Power

Wind Power Tower

ASM Starts Fryslan Tower Production

ASM Industries has started the fabrication of 42 offshore wind tower sections for the 383MW Fryslan offshore wind project in the IJsselmeer lake in the Netherla…

Sweden

Vattenfall Records Q3 Fall in Wind Profits

Swedish energy company cites lower availability of offshore wind power and lower electricity prices.

Market Analysis

Global Power Systems ‘Need More Flexibility’

An increase in investments should be facilitated by ‘better-designed markets’, says new IEA report.

Solar Power Plant

MOZAMBIQUE: Neoen Launches the Construction of its 41 MWp Metoro Solar Power Plant

Fr ench independent power producer Neoen has just launched the construction of its Metoro photovoltaic solar power plant in the Cabo Delgado province in north-e…

Geothermal Power Plant

ETHIOPIA: DFC Awards $1.55 Million Grant to Tulu Moye Geothermal Project

The American Development Finance Corporation is providing a $1.55 million grant for the “technical development” of the Tulu Moye geothermal project in Ethiopi…

Solar Power Plant

Hitachi ABB Power Grids Win Deal for Sub-Sahara’s Largest PV Project

Hitachi ABB Power Grids is to help develop Sub-Saharan Africa’s largest solar photovoltaic project.

Clean Energy Transition

Canadian Coal-Fired Plant Converts to Natural Gas Using GE Turbine

Canadian independent producer Maxim Power worked with GE and other companies in its transition from coal-fired to natural gas-fired generation at its Milner II …

Energy Storage Technology

Highview Enlasa to Develop Utility-Scale Cryogenic Energy Storage in Latin America

Highview Power and Energía Latina SAB have formed a joint venture to advance cryogenic energy storage in Chile and elsewhere in Latin America.

Wind Farm

140MW Nxuba Wind Farm Ready to Feed into South Africa’s Grid

Nxuba Wind Farm is yet another example of EGP’s commitment to renewables and sustainability in South Africa and globally.

Clean Energy Transition

New York to Transition Seven Peaker Gas-Fired Power Plants

The New York Power Authority is looking at renewables with battery storage and low-to-zero carbon emission technologies to meet the peak energy demands of New Y…

Pumped Storage

Scottish Government Consents to Revised Coire Glas Pumped Storage Scheme

The Scottish Government has given consent for SSE’s Renewables revised Coire Glas pumped storage scheme in Lochaber in the Scottish Highlands.

Biomass Power Plant

Japanese Firms to Develop Sendai Biomass Power Plant

Japanese renewable power developer Renova and four other companies are planning to develop the 74.95MW Sendai Gamo biomass power plant in northeast Japan.

Floating Offshore Wind

DNV GL Forms Floating Pact with Korean Engineers

Agreement with Samsung Heavy Industries to develop foundations and remote maintenance technology.

Wind Farm

EBRD Backs 100MW Kazakh Wind Farm

A group of financial institutions including the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development are providing over $95m for a 100MW wind farm in Kazakhstan.

Australia

Australia Backs CWP Renewables in World’s Biggest Power Plant Project

The Three Gorges Dam is currently the biggest individual producer of electricity on the planet.