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Nuclear Power Plant

NRC Approves Power Uprate for Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant, Unit 2

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has approved a request by the Tennessee Valley Authority to increase the generating capacity of Watts Bar Nuclear Plant Unit 2…

Oil Price

Oil Plunges To $35 As Lockdowns Return

Oil prices extended their 5-percent slump from Wednesday into Thursday morning, plunging by another 5 percent, with WTI Crude sliding to $35 a barrel.

Crude Oil

OPEC Members Rebel Over Production Cut Extension

Iraq, the United Arab Emirates, and Kuwait - the biggest OPEC producers behind Saudi Arabia – are reportedly not particularly inclined to support a rollover of…

South Africa

Eskom’s Kusile Unit 2 Achieves Full Commercial Operation

South Africa’s power utility, Eskom, announced that Unit 2 at the Kusile Power Station has attained commercial operation status.

Oil&Gas Drilling

Equinor in Two Oil Discoveries Offshore Canada

Norwegian oil and gas company Equinor has made two oil discoveries offshore Newfoundland, Canada.

Solar Power Plant

Indian Firm Plans Construction of Storage Hybrid Power Plant in Niger

Sterling and Wilson Pvt Ltd, India’s leading engineering, procurement and construction company, has announced plans to construct a Solar PV Battery Storage and…

Wind Power Company

Vestas to Acquire Full Control of Offshore Turbine Business

The Danish manufacturer will buy out MHI’s stake in an offshore JV and says its new turbine platform will be launched soon.

Hydropower Plant

CAMEROON-CONGO: the 600 MW Hydroelectric Project on the Dja/Ngoko River Relaunched in 2021

The Cameroonian and Congolese authorities have had the desire to revive the Chollet hydroelectric project in the drawers for almost a decade.

US DOE Coal FIRST Initiative Invests US$80 Million in Net-Zero Electricity and Hydrogen Plants

When fully negotiated and awarded, it is estimated that approximately US$80 million in federal funding will be provided to these projects.

Wind Power Project

Ørsted Starts Construction of 298 MW Nebraska Wind Power Project

Ørsted continues to expand its footprint in the Southwest Power Pool via the acquisition and final investment decision of the 298 MW Haystack Wind Farm in Wayn…

Smart Grid

NB Power to Modernise Grid with 350k Itron Smart Meters

Canadian utility New Brunswick Power will deploy Itron’s multi-purpose solution to modernise its electricity network.

Hydropower Plant

Ashkot Hydropower Project | Technical Details

On 6 December 2017 the AJ&K Council gave its consent to PPIB for further processing and development of the 300MW Ashkot HPP.

Hydropower Plant

PowerChina ChengDu Enguneering Corporation Won Equipment Project of Wairanie River Hydropower Station in Laos

The Chengdu Institute of PowerChina Group officially signed the purchase contract of the hydroelectric generator set of the Huailanie River Hydropower Station i…

Carbon Neutral

Japan’s Carbon-Neutrality Pledge a Fundamental Shift on Coal Power

Japan, an island nation that is currently heavily reliant on coal and gas power, will be carbon neutral in 2040, the country’s newly appointed prime minister Y…

Oil&Gas Drilling

Neptune Energy Makes Small Oil Discovery off Norway

The discovery is estimated to hold between 0.5 and 3.2 million cubic metres (mcm) of recoverable oil equivalents, NPD said in a statement.