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Solar Power Plant

Utility Hawaiian Electric has said that the AES Waikoloa solar PV and battery storage project on Hawaii Island is nearing completion.

The system is due to begin commercial operations by April this year, or earlier. When it does, it will begin delivering power to the utility under a 25-year pow…

Solar Power Plant

Smart Solutions for Reliable Electricity Supply

In rural Nigeria, solar mini-grid distribution company GVE was working on an electrification project in Onono Village, but they had ongoing field issues creatin…

Coal Trade

China Nears Lifting Over Two-Year-Old Unofficial Ban on Australian Coal Imports

China is close to lifting a more than two-year-old unofficial ban on Australian thermal and coking coal imports for its power and steel plants, as the country l…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

End of Life for South Africa’s Komati Coal-Fired Power Station

After serving South Africa since 1961, Komati the coal-fired Power Station in Mpumalanga has today reached the end of its operating life and has been shut down …

Solar Technology

Caltech Launches Space Solar Power Prototype

The DOLCE portion of the Space Solar Power Demonstrator being loaded onto the Vigoride spacecraft. Image: Caltech/Space Solar Power ProjectThe Caltech Space Sol…

Wind Farm

Statkraft to Buy Electricity From Iberdrola’s Third Polish Windfarm

Iberdrola has started commissioning a 50MW windfarm in Poland.The Korytnica II project is 80 km from Warsaw in the province of Węgrów.It comprises 14 Ve…

Energy&Power

Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference 2023

Scottish Renewables Offshore Wind Conference 2023The global spotlight is firmly on offshore wind. In Scotland, a short term pipeline of 6.9 GW and the staggerin…

Wind Power Project

Deme Secures Inter-Array Cable Transportation and Installation Contract for Empire Wind 1 and 2

Empire Offshore Wind, a joint venture between Equinor and bp, has awarded a contract to DEME Offshore US for the transportation and installation of inter-array …

Wind Power Project

Vestas Secures an Additional Order With Engie to Complement Latin America’s Largest Wind Project

Vestas and Engie Brasil Energia SA have been awarded with an 288 MW order of 64 units of V150-4.5 MW wind turbines for the Serra de Assuruá wind farm, lo…

Floating Offshore Wind

Seasapphire Awarded Research Permit for Floating Offshore Wind Farm

SeaSapphire, powered by Simply Blue Group and Eolus, has taken been awarded a research permit for a floating offshore wind farm in the Bothnian Sea, Finland.The…

Hydrogen Fuel Cell

Will Farm Machinery Soon Be Powered by Hydrogen Fuel?

Coal Production

Power Tariffs for Imported Coal-Based Plants Should Cover Their Costs, Profit Margin: CERC

The order was related to Tata Power approaching the CERC against the tariff fixed by the government after a forced directive last year to avert a power crisis.T…

Nuclear Fuel

Russia’s Kola Npp Produces First Hydrogen

A new Russian designed electrolysis unit has produced its first hydrogen at the Kola NPP. Hydrogen is used for cooling the turbogenerators that generate electri…

Geothermal Power Plant

Hs Orka Breaks Ground on Svartsengi Geothermal Power Plant Expansion

Blue Lagoon with Svartsengi plant, Iceland (Picture: Vestman, (c) CC BY 2.0)The Icelandic power company HS Orka has broken ground on the 22-MW expansion of the …

Geothermal Power Plant

Barito Pacific Increases Stake in Indonesia Geothermal Assets

Wayang Windu geothermal power complex, Indonesia (source: flickr/ Andri Suprihadi, creative commons)PT Barito Pacific Tbk (BRPT) has increased its ownership of …