Power plant

Hydropower Plant

China's Hydropower Generation Surges and Coal Ebbs

An aerial view shows the Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River in Yichang, central China's Hubei province, September 16, 2007. The Three Gorges Project, the…

Solar Power Plant

Equinor's Third Solar Plant in Poland Begins Test Production

Norway-based Equinor has commenced test production at its third solar plant in Poland, named Lipno, boosting the company’s onshore renewables capacity in …

Solar Power Plant

Germany's Solar Installations up 35% in Early 2024

Solar panels of Germany's largest solar park Weesow-Willmersdorf by energy supplier EnBW AG are seen in Werneuchen, Germany September 21, 2023. REUTERS/Lisi…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Verdict on EDF and KHNP Bids Being Considered by Czech Government

ČEZ has submitted to the Czech government its evaluation of the bids received from France's EDF and South Korea's Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power for the c…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

IAEA Assesses Long-Term Safety at Angra 1

An International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) team of experts has completed a review of long-term operational safety at unit 1 of the Angra nuclear power plant i…

Thermal Coal

More Than 800 Coal Plants Worldwide Could Be Profitably Decommissioned

A worker shovels coal as he loads a truck at a coal port in Hanoi February 23, 2012. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo Purchase Licensing RightsMore than 800 coal-fired p…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kozloduy Npp Shuts Down Unit 6 on Non-nuclear Glitch

Unit 6. Image credit: Kozloduy NPP.June 17 (SeeNews) - Bulgaria's Kozloduy nuclear power plant (NPP) said that it shut down its 1,000-MW Unit 6 on June 15 f…

Solar Power Plant

Hawaii's Largest Solar-Plus-Storage Facility Now Operational

Hawaii has the highest average electricity price of any state at $0.43.93 per kWh, nearly triple the U.S. average, yet this project will cut that cost for many …

Pumped Storage

Bulgaria Backed by Eib for 1.6 GW of Pumped Storage

Image: EIBThe EIB will advise and support Bulgaria’s national electricity company Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania EAD (NEK) as it embarks on the constr…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Nuclear power plant proposed for north-eastern Norway

Norsk Kjernekraft has submitted a proposal to Norway's Ministry of Energy for an assessment into the construction of a power plant based on multiple small m…

Offshore Wind Power

Iberdrola Obtains Environmental Authorization for a 274 MW Wind Power Plant in Portugal

Iberdrola has announced that it will build a new wind farm in Portugal after having obtained the necessary environmental authorization. The facility will be loc…

Solar Power Plant

UEM Group Unit, Blueleaf Energy, and Itramas to Develop 500 MW Hybrid Solar Plant

UEM Group Berhad green industry arm UEM Lestra Berhad has signed an agreement with Blueleaf Energy, and ITRAMAS Corporation Sdn Bhd to develop a 500-megawatt (M…

Gas Power Stations

Iltekno Installs First Gas Engine-Powered Cogeneration System in Uzbekistan

The project used a TCG 2032 genset that has 4,500 kilowatt electricity output.Turkish engineering, procurement, and construction contractor Iltekno announced it…

Solar Power Plant

China's Trina Solar Looks to Double Down on US Factory Investments

Trina, based in Changzhou in Jiangsu province, is the world’s third-largest manufacturer of solar panels. Photographer: Tomohiro Ohsumi/Bloomberg , Bloomb…

Nuclear Reactor

Sanmen 3 Containment Walls Take Shape

The three steel rings forming the walls of the main containment shell have been hoisted into place at unit 3 of the Sanmen nuclear power plant in China's Zh…