Power

Wind Power Company

Johnny Thomsen Appointed Co-CEO of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind

The Board of Directors of MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has appointed Johnny Thomsen as the new Co-CEO of the company after the current Co-CEO, Lars Bondo Krogsgaard…

China to Impose New Restrictions on Small Hydro Plants

China will ban the construction of small hydropower plants in regions that already have an electricity surplus and encourage new dams in poor and remote locatio…

DEIF Event Showcases Fuel And Energy Saving Solutions

An event organized by Danish power control solutions company DEIF has highlighted the potential savings offered by battery hybrid power propulsion and the Bluef…

Market Analysis

Latin America and Caribbean on the Brink of Massive Solar Power Growth

As new markets emerge worldwide, IRENA’s latest report sees solar PV covering one quarter of global power by 2050

Swiss 900 MW Pumped Storage Plant Poised for Milestone

A €1.5bn pumped storage power plant in Switzerland will hit a major milestone this month when the plant’s two penstocks will be filled with water for the firs…

Market Analysis

Rooftop solar hits 45% of demand and sets new grid low in W.A.

Rooftop solar has helped deliver another Australian grid record, this time in Western Australia where the state’s wholesale electricity market (WEM) dipped to …

Combined cycle power plant

Siemens To Upgrade Steam Power Plant In Vietnam To Combined Cycle Power Plant

Siemens will provide the equipment to upgrade the Hiep Phuoc 1 steam power plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, to a combined cycle power plant. This project wil…

Coal Power

German Draft Law: No Forced Hard Coal Power Plant Closures Before 2026

The German government will not force hard coal power plants to close over the next seven years, a draft law expected to be approved by the cabinet next week sho…

Iran 220 Water Power Projects to Come Online by March

More than 220 major power and water projects worth $3 billion will come on stream by the end of the current fiscal (March 2020), the Iran Energy Minister said M…

New Technology

Siemens Unvieled New Grid Diagnostic Suite for Distribution Grids

The Grid Diagnostic Suite initially includes four cloud-based applications which collect data from new or existing field devices for protection, distribution au…

Biomass Power Plant

EU Biomass Subsidies Contribute to Forest Destruction

A new report has found EU subsidies for biomass energy channel nearly €7bn per year into unsustainable and destructive energy sources.

Carbon capture

Comparing 10 Carbon Capture Methods on Costs,Scalability,Permanence,Cleanness

The idea has resurfaced on the wave of circular economic thinking, triggered by climate concerns and with a view towards incentivising carbon capture. But opini…

Steam turbine

Toshiba Will Supply Steam Turbines and Generators for Major Thermal Power Plant Upgrade Project in Australia

Toshiba won a major contract to retrofit steam turbines, generators, and associated equipment as part of the modernization project of EnergyAustralia’s Mt Pipe…

Clean Coal

Circulating Fluid Bed Scrubbing Technology: A Low-Cost Flexible Technology for India's Multi-Pollution

Tighter control of Sulfur Oxides (SOx), Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) and particular matter (PM) has become a priority for many countries around the world.

Offshore Wind Power

Shell Agrees to Acquire EOLFI：Expanding its Renewable Power Business

Shell has signed an agreement to buy 100% of EOLFI, a French renewable energies developer specialised in floating wind projects. The acquisition is subject to r…