Thermal power

Stadtwerke Kiel Replaces Coal Plant with Cutting-Edge CHP Facility

A power station hailed as one of Europe’s most modern and flexible combined heat and power plants is now operational on the site of a former coal-fired plant i…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Endesa to Close Two Giant Spanish Coal Plants

Endesa on Dec. 27 formally moved to shutter two massive coal-fired power plants—the 1.4-GW As Pontes plant in A Coruña, Galicia, which is the biggest coal-fir…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

NETL to Increase Efficiency in US Fossil Fuel-Based Power Plants

In the US, fossil energy is important for security, with coal producing nearly 30% of the nation’s electricity.

Nuclear Power Plant

South Korea Continues Nuclear Phase-out

South Korea has announced the permanent closure of another nuclear reactor, as the country continues to phase out thermal power generation and increase the use …

Geothermal Power Plant

California Geothermal Energy to Grow for the First Time in Nearly a Decade

Two new geothermal power plants have been planned for the Golden State.

Thermal Plant

Ghana to Construct 400KW Waste-to-Energy Plant

Ghana is set to construct a 400KW hybrid waste-to-energy power plant to treat urban solid waste in the country. Professor Kwabena Frimpong-Boateng, Minister of …

Thermal Plant

Bac Lieu approves $4b LNG-fired thermal power plant

The People’s Committee of Bac Lieu Province on Tuesday granted an investment certificate to Singapore’s Delta Offshore Energy Pte Ltd Co to develop a liquefie…

MHPS Supplying Steam Turbine Power Plant

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has received an order for a steam turbine power plant for a natural gas and oil-fired power plant in Cartagena, a major …

Thermal Plant

German Local Utilities Say Threatened by Hard Coal Exit Plan

German local utilities group VKU said on Friday the government’s draft plans to phase out hard coal fired power stations in the coming years as part of its cli…

Biomass Power Plant

Ivory Coast Invest $223 Million in Biomass Power Plants

The government of Ivory Coast has signed a concession agreement to construct a biomass power plant in Ayebo in the south-east of the country.

Uganda Made New Energy Policy to Promote Solar And Geothermal Power

Under a new planned national energy policy, Uganda plans to promote development of solar and geothermal projects while also increasing demand for and better aff…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

German Officials Agree Plan to Exit Coal-Fired Power by 2038

A year ago, a government-appointed panel recommended that Germany stop burning coal to generate electricity by 2038 at the latest, as part of efforts to curb cl…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

U.S. Sunflower Electric Abandons Proposed Kansas 895MW Coal Power Plant

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. on Wednesday abandoned its proposed coal-fired power plant in southwest Kansas after nearly 15 years of pushing for the project, …

Market Analysis

Japan – The ‘Odd One Out’ on Coal Power Plant New-Builds

The Japanese government keeps watering down its green energy goals, bowing to cost pressure in the face of slower macroeconomic growth.

Biomass Power Plant

Ence Inaugurates a nNew, Low-Emissions Biomass Power Plant in Spain

Spain-based energy producer Ence Energia y Celulosa SA announced on Jan. 9 the inauguration of a new, low-emissions biomass power plant. The 50 megawatt (MW) fa…