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Coal-Fired Power Plants

New Mexico Weighs Plans to Replace Coal-Fired Power Plant

“If we don’t ask them to do that, there’s no one else out there to do it,” he said, urging his fellow commissioners to “give that careful thought” before …

States ask EPA for Nationwide Biofuel Waiver to help Oil Refiners Weather Coronavirus

The governors of five U.S. states have asked the Trump administration for a nationwide waiver exempting the oil-refining industry from the nation’s biofuel law…

Solar Technology

HZB Scientists Announce 24.16% Efficiency for Tandem CIGS Solar Cell

The Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems’ (ISE) CalLab has confirmed the new efficiency rating. The researchers have combined semiconductors, perovski…

Nuclear Power Plant

Belarus To Launch New Nuclear Power Plant This Autumn

Officials in Minsk say a nuclear power plant being constructed in western Belarus will be launched during the summer and start producing electricity in the autu…

Nuclear Fuel

Canadian Firms Extend Suspension of Uranium Operations

Saskatoon-based Cameco on 23 March put Cigar Lake on care and maintenance for an initial period of four weeks.

Nuclear Power Plant

Fire Raging Near Ukraine's Chernobyl Poses Radiation Risk

A huge forest fire in Ukraine that has been raging for more than a week is now just one kilometre from the defunct Chernobyl nuclear power plant and poses a rad…

Coal Mine

Coal Minister Asks Chief Ministers to Not Import Coal, Source Domestic Fuel

Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi has written to chief ministers of all states asking them to not import the dry fuel and take domestic supply of fuel from state-owne…

Wind Farm

Sweden Puts Online 288-MW Wind Farm

The 288-MW Askaelen wind farm in Sweden, owned by Dutch pension fund manager APG, is now operational.

Oil & Gas Trade

Trump Confirms U.S. Will Help Mexico Out With Production Cuts

U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday confirmed that the United States would “help Mexico along” in achieving the production requests that OPEC+ has asked it …

Nuclear Power Plant

Framatome Wins Reactor Protection System Contract for Russian NPP

French designer and supplier of nuclear steam supply systems and equipment Framatome has secured a contract to support Kursk Nuclear Power Plant II in Russia.

Tenders are invited for Kiosk distribution substation specification

Tenders are invited for Kiosk distribution substation specification

Crude Oil

Russia: U.S. Shale Decline Can’t Count As ‘Output Cut’

Production declines across the U.S. shale patch as companies reduce drilling and spending cannot be viewed as a voluntary U.S. cut aimed at supporting oil price…

Tenders are invited for Kiosk distribution substation specification

Tenders are invited for Kiosk distribution substation specification

Offshore Wind Power

Siemens Gamesa Receives Firm Order for 342 MW Kaskasi Offshore Wind Power Plant in Germany

Wind farm with innogy SE to use 38 Siemens Gamesa SG 8.0-167 DD Flex wind turbines. Power to be supplied to more than 400,000 German households. Wind turbine in…

Wind Farm

IPPs to Challenge Eskom's Force Majeure on Wind Farms

Eskom is proposing to curtail operational wind farms citing reduced demand in relation to COVID-19.