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Solar Power Plant

RattanIndia Sells 306MW Solar Portfolio to GIP for $232m

RattanIndia Group has reportedly sold its 306MW of solar projects to Global Infrastructure Partners (GIP), in a deal valued at $232m (Rs16.7bn).

Hualong One

The World's First Hualong One Reactor Begins to Load Fuel

The first fuel loading of Hualong One in the world’s first reactor of China National Nuclear Corporation's Fuqing Nuclear Power Unit 5 officially began.

Hualong One

Hualong One: Fuqing No. 5 Unit Obtains Operating License

On September 4, 2020, the issuing ceremony of the operation license for Unit 5 of Fujian Fuqing Nuclear Power Plant was held in Beijing.

Geothermal Power Plant

Turkey’s Soyak Considers Croatia Geothermal Project

Turkish company Soyak is considering investing in geothermal energy in Croatia and has expressed interest in exploring the Legrad-1 geothermal concession area i…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Japanese Coal Burn Slips to Historic Low in May

The Covid-19 pandemic drove Japanese coal-fired power generation to a more than four-year low in May, although the fuel's cost advantage for power generation sa…

Solar Power Plant

ACWA Announces Fin Close for 900-MW PV Project in Dubai

Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power said today it has signed all financing agreements for the 900-MW fifth phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar project in D…

Nuclear Power Plant

China's Approved Two Nuclear Power Plants to Boost the Economy and Reduce Pollution

The Government of China has reportedly approved the construction of two nuclear power projects in the country.

Nuclear Power Plant

S Korea's 9 Nuclear Plants Restarting Sep-Oct to Pressure LNG Demand

South Korea is on track to restart operations at eight nuclear power plants, that were shut for maintenance, and start a newly built plant over the next two mon…

Hydropower Plant

Cloudberry to Buy Norwegian Hydro Plant

Nordic renewable energy company Cloudberry Clean Energy AS is to acquire Åmotsfoss Kraft AS, a hydropower plant currently being constructed in Nissedal municip…

Geothermal Power Plant

Switzerland Continues Its bet on Geothermal Energy

After the small earthquakes in Basel in 2006 and in St. Gallen in 2013, deep geothermal energy was the subject of intense debate in Switzerland.

Solar Power Plant

Droogfontein 2 Solar Park Begins Full Operation in South Africa

The Droogfontein 2 Solar Park situated near Kimberley in the Northern Cape, has reached full grid code compliance and commercial operation.

Solar Power Plant

Noor Abu Dhabi Solar Plant Achieves 2,000GWh Net Power Production

World’s largest single-site solar power plant to reduce Abu Dhabi’s CO2 emissions by one million tonnes, equivalent to taking 200,000 cars off the roads.

Biobattery

NKDA Starts Work to Set Up Bio Gas Plant

The New Town Kolkata Development Authority has started the work to set up its first bio methane gas plant in New Town as a pilot project that will process five …

Hydropower Plant

Research Identifies Need for Multi-Billion Dollar Investments in Asian Hydropower Modernisation

A study conducted by International Hydropower Association for the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank has found that 66 hydropower stations across 19 countries…

Nuclear Power Plant

EDF Allowed Operating Scottish Nuclear Plant Despite 2022 Retirement

French multinational power generation firm EDF has received Scottish regulatory approval to temporarily start generating power at the Hunterston B nuclear stati…