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Power Construction

South Sudan Is Building Its Electric Grid Virtually From Scratch

As South Sudan emerges from the wreckage of civil war, its leaders are beginning to build the nation’s electric sector from the ground up. With only a handful …

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Vietnam Reduces Capacity of Coal Power Plants

Vietnam will reduce the total capacity of coal-fired thermal power plants from 2020 until 2030, according to the National Steering Committee for Electricity Dev…

Iran Designs AVC System for Hydroelectric Power Plants

Iranian experts and engineers have indigenized the knowledge for manufacturing automatic voltage control (AVC) system, which is high-technology equipment used i…

Poland Faces $15 Billion Nuclear Power Bill over 20 Years

Poland will have to spend 60 billion zlotys (12.2 billion pounds) on its planned nuclear power plants over the next 20 years, the Polish minister responsible fo…

Coronavirus Delays Construction Progress on 510-MW Batang Toru Hydropower Plant in Indonesia

Work on the 510-MW Batang Toru hydropower plants in North Sumatra Province, Indonesia, was temporarily shut down in mid-February because workers from mainland C…

Solar Power Plant

Rajasthan to Set up 30,000 MW Solar Power plants by 2024-25

Rajasthan targets to set up 30,000 MW solar power plants by the year 2024-25 in the state, Energy Minister B D Kalla said on Tuesday. Replying to a question rai…

Bhutan’s Hydropower Potential, Availability Increases to 37GW

Bhutan's hydropower potential and availability is currently at around 37GW from 155 identified sites, including existing power plants.

Hydropower Potential Increases to 37,000MW

The country’s hydropower potential and availability is now around 37 gigawatt (GW) or 37,000 megawatt (MW) from 155 identified sites, including the existing po…

Oil & Gas Trade

Total Looks To Stop Selling Fuel Oil To Power Plants

​Supermajor Total wants to stop selling fuel oil—one of the most carbon-intensive refinery products—for power generation in order to reduce its carbon footpr…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

US DoE Pledges up to $64m in Clean Coal R&D Funding

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $64m in federal funding for cost-shared research and development (R&D) projects under the funding opportun…

Thermal Plant

Dubai Plans Thermal Power Plants

Dubal Holding in alliance with France’s EDF Group will also explore 'green' projects.

Myanmar Orders Fast-Track Gas Engine Plants to Beat Blackouts

The government of Myanmar has ordered two fast-track power plants to try to put an end to large-scale blackouts.

Solar Power Plant

Andalusia Adds 1.1 GW of Renewables in 2019, Solar Dominates

The Spanish region of Andalusia connected to the grid 26 renewable energy power plants in 2019, or 1,112 MW of capacity, the Andalusian Energy Agency said Thurs…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Spain Plans to Phase out Coal-Fired Power Plants by 2030

While some countries across Europe are resisting leaving coal power behind, Spain is speeding up its transition.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Uniper to End its Hard-coal-fired Power Production in Germany

Uniper is moving forward with its transformation and the further decarbonization of its portfolio.