Power company

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Onagawa 2 Restart Expected in September

Tohoku Electric Power Company now expects to reconnect unit 2 of its Onagawa nuclear power plant in Japan's northeastern Miyagi Prefecture to the grid in Se…

Energy Storage System

Statkraft Granted Planning Permission for Ayrshire 50MW BESS

Statkraft has been granted planning permission for its fifth Greener Grid Park. Image: StatkraftNorwegian state-owned power company Statkraft has been granted p…

Offshore Wind Power

Polenergia and Equinor Acquire 1.44 GW of Offshore Wind From Siemens Gamesa

Polenergia and Equinor close an order for 1.44 GW with Siemens Gamesa wind turbines.Polish power company Polenergia and Norway’s Equinor have signed a fin…

Hydropower Plant

Fichtner Secures Contract for Hydropower Feasibility Studies in Northern Zambia

Fichtner's Hydropower Department has won a contract from Mutinondo Luchenene Power Company, an affiliate of Berkeley Energy, to spearhead the Feasibility St…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Japan's TEPCO Tests Drones For Wrecked Nuclear Plant In Decommissioning First

A member of staff walks near a blue pipeline to transport seawater, part of the facility for releasing treated radioactive water to sea from the Fukushima Daiic…

Nuclear waste

Japan's Tepco to Start Fourth Release of Treated Fukushima Water in Late Feb

FILE PHOTO: A member of staff walks near a blue pipeline to transport seawater, part of the facility for releasing treated radioactive water to sea from the Fuk…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Japan Nuclear Plant Sees Rise in Water Level After Massive Earthquake

The water-level around the Shika nuclear power plant rose by around three meters following a massive earthquake that hit Japan on Monday, authorities said on We…

Biofuel

Indonesia's State Power Company Uses 1 Mln Tons of Biomass in 2023

Indonesia's state power firm Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) consumed 1 million metric tons of biomass in 2023 for electric power generation in an effort re…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

NRA Lifts Ban on Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Fuel Activities

Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA) has decided, at a meeting on 27 December, to lift an administrative order imposed on Tokyo Electric Power Company…

Offshore Wind Power

Greece's Largest Power Utility Buys Into Offshore Wind

The Public Power Corporation S.A. (PPC), the largest electric power company in Greece, has agreed to acquire the developer of a 216 MW wind farm located in the …

Offshore Wind Power

Vattenfall Switches From 15 MW Wind Turbines From Siemens Gamesa to Vestas for Offshore Wind Projects in Norfolk

Vattenfall, the Swedish power company, has announced that it will switch from Siemens Gamesa to Vestas as the supplier of wind turbines for its planned offshore…

Hydropower Plant

Ardian Acquires Hydropower Company in Peru

Global private investment firm Ardian has successfully acquired a 100% stake in a Peruvian hydropower company, marking a significant expansion of its clean ener…

Pumped Storage

Statkraft to Acquire 450MW Loch Ness Pumped Storage Hydro Project

Pumped storage turbines to be used in the project. Image: Statkraft.Norwegian power company Statkraft has agreed to acquire a 450MW pumped storage hydro project…

Offshore Wind Power

Infroneer to Buy Japan Wind Development From Bain Capital for $1.37 Bln - Nikkei

Japan's Infroneer Holdings (5076.T) has planned to buy wind power company Japan Wind Development from U.S. private equity firm Bain Capital for about 200 bi…

Japan

Japan's Kansai Comes Onboard Norwegian Floating Offshore Wind Project

Japanese utility, the Kansai Electric Power Company (Kansai), has joined the Source Galileo, Odfjell Oceanwind, and Vår Energi partnership which is develo…