Thermal

India

India Boosts Domestic Coal Use at Import-Designed Power Plants to Curb Overseas Purchases

India is increasing the share of domestic coal to more than 50% at power plants originally designed to run on imported fuel, as the world's second-largest t…

United States

Chevron signs power supply deal with Microsoft for Texas data center

Chevron said on June 22 it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to develop a co-located ​facility that would provide natural-gas fired power to the technolog…

United States

Fervo Energy and PNNL Leverage AI and NVIDIA Accelerated Computing for New Digital Twin Platform Designed to Advance Geothermal Development

Fervo Energy, the global pioneer of next-generation geothermal energy, NVIDIA, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) on June 22 announced an agree…

United States

Trump taps defense funding for Indiana coal upgrades

President Donald Trump announced he’d direct $700 million in national defense and energy funding to refurbish or build coal power infrastructure across the cou…

United States

The Geysers Geothermal Complex Completes 25-Megawatt Expansion Project, Strengthening California Grid Reliability

Calpine, a business unit of Constellation, has announced the completion of a 25-megawatt (MW) expansion project at The Geysers geothermal complex located in Son…

Gas turbine engine

US lab’s rotating detonation engine breakthrough could boost gas turbine efficiency

Researchers at the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) have designed and tested a key component for rotating detonation engines (RDEs), an emerging com…

Japan

Baseload Capital and Furusato Netsuden demonstrate scalable geothermal growth model in Japan

With the completion of the Waita No. 2 geothermal power plant in Kumamoto Prefecture, Baseload Capital and Furusato Netsuden are positioning Japan as a breakthr…

Combined cycle power plant

KEPCO Secures Saudi Jafurah Phase 2 Power Project

KEPCO has secured the second phase of the Saudi Arabia’s Jafurah, Jafurah combined cycle power project, following the first phase. KEPCO announced on the …

Poland

Innargi signs agreement for potential sites of geothermal heating plants in Poznan, Poland

Danish geothermal heating developer Innargi has signed a usufruct agreement with the City of Poznan in Poland for two municipal plots where geothermal heating p…

Singapore

Keppel powers up 600-MW hydrogen-ready cogen plant

Keppel Ltd has commenced commercial operations at its Keppel Sakra Cogen Plant, a 600-megawatt (MW) hydrogen-compatible combined cycle gas turbine facility in S…

United States

‌KEPCO Commissions Ukudu Combined Cycle Power Plant in Guam‌

Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO) commissioned the Ukudu combined cycle power plant in Guam on May 28 (local time), marking a major step in strengthening its o…

India

India’s First Geothermal Power Plant To Come Up In Ladakh’s Puga Valley After Centre Clears ONGC Project

Ladakh Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena has approved the extension of an agreement for the country’s first geothermal power project in the Puga Valley.Th…

India

​UP cabinet approves 2,400MW expansion of Meja thermal power project

The Uttar Pradesh cabinet has approved the expansion of the Meja Super Thermal Power Project in Prayagraj with the addition of three new power generation units …

Mexico

Grupo Carso Advances Geothermal Plant in Celaya

Grupo Carso emerges as the first private conglomerate in Mexico to pursue large-scale geothermal energy development through its subsidiary Energías Alter…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Enugu targets 660MW coal-fired power plant, sets July groundbreaking date

The Enugu State Government announced plans to construct a 660MW coal-fired power plant, with construction to start in July.Mbah, speaking on 6 May, stated that …