Power

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Bangladesh Scraps Nine Coal Power Plants As Overseas Finance Dries up

The rising costs of coal imports and Bangladesh’s role as chair of the Climate Vulnerable Forum contributed to the decision to axe power projects, analysts say…

Carbon Emissions

Japan, US Exposed as UN Chief Urges G7 to Commit to 2030 Coal Exit

At a summit on “powering past coal”, António Guterres called on rich countries to lead, putting pressure on Japan and the US to produce exit plans

Offshore Wind Power

Lithuania to Study Offshore Wind Sites

Local consultancy Ardynas to prepare a special plan and strategic environmental assessment for an area in the Baltic Sea

Offshore Wind Power

Orsted Kicks off Greater Changhua 1&2a Construction

Orsted is moving into the construction phase of the 900MW Greater Changhua 1&2a offshore wind farm off Taiwan.

Wind Power in China

China Installs 52GW of Wind in 2020

China installed 52GW of new wind power capacity in 2020, double the country’s annual installations compared to the previous year, according to the Global Wind …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Eskom Improves Operational Efficiency at Kusile and Medupi

The recently appointed transformation management office in Eskom has made significant inroads in improving the operational efficiency at the Kusile and Medupi p…

Electric Car

German Automaker BMW Ramps up Electric Vehicle Offerings

BMW declined, however, to follow General Motors and other automakers who have said their goal is to phase out internal combustion passenger vehicles by a specif…

Power Construction

AfDB Offers $530m Funding for Power Transmission Project in Angola

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has agreed to provide $530m funding for the construction of a transmission line in Angola.

Wind Farm

Vestas Secures Polish Order

Vestas has secured a 56 MW order for the Banie lV project from Energix, which is the majority owner of the wind farm and is a well-established wind project deve…

LNG

Video: Establishing Mozambique As A Global LNG Player

Africa Oil & Power spoke to Carlos Zacarias, CEO, INP about Mozambique’s enormous resource potential, the government’s electricity expansion initiatives, and …

Nuclear Power Plant

UK's Hinkley Point B Approved for Restart

The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation has today provided EDF with permission for Reactors 3 and 4 at the Hinkley Point B power station in Somerset, England, to…

Energy Storage Project

GE to Provide DC-Coupled Solution to 123MWh Solar-Plus-Storage Project in New York

Energy storage project developer Convergent Energy + Power has contracted GE Renewable Energy to supply key equipment to a three-site large-scale solar-plus-sto…

Solar Inverter

Single Phase 10.5KW Inverter for Brazil Market from Deye

Solar energy is needed everywhere in the world. In Brazil, most of electricity is from hydropower.

Solar Power Plant

Poland to Add Another 11 GW of PV Over the Next Five Years

The Eastern European country is expected to add around 2 GW per year over the next five years, according to Polish research institute Instytut Energetyki Odnawi…

India

Siemens Energy and Sumitomo Electric Commission India’s First VSC HVDC

The joint venture of Siemens Energy and Sumitomo Electric has completed connecting India’s first high-voltage direct current link featuring voltage-sourced con…