Thermal power

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Kawasaki Gas Engine and PBST Achieve World’s Highest Class Efficiency

Kawasaki Heavy Industries’ new type KG-18-T gas engine, equipped with German air management specialist, PBST’s two-stage-turbocharging ‘ECOCHARGE’ system.…

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Current Crisis Could Slow Down Geothermal Development in Italy for the Next Two Years

Before the arrival of the pandemic the geothermal sector – for the production of electricity as well as heat – was in great shape in Europe and in the world.…

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Zorlu Energy Acquires Two Geothermal Exploration Licenses in Agri, Turkey

Zorlu Enerji has acquired two geothermal resource exploration licenses in Agri, Turkey, through a tender by the local administration.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Greenpeace Demands Coal Phaseout in Bulgaria by 2030

The government in Sofia should look up to Greece in its energy policy, according to Balin Balinov from Greenpeace Bulgaria, who called for a coal exit twenty ye…

Geothermal Power Plant

Rigs Being Set up for on Site of Aluto-Langano Geothermal Project in Ethiopia

Chinese equipment and oil services company Kerui Petroleum has successfully lifted the derrick and substructure for the first 1500HP drilling rig at Ethiopia’s…

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Indonesian Renewable Energy Reforms to Drive Geothermal Development

Indonesia is preparing regulations on renewable energy pricing to gain the investors’ trust in the clean energy sector.

ADB Backs Maldives’ $151.13 Million Waste-to-Energy Project

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is helping the government of Maldives to develop a waste-to-energy plant.

Gas power plant

Natural Gas Leads US Power Generation in H1

Cheaper U.S. natural gas prices helped the U.S. Lower 48 states to increase gas-fired power generation by 9% year-on-year in the first half of 2020.

Geothermal Power Plant

GURIS Holding to Continue Investing Expecting Extension of Geothermal Tariff in Turkey

Müsfik Yamantürk, Chairman of the Board of GÜRIS Holding and CEO of GÜRIS Construction in Turkey.

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Nakuru in Kenya Becoming a Promising Energy Hub with Geothermal in Key Role

The county of Nakuru in Kenya has been positioning itself as a promising energy hub with various projects initiated by the national government of the country.

United States

US Coal Power Generation Plummets 30% in 2020, EIA Says

Coal power fell by a record amount last year, and things have gone downhill quickly from there for the embattled sector.

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Problems with Water Licences Delay South African Coal Power Project

South African non-profit environmental organisation, groundwork, has challenged two water use licences granted to ACWA Power for the development of a new coal p…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

AES Gener to End Agreements with Angamos Coal-Fired Plant in Chile

AES Gener, a subsidiary of AES Corporation, has agreed an early end to two power purchase agreements with the Angamos coal-fired plant in Chile.

Geothermal Power Plant

City of Hamburg’s Geothermal Plants a Potential Blue Print for Northern Germany

Local news from Hamburg in Germany report that a treasure lies at a depth of 3,500 meters below the island of Wilhelmsburg in the River Elbe.

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$7.2m DOE Grant to Fund Geothermal Exploration at Cornell University

Announced last week, the U.S. Department of Energy has awarded funding of around $28 million to 5 projects on various elements of geothermal development and tec…