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Solar Power Plant

Google Signs PPA with Candela Renewables for New 140-MW Texas Solar Project

Candela Renewables announced an agreement with Google for a 140-MW power purchase agreement in Texas, bringing new green energy to the ERCOT power grid.

Combined cycle power plant

Cascade Power Project Secures $1.2bn Financing; Enters Construction Phase

Kineticor Resource has secured C$1.5bn financing for the Cascade Power Project, a 900MW combined-cycle natural gas-fired generating facility, with construction …

Solar Power Plant

Queensland Announces Construction of 162MW Solar Farm

The Queensland government has announced that construction works are set to begin this month on the 162MW Columboola Solar Farm.

Nuclear Power Plant

Exelon to Close Byron and Dresden Nuclear Power Plants

US-based Exelon Generation has announced that it intends to retire its Byron and Dresden nuclear power plants in Illinois in autumn 2021.

Nuclear Power Plant

Core Melt Trap Arrives for Akkuyu Unit 2

Russian-owned JSC Akkuyu Nuclear has announced delivery of the core melt trap for unit 2 of the Akkuyu nuclear power plant to the construction site in Mersin Pr…

Coal Production

Germany Begins Allocating €40 Billion to Coal Regions to Start Phase-Out

By 2038, Germany’s last coal-fired power plants are expected to be shut down. To reorient the regions economically, however, they are to be replaced by researc…

Lithuania

Lithuania Pulls Outs of BRELL Power Reserve Agreement

Lithuania has opted out of the so-called BRELL agreement, which obligates it to exchange emergency electric power reserves with Latvia, Estonia, Russia and Bela…

Biomass Power Plant

Japan Should Add Value to Biomass Power Projects

Government-affiliated think-tank the Institute of Energy Economics Japan has emphasised the need to add value to biomass power projects in the countr

Hydropower Plant

Renukaji Multipurpose Dam Project in Himachal Faces Fund Crisis

The over Rs 7,000 crore project, to be constructed on a tributary of the Yamuna river, is meant to supply 23 cumecs of water to Delhi and also generate 40 MW of…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Camden Power Station Back Up, But Eskom Emissions Continue

Eskom’s Camden Power Station, close to Ermelo in Mpumalanga, resumed operations on Thursday after a four-month shutdown.

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF to Restart Operations at Hunterston B Nuclear Power Station

EDF Energy is ready to restart electricity generation at the Hunterston B nuclear power station in Ayrshire, Scotland.

Geothermal Power Plant

Schlumberger and Thermal Energy Partners to Create Geothermal Company

Schlumberger New Energy has signed an agreement with Thermal Energy Partners (TEP) to create a new geothermal project development company, STEP Energy.

Combined Heat and Power

ENGIE Selects Wartsila for Italian Combined Heat and Power Projects

Technology group Wärtsilä has been selected for the provision of its combined heat and power plant (CHP) solution for two new projects in Italy.

Solar Power Plant

Luminous Energy Completes Sale of 203MW Solar Farm in Australia

Solar and energy storage developer, Luminous Energy, has announced the completed sale of 100% shares of the 203MW Columboola Solar Farm in Queensland, Australia…

Geothermal Power Plant

Climeworks Goes to Iceland for Geothermal-Powered CCS Project

Zurich-based carbon capture firm Climeworks AG will partner with Carbfix and ON Power in a direct air carbon capture and storage project in Iceland.