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China news

Group Says China Will Add 70 GW of Coal- And Gas-Fired Generation in 2023

A lobbying group for China’s power generation sector said the country will add about 70 GW of fossil fuel-powered capacity this year, even as renewable energy …

Electrification

GE Bags Two Service Contracts for Six Power Plants in China

H-class gas turbine. Image credit: GEGE and Chinese state-owned power utility Guangdong Energy Group have signed a long-term service agreement for Dongguan Ning…

Thermal Plant

MHI Signs MoU to Collaborate in Feasibility Studies on Ammonia Co-Firing for Power Generation in BLCP Power Station

-- Studies Aim to Achieve 20% Co-Firing at a Coal-Fired Thermal Power Plant; Includes Procurement and Utilization of the Fuel --- MHI to consider burners and ot…

Energy Security

Watch Implosion Topple Florida Coal-Fired Plant

A six-month-long project to demolish the last coal-fired unit at Lakeland Electric’s C.D. McIntosh Power Plant in Lakeland, Florida, reached a milestone o…

Off-Grid

Russia Shells Ukraine Thermal Power Plants, Disrupting Power Supply

Bombarded thermal power plants. Courtesy DTEK.Russia has shelled another two thermal power plants (TPPs) in Ukraine, causing exacerbated power disruption for th…

Thermal Coal

Japan’s Soma Fully Restores Quake-Hit Coal-Fired Plant

Japanese power producer and wholesaler Soma Kyodo Power has resumed full operations at the 1,000MW No.2 coal-fired unit at its Shinchi power complex following a…

Tidal Energy

Minesto Secures First Client for Tidal Power Site Evaluation in Asia

Swedish marine energy company Minesto has received its first ‘historic’ sales order of site development services for Dragon Class tidal energy power…

Wave Energy

Pioneering U.S. Wave Energy Power Plant Unveiled

One of the first U.S.-based wave energy power plants is set to be deployed at AltaSea’s 35-acre campus located at the Port of Los Angeles. Israeli firm Ec…

Nuclear Power Plant

Holtec Claims SMR-160 Can Repurpose Any Coal-Fired Plant

Holtec International has applied for a patent for multi-stage compressors that would enable any coal-fired plant to be repurposed by replacing its coal-fired bo…

Tidal Energy

Minesto Successfully Installs Second Foundation in The Faroe Islands

Leading ocean energy developer Minesto has successfully completed additional offshore infrastructure installation in Vestmannasund, Faroe Islands, to double ele…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Uniper Extends Market Operation of Two Hard Coal-Fired Power Plants

　　According to an announcement on the transparency platform of the German power trading exchange EEX, Uniper is extending the market operation of the Heyden 4…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

End of Life for South Africa’s Komati Coal-Fired Power Station

After serving South Africa since 1961, Komati the coal-fired Power Station in Mpumalanga has today reached the end of its operating life and has been shut down …

Uranium Project

Urenco Will Supply Ukraine With Enriched Uranium Beginning in 2026

Urenco will supply Ukraine with enriched uranium beginning in 2026. Energoatom President Petro Kotin and Urenco Director Borys Shukhta have agreed on long-term …

Nuclear Power Plant

Japan Must Clearly Explain Its Energy Policy Switch

Distrust of nuclear power remains strong after Fukushima disasterLast week, Japan unveiled its basic policy for pursuing a carbon-neutral society. In it, Tokyo …

Thermal Plant

India Achieves First Power at the 1,980 MW North Karanpura Coal-Fired Plant

India’s National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has achieved successful power generation and transmission trials at full load for the 660 MW Unit 1 of t…