Power

China

China to Bring Solar and Wind Power Generation to 11% of Total Electricity Use in 2021

China has flagged it will seek to raise its power generation from solar and wind plants to around 11% of the country’s total power consumption in 2021, from 9.…

Offshore Wind Power

Giant Offshore Wind Energy Projects to be Built in Ireland’s Seas

Ireland’s plans for developing offshore wind are starting to take real shape with two new large projects in the pipeline.

Electricity Trade

DEME Wins French Floater Export Cable Gig

DEME’s French subsidiary has won a contract for the export cable for the 30MW Leucate floating offshore wind farm, off France.

Thermal Plant

Montenegro Expects more Hours for Pljevlja Power Plant

Montenegrin state-owned utility EPCG expects to be granted additional operating hours for the 225MW Pljevlja lignite-fired plant, which had been due to close la…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Seoul Requests Voluntary Cut from State Coal Plants

The South Korean government has asked state-owned Kepco utilities to voluntarily restrict its use of coal in April-November to limit overall emissions, sources …

CCS

ExxonMobil Pitches $100bn Houston Carbon Capture Hub

ExxonMobil is seeking federal support to develop a "hub" that could capture all of the CO₂ emissions from refineries and industrial facilities along the Housto…

Solar Power Plant

P&G’s Hyderabad Facility First in India to Go Solar

FMCG biggie Procter & Gamble on Monday said it has commissioned its first in-house solar power plant in India at it’s Hyderabad manufacturing facility.

Carbon Emissions

IKEA Owner Sets Aside 4 bln Euros for Green Power Projects

Companies of all kinds are increasing their investment in a lower carbon future in response to investor pressure and as momentum builds ahead of the next round …

Thermal Plant

GE Announces Launch of 500MW Power Plant in Iraq

GE Gas Power has announced the official opening of the Samawa Power Plant in Iraq’s Al Muthanna governorate.

Wind Farm

Trung Nam Group Inaugurates Wind Power Plant in Vietnam

Vietnamese construction company Trung Nam Group has inaugurated a wind power plant in the Thuận Bắc district of Vietnam's Ninh Thuận province.

Geothermal Power Plant

EXERGY to Supply Equipment for Geothermal Plant in the Philippines

EXERGY INTERNATIONAL, a leading provider of new-generation geothermal binary power plants, and a part of the Chinese TICA Corporation, has signed a new contract…

Solar Power Panel

juwi Installs First Modules at Greek solar farm

It will then be handed over to the future operator Hellenic Petroleum Group.

Nuclear Power Plant

UK's NDA Launches New Nuclear Transport Division

The NDA is also in the process of integrating its radioactive waste management businesses.

Nuclear Power Plant

Successful Cold Test of Hualong One Overseas Project Karachi No. 3 Unit in Pakistan

​After the first overseas connection of Hualong One to the grid for power generation, the construction of Hualong One overseas project has made significant pro…

Wind Power Project

Hidrostank Deploys Innovative Solutions at Saudi Wind Farm

Hidrostank, a leading Spanish company supplying building materials for civil works, said it had recently delivered innovative modular pullboxes for the Dumat Al…