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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…

Karot Hydropower Plant to be put into Commercial Operation

With about 70 percent of the overall construction completed, the 720-megawatt Karot Hydropower Plant, a major pilot project under the China-Pakistan Economic Co…

Brexit Day: The Great Green Gamble Begins

Whether you regard the prospect as exciting or terrifying, the UK is embarking on an uncertain journey outside the EU - the consequences for the environment and…

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 …

Oil & Gas Trade

OPEC and Ally Russia to Discuss Oil Price Fall After Coronavirus Epidemic

OPEC members and their ally Russia will convene a technical meeting this week to analyze oil price falls since the outbreak of a coronavirus epidemic, a source …

Oil & Gas Trade

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia Start Work to Resume Oil Output from Khafji – Sources

Kuwait and Saudi Arabia have started preparation work to resume crude oil production from the al-Khafji oilfield jointly operated by the two countries, with ini…

Trio to Drive Green Hydrogen Production in Belgium

Three companies are coming together in Belgium to develop green hydrogen production and deployment in the country, with plans for a first fully operational plan…

Power Plant Emissions Down 47% Under the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative

This first-in-the-nation regional effort to lower carbon emissions from power plants is actually a cap-and-invest program. Power plants buy emission allowances …

MeyGen Tidal Energy Project Achieves a World First

The MeyGen tidal array scheme in the Pentland Firth last year recorded the longest period of uninterrupted electricity generation ever reached.

Solar Company

Duke Energy Renewables’ Largest PV Project in Texas Begins Operations

Duke Energy Renewables’ 100MW Lapetus Solar project in Andrews County, Texas, began commercial operation in December 2019.

Exploring the Potential for the Utilization of Geothermal for Heat and Power in Mongolia

In light of global challenges, the Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) and the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) launched in 2012 the join…

Nuclear Power Plant

UAE Nuclear Power Plant’s First Reactor Ready for Operation

The first reactor at the United Arab Emirates’ Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant passed a milestone assessment needed to begin operations, UAE state news agency WAM…

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 …

GE Renewable Energy & ENMAX to Implement Canadas First Hybrid Electric Gas Turbine System

GE Renewable Energy and ENMAX announced that they have reached an agreement to upgrade an existing LM6000 Gas Turbine (GT) at ENMAX’s Crossfield Energy Center …

Electricity Transmission

Xcel Energy, eSmart and EDM Use AI for Transmission Grid Inspection

Xcel Energy, eSmart Systems and EDM International have announced an artificial intelligence (AI)-based collaborative intelligence project to transform the inspe…