Plants

Biomass Power Plant

INNIO Jenbacher to Supply Gas Engines for SynCraft Biomass Plants

Clean energy producer SynCraft has ordered two INNIO Jenbacher J412 gas engines for its wood gas power plants in Upper Austria.

Electric Car

UK Battery Industry to Grow Rapidly until 2040

The UK battery industry is expected to grow rapidly because of the electric vehicle boom, with experts predicting demand for up to seven gigaplants by 2040.

Thermal Plant

Kusile Power Station on Target to be Completed by 2023

South African Deputy-President, David Mabuza, recently visited the Kusile Power Station in the Mpumalanga province to evaluate the progress being made.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

80 per cent of US Coal Plants Scheduled to Close

Coal has had a presence since the 1300s, when the Hopi Indians first began to use it. By the late 1800s, it had overtaken wood as the primary source of fuel for…

Solar Power Plant

NAMIBIA: Mergence Becomes Majority Shareholder in Ejuva Solar Power Plants

Mergence Unlisted Investment Managers Namibia, the subsidiary of fund manager Mergence Investment Managers, has become a majority shareholder in the Ejuva solar…

Coal Trade

S Korea Coal Imports Drop Amid Voluntary Restrictions

South Korean thermal coal imports fell on the year in April amid a likely drop in coal-fired generation, driven in part by voluntary restrictions on the use of …

Power Construction

Worst Brazil Drought in 20 Years to up Pressure on Power Grid

Brazil's worst drought in two decades will force the country to depend more heavily on costly thermal power plants to compensate for reduced hydroelectric gener…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia Plans up to Five Floating Nuclear Power Stations for Northeast Wilderness

Russian president Vladimir Putin has approved a proposal by Rosatom to build floating nuclear power plants to power a gold and copper mine on the remote northea…

Coal Production

China Accounted For Half Of The World’s Coal Generated In 2020, Says Study

Coal-fired power in China gained 2% in 2020, accounting for 53% of the overall coal-fired generation portfolio worldwide

Energy Infrastructure

White House Eyes Subsidies for Nuclear Plants to Help Meet Climate Targets

The new subsidies, in the form of "production tax credits," would likely be swept into President Joe Biden's multi-trillion-dollar legislative effort to invest …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Kansai Electric and Marubeni drop coal power plant plans

Kansai Electric Power and Marubeni have reportedly scrapped their plans for a 1.3GW coal-fired power plant in Japan.

Solar Power Plant

Opdenergy Signs Offtakes for 362MW Spanish Solar

New PPAs with 10-year terms relate to eight PV plants in the developer's backlog

Hydrogen Technology

Nuclear Energy Plants could Help Accelerate Hydrogen Adoption with Reduced Costs

With the breakthrough of hydrogen technology in various decarbonisation strategies across the world, nuclear reactors could be given a new lease of life by prov…

Hydropower Plant

Energy Storage Tech Tested for Small Hydropower Generation

Municipally owned utility Idaho Falls Power and the Idaho National Laboratory have carried out tests to see how a US city’s hydropower plants can be made more …

Nuclear Power Plant

New Jersey Extends ZECs for Nuclear Plants

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has unanimously voted to extend the zero emission certificates for the Hope Creek and Salem nuclear power plants for an…