Power

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…

Market Analysis

Africa Set for Nine-Fold Wind Capacity Increase

The International Energy Agency (IEA) expects Africa's wind power fleet to increase nine-fold between the end of 2018 and 2040, but the continent's small power …

Nuclear Power Plant

Iran Started Construction of Unit 2 of its Nuclear Power Plant

Iran has started construction of unit 2 of its nuclear power plant at Bushehr. A ceremony to mark the pouring of first concrete was held yesterday.

Market Analysis

Siemens'Gas and Power Sees‘Substantial’Order Growth

The weakening of the global economy accelerated clearly during fiscal 2019, according to Siemens, but the company achieved it fiscal-year guidance. The company …

Gas turbine engine

Roll-Royce Engines For C-Energy

Rolls-Royce announced it has completed manufacturing of the first of its new medium- speed B36:45V20 gas engines at the Bergen Engines facilities in Norway.

Power Construction

MAN Delivering Back-Up Power For UK Grid

MAN Energy Solutions has won orders from Statera Energy, the UK-based flexible-energy company, for the supply of eight MAN 20V35/44G TS engines for two 50 MW po…

New Technology

Synthetic Gas Produced by Wind Power May Fuel Container Ship Soon

MAN Energy Solutions and Wessels Marine GmbH are partnering to use liquefied SNG (synthetic natural gas) produced from renewable electrical energy as a drop-in …

How Decentralized Solar Solutions Are Powering Global Green Economy Transition

Access to and the productive use of solar energy are a great enabler for many communities especially in rural, off-grid areas where there is no feasible alterna…