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Nuclear Power Plant

Paks-II Construction Licence Expected in 2021

Obtaining a licence for the construction of new units at Hungary’s Paks-II NPP is expected by autumn 2021, according to the outcome of a meeting in Budapest be…

Nuclear Power Plant

First UAE Nuclear Reactor Reaches Full Power

Barakah unit 1 has reached 100% power and is now generating 1400 MW of electricity, the Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation has announced today.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

SOUTH AFRICA: Pretoria Cancels Thabametsi Coal-Fired Power Plant Project

The Pretoria High Court overturns the environmental approval of the 1,200 MW Thabametsi coal-fired power station, which was to be built in the Limpopo province …

Combined Heat and Power

GE to Supply RWE with 11 Gas Turbines for Grid Reliability in Germany

GE has secured an order from RWE Generation for 11 units of its LM2500XPRESS power plant technology.

Biomass Power Plant

Japan's Hibikinada Biomass Plant Plans January Restart

Japan's 112MW Hibikinada biomass power plant in the southern Fukuoka prefecture plans to resume partial operations on 4 January following an unplanned closure s…

Nuclear Power Plant

Turboatom Manufactures Main Part of the Turbine for Khmelnitsky 3

Kharkov-based Turboatom has already manufactured the main part of the turbine unit for the VVER-1000 at unit 3 of Ukraine’s Khmelnitsky nuclear power plant (Kh…

Transformer

Guangzhou Siemens to Provide 18 Transformers for Wudongde Power Station

Guangzhou Siemens Transformer Co., Ltd. has manufactured 18 flexible-to-direct converter transformers for the Wudongde Power Station in China.

Hydropower Plant

Montenegro’s New Cabinet to Ban Small Hydropower, Revise Concessions

Zdravko Krivokapić vowed in his speech before Parliament that his government would implement environmental protection measures that would truly make Montenegro…

Solar Power Plant

Newport Eyes Huge 75MW Nationally Significant Solar Farm

Newport is eyeing a huge 75MW solar farm to be built on the Gwent levels in south Wales.

Solar Power Plant

Germany Hits 2 Million PV System Installations

By the end of October, about 2 million PV systems were operational throughout Germany, according to the German Solar Industry Association.

Hydropower Plant

Sinohydro Asks Ugandan Govt for a New Deadline for the Delivery of the Karuma Dam

The Chinese company Sinohydro has just started negotiations with the Ugandan government to obtain an extension for the delivery of the dam and the 600 MW Karuma…

Solar Power Plant

Ukraine Moots 895 MW of New Solar to 2025

If a call by the Ministry of Energy to procure 155 MW of solar next year is adopted, a first, 50 MW auction would be held in June.

Wave Energy

Norway Issues Permit for Wave Power Plant off Ålesund

Marina Solutions has received permission from the Norwegian authorities to temporarily moor a wave energy test plant outside the Atlantic Ocean Park in Ålesund…

Hydropower Plant

Sarawak Energy Marks Major Milestone for 1,285-MW Baleh Hydroelectric Project

Sarawak Energy’s largest hydropower project to date, the 1,285-MW Baleh Hydroelectric Project in Malaysia, has reached a major project milestone with the succe…

Nuclear waste

Hot Testing Continues at Chernobyl Used Fuel Storage

As of 1 December, 186 used fuel assemblies have been transported from the old used nuclear fuel storage facility to the Interim Storage Facility 2 at the Cherno…