Power station

United States

Verdek’s Florida Sheriffs Association EV Charging Contract Renewed Through 2028

Verdek, LLC has announced that its contract under the Florida Sheriffs Association Cooperative Purchasing Program for Electric Vehicle Charging, Power Stations,…

Japan

Ohi Unit 3 Reactor Automatically Shuts Down After Generator Trip

Kansai Electric Power Company said the reactor at Ohi Nuclear Power Station Unit 3 automatically shut down on the night of August 8, 2026, after a Loss of Field…

New Zealand

Waitaki Hydro Scheme Gains 30MW in Generation Capacity

Meridian Energy has increased the maximum operating capacity of three hydropower stations in New Zealand’s Waitaki scheme, adding a combined 30MW of renew…

Gas turbine engine

Gas-fired power plant planned for Banana

Plans for a new Central Queensland gas turbine power station with a generation capacity of up to 850MW are moving through the approvals process.The gas-fired pl…

Pumped Storage

Construction of Main Project Begins for Yulin Pumped Storage Power Station in Guangxi, China, with Total Investment of 8.36 Billion Yuan

On April 4, Southern Power Grid Energy Storage Co., Ltd. announced that the pumped storage power station located in Yulin, Guangxi, has fully commenced construc…

Germany

Germany may have to slow coal plant closures, Merz says

Germany may have to keep some coal-fired power plants online longer than planned, as it aims to accelerate the construction of gas-fired power stations amid the…

Russian

Russia expects to build nuclear power station on Moon within 5-7 years

Russia may develop a nuclear power station on the Moon within the next five to seven years, Mikhail Kovalchuk, president of Russia's Kurchatov Institute, sa…

Drax Informs UK Staff of Up to 150 Job Cuts

Drax has notified its UK staff of plans to cut up to 150 jobs at its UK power stations. This move is part of the company's restructuring plan, affecting bot…

FirstEnergy Subsidiary Selects Site for New 1.2-Gigawatt Natural Gas Power Plant in West Virginia to Enhance Power Supply

Mon Power and Potomac Edison, subsidiaries of FirstEnergy, have identified a 35-acre site adjacent to the Fort Martin Power Station in Maidsville, West Virginia…

550-ton Bridge Crane in Main Powerhouse of Angola's Caculo Cabaça Hydropower Station Put into Operation

Recently, the load tests for two 550-ton bridge cranes in the main powerhouse of the Caculo Cabaça Hydropower Station in Angola, constructed by China Ene…

First Large-Scale PV Power Station in Algeria's National New Energy Plan Completes Acceptance

Recently, significant progress has been made on the 3 GW photovoltaic project cluster under Algeria's national new energy development plan. The Biskra Photo…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Tata Power Renewable Energy Commissions 1 GW Solar Project in Rajasthan

Tata Power Renewable Energy Limited (TPREL) has announced that a 1 GW solar project it built in the Indian state of Rajasthan has commenced commercial operation…

Coal Production

India Approves Coal Exports Amid Healthy Power Station Stocks

India's cabinet approved a policy on December 12, 2025, allowing the export of coal due to surplus stocks at power plants, as announced by Information Minis…

United Kingdom

Drax Plans to Turn Coal-Era Power Station Into Data Centre by 2027

Drax Group announced on Thursday that it could repurpose part of its large power station site in Yorkshire, northern England, into a data centre as early as 202…

Hydropower Plant

China’s Qianjiangyuan Hydropower Station Begins Grid-Connected Operation

The Qianjiangyuan Hydropower Station, part of the Kaihua Reservoir project in Kaihua County, western Zhejiang Province, China, successfully connected to the gri…