Power plants

Hydropower Plant

CTG Places all 96 Units at Its Hydro Plants in Operation for First Time

China Three Gorges Corporation has announced that its six cascade hydropower plants along the main stream of the Yangtze River put all of their 96 power units i…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Vistra Moving Zimmer Coal-Fired Plant Closure up to May 2022

Vistra will accelerate its move away from coal-fired power by closing its Zimmer Power Plant in Ohio five years earlier than originally planned.

Thermal Plant

German Flood Disaster Impacts RWE Power Plants

Numerous RWE power plant sites have been affected by the severe floods in Germany and work is underway to avert further dangers and limit damage.

Nuclear Power Plant

Pueblo Considering Nuclear Energy When Comanche 3 Closes

The coal power plant in Pueblo could likely close in less than 19 years.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Serbian Government Sets up Council for Energy Sector Decarbonization

The Government of Serbia has established a council tasked with giving proposals and opinions regarding the operation of coal-fired power plants and replacement …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

RWE Decommissions Last Two Hard Coal Power Plants in Germany

RWE is decommissioning its last two hard coal power stations in Germany, marking a significant decarbonisation milestone for the company.

Croatia

PVMax Project Expected to Bring Rooftop Solar to 3,000 Buildings in Croatia

Investments in these solar power plants are expected to reach about EUR 66.8 million.

Coal Trade

Robust China Coal Demand Amid Australia Import Ban Fuels Price Rally

Both thermal coal, used in power plants, and coking coal, used to make steel, have rallied strongly in recent months. And in both cases the driver has largely b…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

AES Speeds up Chile Coal Power Retirements

US utility AES is accelerating the shutdown of 1,097MW of coal-fired power generating units in Chile, in line with the greening of its corporate strategy and th…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Coal-Fired Power Generation Continues to Rise

The weather in some parts of the United States continued to be hot and dry, nuclear power and hydropower production capacity remained low, and U.S. coal-fired p…

Offshore Wind Power

Iberdrola Signs a Framework Agreement with Navantia and Windar for Future Offshore Wind Power Plants worth 400 million Euros

Thanks to this agreement, the consortium formed by the two manufacturers will set up an XXL monopile factory in the grounds of the Fene shipyard in A Coruña

Gas turbine engine

Wärtsilä to Deliver Six Gas Engine Power Plants in Italy

Finnish energy technology company Wartsila has signed contracts with Italian utility Metaenergiaproduzione for the construction of six power plants.

Solar Power Plant

RWE, Fraunhofer ISE and BTU Develop Floating PV Project

Floating photovoltaic power plants can contribute to the expansion of renewable energy without taking up land.

Geothermal Power Plant

British Geothermal Site Passes Crucial Milestone As Firm Plans Four New Power Plants

A “proof of concept power plant” in Cornwall, southwest England, has started to produce geothermal steam.

Nuclear Power Plant

UK Government Must Keep Investing In Nuclear Power Capacity

The UK government has today been urged to make sure that the country has at least 10 gigawatts of operational nuclear capacity by the early 2030s as the current…