Plants

Geothermal Power Plant

Why Cost of Geothermal Power Plants Will Remain High

This leads to an increase in the LCOE to $0.071 per kWh from $0.049.

United States

Surge in U.S. Renewable Diesel Supply Won’t Offset Loss of Petroleum Diesel

A flood of U.S. renewable diesel plants set to come online in the next three years will not be enough to offset the loss of petroleum diesel refining capacity f…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Europe May Shift Back to Coal as Russia Turns Down Gas Flows

Europe's biggest Russian gas buyers raced to find alternative fuel supplies on Monday and could burn more coal to cope with reduced gas flows from Russia that t…

LNG

‘Green Energy World Will Be Cheaper’ Rwe CEO Says as Germany Faces Gas Crunch

Economics minister Habeck announces measure to save gas and avoid rationing in coming winter that include longer use of coal power plants.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Netherlands to Burn More Coal to Conserve Gas

The Netherlands will ease its current restrictions on coal-fired power plants.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Australian Power Crisis Eases as Coal-Fired Plants Crank Up

Blackout risks eased in eastern Australia on Friday as about a third of the coal-fired generation that had been offline in recent weeks returned to service, but…

LNG

How the World’s Top Coal, LNG Exporter Ran Into a Power Crisis

Australia, the world's top exporter of coal and liquefied natural gas, is battling a power crunch, posing major challenges for the country's new Labor governmen…

Hydropower Plant

Managing Hydropower Plants From a Smartphone

Technology company Voith, together with digital specialist Ray Sono, has developed a solution to manage hydropower assets from a smartphone.

Nuclear Power Plant

How Does a Gen III Nuclear Plant Differ From a Gen II?

Nuclear power plants are generally classified by the generation (I, II, III, III+ and IV) of their reactors. Every next generation is more advanced in terms of …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Australia’s AGL Coal Plant Outage Extended to September

AGL Energy said on Friday it expects a unit down since April at one of its power stations will restart in late September.

Geothermal Power Plant

EXERGY Partnership to Develop Geothermal Projects in Japan

Italian technology developer EXERGY International and Japan’s Geothermal Development & Investment Inc have signed a partnership agreement for the exclusive dis…

Nuclear Power Plant

Japan Calls for Strict Examinations in Nuclear Oversight, According to Draft Document

​Japan will move forward with the safe restart of nuclear power plants and include strict examinations in its nuclear regulatory oversight, the final draft of …

Carbon Emissions

NY Bill Aims to Limit Crypto Miners Using Fossil Fuel-Generated Power

The New York State Legislature has passed a bill that would impose a two-year moratorium on the use of fossil-fuel power plants to provide energy to miners of c…

Hydropower Plant

Statkraft Commissions Two Hydropower Plants in Nor

Statkraft has commissioned two small hydropower plants in Norway – 8.5MW Vesle Kjela and 8.5MW Storlia — located on opposite sides of the Hardanger mountain p…

Solar Power Panel

Plant Inspired Nanoparticles Have Potential Use in Solar Panels

Plants have inspired researchers to develop innovative and efficient nanoparticles that could be used to build the solar panels of the future.