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Solar Power Plant

Karpat Solar to Launch Romania’s First PV Module Factory

Romania-based Karpat Solar has purchased a production line for photovoltaic solar modules in a move to establish the first module factory in Romania.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Europe is Hhalfway into Closing All Coal Power Plants by 2030

Fifty percent of coal-fired thermal power plants are closed or planned to be shut down by the end of the decade, according to data compiled by Europe Beyond Coa…

Geothermal Power Plant

GreenFire Energy and EDC Team up on Geothermal Project in the Philippines

GreenFire Energy Inc. has announced that it has entered into an agreement with EDC to perform a commercial retrofit that will restore and generate steam from an…

Biobattery

Japan's BPA Eyes Biomass As Coal Alternative

Japan's biomass power association is promoting the use of biomass as a replacement fuel to make up nearly half of the insufficient coal-fired power capacity to …

Nuclear Power Plant

UAE Begins Nuclear Power Plant Tests

The Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation said yesterday that it has started tests as part of the reactor start-up process for the Barakah nuclear power plant.

Thermal Plant

GE Wins Order for 1.2GW of Power Equipment in Malaysia

GE says it has secured an order to provide power generation equipment for a 1,200 MW Pulau Indah power plant in Selangor.

Electricity Transmission

Lom Pangar-Bertoua Transmission Line Construction to be Completed in 2021, Cameroon

The construction of the Lom Pangar-Bertoua transmission line in Cameroon, which is being carried out by the French engineering company known as Cegelec, is expe…

Pumped Storage

Australian Renewable Agency Approves Funding for Pumped Hydro Plant

The Australian Renewable Energy Agency has committed to provide $35.8m to support a pumped hydro storage project.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

EDF’s Last Coal Plant to Shut Two Years Ahead of Deadline

EDF has decided to end generation at West Burton A power station, its sole remaining coal-fired power station, in September 2022.

Nuclear Power Plant

Cavendish Nuclear Wins Decommissioning Contract for Scotland’s Dounreay Site

UK solutions company Cavendish Nuclear has been awarded a contract to ensure sustainable and safe extraction and packaging of nuclear materials at Scotland’s D…

Geothermal Power Plant

Spudding-in Marks Progress for Tanzania’s Geothermal Aspirations

The principal research and innovation engineer at Tanzania Geothermal Development Company, Eng.

Solar Power Plant

Largest Solar Power Plant in BiH to be Installed in Bosanski Petrovac

The Government of the Una-Sana Canton plans to announce an international public call for the construction of a 90 MW solar power plant this year.

Solar Power Plant

Work Begins on 720MW Solar Farm with Battery Storage in New South Wales, Australia

Construction has started on what claims to be Australia’s largest hybrid solar and battery energy storage facility.

Transformer

Two 95 MVA 426kV Transformers Ready for Norwegian Hydro Plant

Italian transformer manufacturer Tironi has successfully tested two 95MVA transformers with a 426/14 kV ratio for a Norwegian hydropower plant.

Nuclear Power Plant

KHNP and ENEC Expand APR1400 Cooperation

South Korea's first APR1400 unit entered commercial operation in December 2015, while four such reactors are due to start up in the UAE by 2023.