Power plant

Nuclear Decommissioning

Berkeley Decommissioning Work Brought Forward 50 Years

Five decades earlier than planned, Magnox is embarking on the decommissioning project to clean-up and demolish the four 'blower house' structures which …

Nuclear Equipment

Framatome Awarded Ringhals Modernisation Contracts

Framatome has been awarded contracts by Sweden's Vattenfall to update reactor control systems using its digital instrumentation and control (I&C) TELEPERM X…

Nuclear Fusion

Microsoft to Buy Power From Helion Fusion Plant

Global technology company Microsoft has signed an agreement with fusion energy developer Helion Energy for the provision of electricity from its first fusion po…

Solar Power Plant

UK Solar Systems to Be 50% Cheaper by 2035, Say UK Researchers

University of Surrey researchers say that by 2035, the levelized cost of energy (LCOE) for small projects and utility-scale PV systems could decrease to GBP 149…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Floating PV in Portugal Can Exceed National 7 GW Target

Researchers from the University of Évora have concluded in a study that the installed capacity of floating solar systems can exceed the 7 GW target defin…

Carbon Emissions

Biden Power Plant Plan Gives Industry Time, Options for Cutting Climate Pollution

The long-awaited proposed rules, which rely heavily on carbon capture and hydrogen, are only part of the policy needed to get the U.S. to 100 percent clean elec…

Solar Power Plant

Building Nature-Friendly Solar Parks

Hungarian company SolServices has published a white paper outlining ways to make solar farms more compatible with nature and wildlife, from insects and amphibia…

Hydropower Plant

Iberdrola Partners With Volue to Digitalise Hydropower Production Planning

Image: 123rfSpain’s Iberdrola signed a framework agreement with Volue for the short-term production planning and optimisation of its power plant portfolio…

Floating Solar

Researchers Pilot Carbon Capture Using Sunlight and Mirrors

Image credit: SvalinResearchers at the independent research organisation SINTEF are constructing a pilot floating solar power plant that will produce electricit…

Geothermal Power Project

Greeneco Energy Geothermal Project in Türkiye to Be Awarded With Gov’t Incentives

The planned 49-MW geothermal power plant of Greeneco Energy in Sarayköy, Türkiye is set to receive an investment incentive equivalent to approx. USD 83 millio…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

EDF’s French Nuclear Output up Nearly 15% In April

EDF publishes 2022 annual resultsPARIS (Reuters) - Nuclear power generation at EDF's French reactors in April rose 14.7% year on year to 25.0 terawatt hours…

SMR

Korea Considers Deployment of Nuscale SMR for Hydrogen Production

Private power generation company GS Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Uljin County in North Gyeongsang Province, South Korea, to consid…

Solar Power Plant

Germany to Ease Solar Rules as New Installations Surge

File - Solar panels on Germany's biggest floating photovoltaic plant produce energy under a blue sky on a lake in Haltern, Germany, on May 3, 2022. Germany&…

Gas power plant

New York Investment Group to Acquire 2.1GW of Gas-Fired Assets in Texas

Image: 123rfNew York-based LS Power has announced it will acquire 2,145MW of natural gas-fired generation in the ERCOT North region of Texas through a special-p…

Solar Power Plant

Burundi Celebrates First Grid-Connected Solar Farm and Pledges to Grow Capacity

Burundi President, Évariste Ndayishimiye, expressed his approval to expand Gigawatt Global's 7.5MW solar field. He is flanked by Dr. Ir. Major Jean Albert …