Power

Nuclear Power Plant

Ukraine Passes Bill to Secure Euratom Loan

The Verkhovna Rada, Ukraine's upper house of parliament, has adopted a draft law on nuclear safety that enables state-run nuclear power plant operator Energoato…

Nuclear Fuel

US Uranium Output Falls 89% in 2019

The USA produced a total of 0.17 million pounds U3O8 (65.4 tU) of uranium concentrate from all domestic sources in 2019, according to a newly published annual r…

Geothermal Power Plant

U.S. Energy Commission Gives Geothermal Projects a Shot in the Arm

The CEC has awarded almost $10 million in grants for three projects related to this renewable power.

Australia

Massive 1000MW “Baseload” Wind, Solar and Hydrogen Plant Pitched for NSW

New South Wales could become host to one of Australia’s first solar, wind and hydrogen “baseload” power plants, under a multi-billion dollar plan pitched for…

Germany, Netherlands to Step Up Power Grid Cooperation

The two governments have been in talks on the matter for months but officials say Berlin has not decided yet whether to take a minority or even majority stake i…

Microgrid

Sunverge to Install Nanogrid-Style Virtual Power Plant for Maryland Utility

Sunverge Energy has landed a contract to build a residential virtual power plant for Delmarva Power in Maryland, using a nanogrid controller platform.

Solar Power Plant

Brazil approves 319.5 MW of winning projects from Oct 18 auction

May 20 (Renewables Now) - Brazil's power sector regulator Aneel approved on Tuesday 319.55 MW of projects that were successful in the A-6 tender held on October…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

DEFF Orders Eskom to Shut Down Kendal Power Station

South Africa's environment minister, Barbara Creecy, has rejected Eskom's objection to and confirmed the compliance notice issued to Eskom in December 2019 by t…

Electric Vehicle Sales Are Expected to Fall by 18% in 2020, the Long Term Outlook Remains Positive

With a decade-long upward trend in electric vehicles sales boosted by the popularity of Tesla's vehicles and other EVs such as Nissan Leaf and Toyota Prius, aut…

Invited For Design And Implement 15 Km Relocation

Tender Are Invited For Design And Implement 15 Km Relocation Of Power Transferring Line 63 Kv With Double Circuits

Offshore Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa Launches 14MW Offshore Wind Turbine, World’s Largest

The new machine can be dialed up to 15 megawatts, and an even larger version is in the works, says Siemens Gamesa’s head of offshore technology.

Nuclear waste

IAEA Commends French Nuclear Waste Programme

The International Atomic Energy Agency has released the final report from its January 2018 mission to France to review radioactive waste management and decommis…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

India Added 8,800 MW of Coal-Based Power Capacity Last Year: IEEFA

The thermal power generation sector is facing stress carrying $40-60 billion of potentially non-performing assets, IEEFA said.

Solar Power Plant

Myanmar Launches 1 GW Solar Tender

The country’s Ministry of Electricity and Energy is seeking proposals for 30 large-scale solar plants. The selected developers will be awarded 20-year power pu…

Solar Power Plant

Chinese PV Industry Brief: 5.5 GW of PV Procurement, New Dates for SNEC, and a 200 MW Project

Datang Group has launched a bidding process to procure 5.5 GW of PV modules and inverters for its own solar projects.