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Wind Farm

Uzbekistan, Saudi Arabia's ACWA Power Sign Agreement to Build Region's Largest Wind Farm

Uzbekistan has signed an agreement to build a 1,500 MW wind farm in its northwestern Republic of Karakalpakstan with Saudi Arabian company ACWA Power.

Pumped Storage

Terna to Start Building 730 MW Pumped Storage Hydropower Plant in October

Terna Energy is preparing to begin the construction of a pumped storage hydropower system in western Greece worth EUR 500 million.

Wind Power Project

Total Makes Big Clean Energy Moves in Taiwan and Europe

Total is acquiring a 23% stake in Tawian’s Yunlin Holding GmbH, which owns an offshore wind farm being built off the coast of Taiwan, 200km southwest of Taipei…

Total Acquires Interest in Yunlin Holding GmbH from wpd

Total has signed an agreement with wpd to acquire a 23% interest in Yunlin Holding GmbH, the owner of Yunlin offshore wind farm located off the coast of Taiwan,…

Energy Storage System

Pacific Energy to Build Network Integrated Battery Energy Storage System for Fortescue Metals Group

Pacific Energy Ltd subsidiary Contract Power Australia has signed a contract to build Western Australia’s largest network integrated BESS for Fortescue Metals …

Solar Company

Trina Solar Appoints Solar Power Etal As New Distributor In Nigeria

With Nigeria having enormous solar energy potential, this agreement will ensure the availability of Trina Solar’s tier 1 PV modules in this key West African ma…

Coal Mine

NSW Commission Consents to Tahmoor Coal Mine Extension

The New South Wales Independent Planning Commission has granted development consent for a proposed extension to the Tahmoor Coal Mine, on Sydney’s southwestern…

Nuclear Power Plant

Iran Hit by 5.9-magnitude Quake in Nuclear Plant Province

A 5.9-magnitude earthquake Sunday hit Iran's southwestern Bushehr province, which houses a nuclear power plant, injuring five people but causing no major damage…

Thermal Plant

Mitsubishi Power to Supply Turbines for 1,500MW CCGT Uzbek Project

Mitsubishi Power will deliver two of its newest-class gas turbines for a combined cycle project featuring collaboration between numerous countries.

Crude Oil

BP Halts Production at UK's Foinaven Crude Field

BP said today it has suspended production indefinitely at the Foinaven crude fields west of Shetland as it prepares for the removal of the ageing floating produ…

Nuclear Power Plant

Estonia Mulls Building a Nuclear Plant of Its Own

The government of Estonia, the small Baltic state on Russia’s western border, is investigating the possibility of building nuclear power plants, establishing a…

Nuclear Equipment

Russia's Tallest Cooling Tower Enters Next Construction Phase

Concreting of the cooling tower at the first unit of the Kursk II nuclear power plant in western Russia has started. At a height of 179 metres, the structure wi…

Nuclear Power Plant

Inside Hinkley Point B As Power Station's Life to Come to an End in 2022

The boss of the West Country’s only operating nuclear power station says his staff still have long futures in the industry, despite Hinkley Point B’s life com…

Coal Mine

Australia’s Queensland Coal Exports Hit Four-Year Low

Shipments from the four largest coal export ports in Australia's Queensland state were at the lowest level in four years on an average daily basis in March, ent…

China

Video: New Energy Becomes Main Electricity Source in China's Qinghai

New energy has been the main electricity source for the second consecutive month in northwest China's Qinghai Province, which is also China's first province to …