi Van Bastian works to print material on the Laser Engineered Net Shaping machine, which allows scientists to 3D print new high-performan…

Solar Power Plant

Repsol Has Acquired Three Wind Farms and Two Solar Plants From the Promoter and Developer Abo Wind

Repsol has reached an agreement with the promoter and developer ABO Wind to add 250 MW of renewable assets in Spain through the purchase of three wind farms and…

Geothermal Power Plant

Interenergy Awarded Construction Contracts for Geothermal Plants in El Salvador

Interenergy Awarded Construction Contracts for Geothermal Plants in El Salvador

Carbon Emissions

Indonesia Launches Carbon Trading Mechanism for Coal Power Plants

Indonesia has, reportedly, launched the first phase of mandatory carbon trading for coal power plants.The first stage of a carbon trading mechanism will cover 9…

Wind Turbine

Vestas as Possible Investor in Wind Turbine Plants in Vietnam

European manufacturers are considering investing hundreds of millions of dollars in Vietnam to build wind turbine plants.According to the World Bank Group, Viet…

Hydrogen Project

New Hydrogen Production Makes H2 by Copying Plants

A University of Michigan team has looked to nature for a green way to split water molecules.As hydrogen production becomes an increasingly important foundation …

Nuclear Power Plant

Reprieved Illinois Plants to Be Uprated

US utility Constellation has announced it will invest USD800 million in new equipment to increase the output of its Braidwood and Byron nuclear power plants in …