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Coal Production

India hits 1 billion tonne coal output again, boosts energy security

India has achieved 1 billion tonne (BT) coal production for the second consecutive year amid heightened uncertainties in global energy markets due to the West A…

Ireland

Renewable energy producer Statkraft hits 500MW installed solar milestone

Renewable energy firm Statkraft has activated two new solar farms in Ireland, bringing the amount of solar energy it is feeding into the grid here to above half…

India

India orders Tata Power's 4-GW Gujarat coal plant to run full-tilt in summer

March 23 - India has directed Tata Power's 4-gigawatt imported-coal plant in the western state ​of Gujarat to run at full capacity from April ‌1 to June 3…

Cuba

Cuba starts to restore power after new blackout

Cuban authorities started to gradually restore power to the island Sunday after the second nationwide blackout in a week, as the grid struggles due to an aging …

South Korea

POSCO International to build rare earth supply chain

March 23 -- POSCO International Corp., the trading arm of POSCO Holdings, said Monday it will build a global supply chain for heavy rare earth elements to stren…

Nuclear Reactor

Tepco Restarts No. 6 Reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant After Part Replacement

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) announced on Sunday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture has resum…

Oil Pipeline

Hanwha to Acquire 324-MW Gas-Fired Power Plant in Texas ERCOT Market

Hanwha Energy has agreed to acquire a 324-MW natural gas-fired power plant in Texas, expanding its presence in the ERCOT market as electricity demand continues …

United States

California Approves First SB 1440 RNG Supply Project for Pipeline Injection

The California Public Utilities Commission has conditionally approved a long-term renewable natural gas (RNG) supply contract tied to Anaergia’s SoCal Biometha…

India

GAIL invests Rs 13 crore in TruAlt’s CBG arm to expand biomass projects

GAIL (India) Limited has invested Rs 13 crore in Leafiniti Bioenergy, a subsidiary of TruAlt Bioenergy, to support the development of compressed biogas (CBG) pr…

China

First turbine up at Hai Long 3

Northland Power, Mitsui and Gentari have installed the first turbine at the third phase of the 1GW Hai Long offshore wind farm off Taiwan.The developers said th…

United Kingdom

Statkraft wins consent for Welsh solar project

Statkraft has secured planning consent for the 30MW Alleston Solar Farm between Lamphey and Pembroke in Wales.[Image: Statkraft]The company said the project wil…

Biofuel

Brazilian city trials new biofuel aimed at replacing diesel entirely

March 20- one city in southern Brazil is planning to run more of its municipal fleet on an ​innovative homegrown biofuel designed to replace diesel entirely.Ne…

South Africa

Construction begins on South Africa’s ‘largest’ single-phase PV plant

South African independent power producer (IPP) Anthem has begun construction on a 475MW solar PV project, the largest single-phase solar site in South Africa.Th…

Brazil

Newave Energia, Gerdau cut ribbon on 452-MWp solar plant in Brazil

Brazilian steel producer Gerdau SA and renewable power producer and trader Newave Energia SA have inaugurated a 452-MWp solar complex in the state of Goias.

China

Key Modules Installed at Bailong Unit 1 and Lufeng Unit 6 Nuclear Plants

The giant CA20 structural module of Bailong nuclear power plant's unit 1 has been lifted into place - and the first steam generator moved into position at L…