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Hydropower Plant

Hitachi ABB Power Grids to Modernise 1.2GW Chinese Hydropower Plant

Chinese utility Hubei Qingjiang Hydropower Development Company has selected technology firm Hitachi ABB Power Grids to modernise its Geheyan hydropower plant in…

Solar Power Plant

Duke Energy Division Planning $180M Indiana Solar Farm

The Hoosier Jack Solar farm would be located on leased land in southern Vigo County and northern Sullivan County.

Solar Power Plant

UAE’s Taqa Seeks to Shine with Solar Energy Push

State-owned utility introduces sustainability goals as part of the emirates’ drive to wean itself away from oil

Geothermal Power Plant

First Drilling of the 150MW Tulu Moye Geothermal Project Completed

Ethiopia’s state-owned power utility, Ethiopian Electric Power, reported late last month that the drilling of the first well for the Tulu Moye Geothermal proje…

Solar Power Plant

Construction Begins on the Largest Solar Facility in Texas

In the southeastern US state of Texas, surrounded by farmland, Rosendin’s Renewable Energy Group has begun building the largest solar power project in the stat…

Hydrogen Project

Nuclear Plants could be the ‘Perfect Component’ for Green Hydrogen Production

Clean energy technology company AES-100 is investigating whether hydrogen production could, under the right conditions, offer a solution for US and European nuc…

Uzbekistan

Prospect of Cooperation With Russia on Nuclear Power Plant Clouds Uzbekistan’s More Immediate Energy Needs

Energy Minister Alisher Sultanov emphasized that the energy sector had never received such large financing to address the crippling problems that had been accum…

Nuclear Power Plant

How Bill Gates’ Company TerraPower is Building Next-Generation Nuclear Power

When Bill Gates started learning about nuclear power innovation, “I was skeptical, but also intrigued,” he wrote on his Gates Notes blog in 2019.

Nuclear Power Plant

Japanese Regulator Bans Nuclear Plant Restart Over Lax Safeguards

The operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant that was destroyed in a 2011 disaster said Wednesday it will accept a penalty imposed by regulators over sloppy anti…

Nuclear Power Plant

South Korea Shuts Nuclear Reactors for Second Time Due to Influx of Marine Organisms

The Hanul-1 and –2 reactors, both with a capacity of 950 MW, were shut April 6 after an influx of marine organisms disrupted water pump operations, said an off…

Hydropower Plant

Baihetan Hydropower Station Begins to Store Water

The Baihetan Hydropower Station has officially started to store water recently, and the first batch of units will be put into operation in July 2021.

Hydropower Plant

Akuo Expands Hydropower Portfolio in Bulgaria

Renewable energy producer Akuo from France has completed the acquisition of PVB Power Bulgaria, a company with five hydropower plants.

Energy Storage System

Fire Guts Batteries at Energy Storage System in Solar Power Plant

A fire at a private solar power plant gutted an energy storage system that used batteries from LG Energy Solution affiliated with South Korea's LG Group, which …

Geothermal Power Plant

Ecuador’s First Geothermal Plant Targeted for 2026

In the new Electricity Master Plan for Ecuador, geothermal energy has been set up of playing a part for the country’s ambitious expansion of the generation and…

Geothermal Power Plant

Australian Firm’s Mission to Repurpose North Sea Platforms for Geothermal Energy

An Australian company says its “unique” technology could lead to oil and gas rigs in the UK North Sea being repurposed as key infrastructure for geothermal en…