Power plants

Nuclear Power Plant

Start of New Unit Construction at China’s Tianwan and Xudapu Nuclear Power Plants

A ceremony was held in China to mark the start of construction of power units 7 and 8 of Tianwan NPP and power units 3 and 4 of Xudapu NPP.

Biomass Power Plant

INNIO Jenbacher to Supply Gas Engines for SynCraft Biomass Plants

Clean energy producer SynCraft has ordered two INNIO Jenbacher J412 gas engines for its wood gas power plants in Upper Austria.

Thermal Plant

Kusile Power Station on Target to be Completed by 2023

South African Deputy-President, David Mabuza, recently visited the Kusile Power Station in the Mpumalanga province to evaluate the progress being made.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

80 per cent of US Coal Plants Scheduled to Close

Coal has had a presence since the 1300s, when the Hopi Indians first began to use it. By the late 1800s, it had overtaken wood as the primary source of fuel for…

Solar Power Plant

NAMIBIA: Mergence Becomes Majority Shareholder in Ejuva Solar Power Plants

Mergence Unlisted Investment Managers Namibia, the subsidiary of fund manager Mergence Investment Managers, has become a majority shareholder in the Ejuva solar…

Power Construction

Worst Brazil Drought in 20 Years to up Pressure on Power Grid

Brazil's worst drought in two decades will force the country to depend more heavily on costly thermal power plants to compensate for reduced hydroelectric gener…

Nuclear Power Plant

Russia Plans up to Five Floating Nuclear Power Stations for Northeast Wilderness

Russian president Vladimir Putin has approved a proposal by Rosatom to build floating nuclear power plants to power a gold and copper mine on the remote northea…

Coal Production

China Accounted For Half Of The World’s Coal Generated In 2020, Says Study

Coal-fired power in China gained 2% in 2020, accounting for 53% of the overall coal-fired generation portfolio worldwide

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Kansai Electric and Marubeni drop coal power plant plans

Kansai Electric Power and Marubeni have reportedly scrapped their plans for a 1.3GW coal-fired power plant in Japan.

Hydropower Plant

Energy Storage Tech Tested for Small Hydropower Generation

Municipally owned utility Idaho Falls Power and the Idaho National Laboratory have carried out tests to see how a US city’s hydropower plants can be made more …

Nuclear Power Plant

New Jersey Extends ZECs for Nuclear Plants

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities has unanimously voted to extend the zero emission certificates for the Hope Creek and Salem nuclear power plants for an…

Solar Power Plant

Samsung Unit Considers Developing $673 mln Solar Plants in Texas

A unit of Samsung C&T Corp is considering developing solar power plants worth $673 million in the U.S. state of Texas

Hydrogen Project

New ACT Big Battery to Pull off Hydrogen, Solar and VPP Storage Trifecta!

Elvin Group Renewables has constructed and connected to the grid a 5 MWh Tesla Megapack to help ensure stability of energy supply in Canberra’s new northern su…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China's Non-Fossil Power Capacity to Surpass that of Coal in 2021: CEC

China's installed capacity of producing non-fossil energy will surpass that of coal-fired power generation for the first time in 2021

Nuclear Power Plant

Video: How Nuclear Power Plants Work

This animation explains nuclear power plants in detail and how they work.