Power plants

Poland Launches EUR 6.8m Funding Program for Geothermal Heating Efforts

NFEPWM has announced the call for applications for co-financing of small hydropower plants and construction of geothermal heat sources!

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Thermal Power Plants Allowed to Use Coal with High Ash Content

The environment ministry has decided that it will no longer regulate the ash-content of coal used by thermal power plants.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

GenOn Will Close Three Coal-Fired Units

The Texas-based company that owns a coal-fired power plant in Maryland announced it will retire the facility's three generating units, which have been in operat…

Solar Power Plant

Power China to Build 600MW of Solar Power Plants for $548m in Zambia

In Zambia, the national electric company Zesco has just signed a $ 548 million contract with Power China for the development of three solar power plants.

Solar Power Plant

Algeria Set to Build $3bn Solar Power Plant

Algeria plans to build several solar power plants worth between $ 3.2 billion and $ 3.6 billion for export and domestic consumption.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Closed Texas Power Plant May be Refired in 2021

A now-closed coal-fired power plant in Texas may be reopened in 2021 to help meet what is projected to be record high demand for electricity.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Construction Halted on 1-GW Polish Coal Plant

Polish energy companies Enea and Energa announced late on May 19 that they were ending their involvement in the construction of the Ostroleka C coal-fired power…

Australia

Massive 1000MW “Baseload” Wind, Solar and Hydrogen Plant Pitched for NSW

New South Wales could become host to one of Australia’s first solar, wind and hydrogen “baseload” power plants, under a multi-billion dollar plan pitched for…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

DEFF Orders Eskom to Shut Down Kendal Power Station

South Africa's environment minister, Barbara Creecy, has rejected Eskom's objection to and confirmed the compliance notice issued to Eskom in December 2019 by t…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

India Added 8,800 MW of Coal-Based Power Capacity Last Year: IEEFA

The thermal power generation sector is facing stress carrying $40-60 billion of potentially non-performing assets, IEEFA said.

Gas power plant

Total Strengthens Presence in Spanish Energy Market

Global energy player Total has acquired Energías de Portugal's portfolio of two gas-fired combined cycle power plants.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Mongolia Offers Rio Tinto Surprise Proposal to Build Coal-Fired Power Station

The cost of expanding Rio Tinto's Oyu Tolgoi copper project could decline by nearly US$1B under a surprise Mongolian government plan that could increase its lon…

Nuclear Power Plant

NIASA Sets Out Funding Options for South African New Build

The Nuclear Industry Association of South Africa has outlined six potential options for financing new nuclear power plants in the country.

Coal Price

Effects of Lower Coal Prices Only Partially Reflected in 1Q20

As average coal input prices exceeded our estimate due to lower utilization rates at coal power plants, KEPCO’s 1Q20 results fell short of our estimates.

Zimbabwe Tenders for 500MW Solar Power Plants in Renewable Energy Drive

Zimbabwe’s state power transmission company has invited bids for the construction of 500 megawatts (MW) of solar power plants as part of a drive to increase i…