Power plant

Nuclear Decommissioning

Decommissioning of Grohnde Set to Begin

The Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy and Climate Protection has issued the first decommissioning and dismantling permit to PreussenElektra for …

Natural Gas

Hawaiian Electric to Convert Waiau Power Plant to Biodiesel, Renewable Gas

Hawaiian Electric on Dec. 11 announced its proposal to replace six aging fossil-fuel generators at its Waiau Power Plant with more efficient flex-fuel units tha…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

EIA Expects Combined U.S. Solar and Wind Power Generation to Surpass Coal-Fired Generation in 2024

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects, for the first year on record, combined electricity generation from wind and solar to surpass generatio…

Hydrogen Production

Rethinking Federal Investments: We Need Virtual Power Plants, Not Hydrogen Hubs

(Solar rooftop homes in Austin, Texas. Image: 123rf)The Department of Energy is providing taxpayer money to electric utilities like Xcel Energy to set up Hydrog…

Hydropower Plant

Aboitiz Hydro Unit Eyes Expansion of Battery Storage Facilities

The hydropower unit of Aboitiz Power Corp. is eyeing the development of three more battery storage facilities next year as it moves to increase its renewable en…

Solar Power Plant

Sembcorp Unit Wins 'Largest' Solar Project in Singapore by Govt Agency

Singapore's Sembcorp Industries (SCIL.SI) on Tuesday said its unit has won a tender from government agency JTC Corporation for a solar power project in Juro…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

South Africa to Seek Bids for New Nuclear Power Station

South African Minister of Electricity, Dr Kgosientsho Ramokgopa briefs the media on implementation of the Energy Action Plan, at Tshedimosetso House in Hatfield…

Nuclear waste

France Able to Handle Waste From Six New Reactors, Andra Says

A general view shows cooling towers and reactors of the Electricite de France (EDF) nuclear power plant in Cattenom, France, June 13, 2023. REUTERS/Yves Herman/…

Solar Power Plant

Brazil to Resume Import Taxes on Solar Panels, Wind Turbines

An employee works among solar panels of Bemol Solar plant outside Manaus, Amazonas state, Brazil August 23, 2021. Picture taken August 23, 2021. REUTERS/Bruno K…

Hydropower Plant

EIB Provides €133 Million to Strengthen Resilience of Ukraine's Hydropower Plants

The funds will be used to enhance the operational reliability of hydropower plants along the Dnipro River, vital for the safe operation of the unified energy sy…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Greenlight for €2.6bn German Aid for RWE's Early Closure of Lignite Power Plants

Image: RWEThe European Commission has approved a €2.6 billion (£2.2bn) German support measure in favour of RWE’s early closure of lignite-fired…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Worker Exposed to Radiation at Fukushima Nuclear Plant

A worker at Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant may have ingested radioactive materials after his face was exposed to the substances, local med…

Solar Power Plant

Consultation Reopens for 800MW Lincolnshire Solar and Storage Project

The proposed location of Springwell Solar Farm. Image: Springell Solar Farm.Consultation on updated proposals on plans for the solar and storage project in Nort…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Sri Lanka Greenlights Nuclear Power Amidst Global Interest

In the wake of the organisations from countries such as Russia, China, Denmark and the United States proposing to invest in nuclear energy, Sri Lanka Atomic Ene…

Oil & Gas Trade

Gunvor to Acquire BP's 75% Stake in Spanish Gas Power Plant

Energy trader Gunvor has agreed to acquire a 75% stake in 785 megawatt (MW) power plant in Bilbao, Spain, from BP (BP.L) gas marketing, a joint statement said o…