Power plant

Hydropower Plant

Orrön Energy Divests Its 50% Stake in Leikanger Hydropower Plant to Sognekraft

Orrön Energy AB has finalized the sale of its 50% stake in the 77MW Leikanger hydropower plant in Norway for approximately €53 million. The buyer, Sog…

Hydropower Plant

Death Toll Rises to Seven Following Bargi Hydropower Plant Incident, Enel Green Power Issues Statement

Seven workers have been confirmed dead following the explosion at Enel Green Power’s hydroelectric power plant in Bargi, near Bologna, Italy. Rescuers rec…

Nuclear waste

Waste Transfer Milestone at Scottish Plant

The retrieval has been completed of more than 2100 tonnes of solid intermediate-level radioactive waste from five above-ground concrete bunkers at the Huntersto…

Uranium Project

Final Zaporizhzhia Unit Being Switched to Cold Shutdown

International Atomic Energy Agency staff at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant report that they have been told unit 4 is being transferred to cold shutdown - …

Solar Power Plant

Interior Finalizes Rule to Cut Solar and Wind Fees up to 80% on Public Land, Permits New Projects

(Photo by American Public Power Association on Unsplash )The Department of the Interior (DOI) has finalized a rule that will cut fees by up to 80% for wind and …

Solar Power Plant

Avangrid's First California Solar Farm Breaks Ground

(Photo by Markus Spiske on Unsplash)Avangrid, a sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, announced that construction is now underway at the…

Virtual power plants

California's Virtual Power Plant Potential Is High, New Report Says

(Credit: Dennis Schroeder / NREL)California’s market potential for virtual power plants (VPPs) could hit 7.5 GW by 2035, exceeding 15% of peak demand and …

Solar Power Plant

800MW NSIP Finishes Second Consultation as 82% of Locals Support Solar

Springwell Solar Farm will be developed in Lincolnshire and have a capacity of 800MW. Image: EDF.EDF Renewables UK has found that Lincolnshire residents favour …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

ČEZ Highlights Benefits of Increasing Output of Existing Units

The modernisation of existing nuclear power units in the Czech Republic has added extra capacity equivalent to the output of a large coal-fired power plant, ope…

Geothermal Power Plant

Applications Open for Advanced Studies in Deep Geothermal – Neuchatel, Switzerland

University of Neuchatel, Switzerland (source: Yves André The original uploader was Unine at French Wikipedia., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons)The U…

Offshore Wind Power

Origin Energy Adds Wind Power, Batteries for Coal Exit

Origin Energy is buying the Yanco Delta Wind Farm, one of the largest in the state of NSW. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)Origin Energy will buy one of the most advanc…

Geothermal Power Plant

Senate of Berlin, Germany Approves Funding of Deep Geothermal Energy Roadmap

The Rotes Rathaus in Berlin, Germany (source: Andreas Steinhoff, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons)The Senate of Berlin has decided to finance the measures of …

Hydropower Plant

Enel Workers to Strike After Deadly Italy Power Plant Accident

Rescuers searched on Wednesday for four people still missing after an underground accident at a hydroelectric power plant in northern Italy, with workers planni…

Hydropower Plant

Sydney Set for Giant Pumped Hydro Project to Rival Snowy 2.0

A pumped-hydro scheme large enough to generate electricity for 500,000 homes for eight hours would be built on Sydney’s south-western fringe under a proposal b…

Solar Power Plant

India Surpasses 75 GW of Installed Solar Capacity

India’s cumulative PV installations hit 75.58 GW at the end of February 2024, according to the latest figures from the MNRE. The total includes 59.08 GW o…