Power

Philippines

ACEN’s Successful Etm Deal Marks a New Era for Coal Divestment

The ETM transaction will enable the early retirement of the South Luzon Thermal Energy Corp. Power Plant.For years, the Philippine-based energy group ACEN has b…

Pumped Storage

Jinzhai Pumped Storage Hydro Plant Connects All Units to the Grid

Image credit: GE Renewable EnergyAll four units of the 1.2GW Jinzhai pumped storage hydro plant have been connected to the grid and completed 15 days of trial o…

Hydropower Plant

Energy-Pro Joins International Hydropower Association

The International Hydropower Association (IHA) has welcomed Energy-Pro, who joined as members in 2022.Established in 1994 in Svitavy, in the Czech Republic, Ene…

Wind Turbine

Formosa 2 Completes Installation of 47 Offshore Wind Turbines in Taiwan

JERA Co., Ltd has announced the successful installation of all 47 wind turbine generators (WTGs) at the Formosa 2 offshore wind project off the coast of Miaoli …

Hydrogen Technology

Plug Power and Johnson Matthey Announce Partnership to Accelerate Green Hydrogen Economy

Plug Power, a leading provider of turnkey hydrogen solutions for the global green hydrogen economy, and Johnson Matthey (JM), a global leader in sustainable tec…

Solar Power Plant

Bechtel Completes Cutlass Solar Farm Project

Bechtel has announced the completion of the Cutlass Solar project in Fort Bend, Texas, the US. The solar photovoltaic project added 140 MWDC to the Electric Rel…

Coal Production

Ramaphosa: South Africa Will Not Ditch Coal ‘Just Like That'

Coal-rich but energy-starved South Africa will not immediately abandon its fossil-fuelled electricity generating plants as it transitions to cleaner forms of po…

Biofuel

Biorefinery Uses Microbial Fuel Cell to Upcycle Resistant Plant Waste

Graphical abstract. Credit: ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering (2022). DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.2c03667When nature designed lignin—the fibrous, woody ma…

Nuclear Reactor

MoU Sees X-Energy, Alberta Grow Their Smr Relationship

X-Energy Canada and Invest Alberta Corporation (IAC) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to develop economic opportunities supporting the potential …

Nuclear Reactor

Korea Proposes Building Four Reactors for Turkey

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has submitted a preliminary proposal to Turkey for the construction of four APR-1400 reactors at an undisclosed site in…

Nuclear Reactor

Second Belgian Reactor Enters Retirement

Unit 2 of the Tihange nuclear power plant in Belgium has been permanently shut down after 40 years of operation. The 1008 MWe (net) pressurised water reactor is…

Energy Technology

UIUC Research Confirms Viability of Geothermal Energy Storage Using Old Gas Well

Conceptual schematic diagram of the Advanced Geothermal Energy Storage system proposed by the UIUC study (source: University of Illinois)Researchers from the Un…

Geothermal Power Plant

Kengen Secures First-Refusal Rights on Gdc Geothermal Wells

Geothermal well at Menengai, Kenya (source: flickr/ ScientificDrilling)KenGen has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Geothermal Development Com…

Geothermal Power Plant

Pertamina Geothermal Energy Announces IPO Dates and Prices

Sudirman CBD in Jakarta, Indonesia (source: AndrewPrawiro / flickr, Creative Commons)Indonesia’s state-owned geothermal developer Pertamina Geothermal Ind…

Thermal Plant

Duke Energy’s N.C. Coal Plants More Expensive to Run Than Building New Solar Farms, Report Finds

The Allen coal plant just west of Charlotte, North Carolina. Credit: Murr Rhame / Creative CommonsBy Elizabeth Ouzts, Energy News NetworkDuke Energy spends twic…