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Wärtsilä to supply huge gas engine PP in Latin America
Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply the engines for a large power plant to be constructed at an unnamed location in Latin America. Initially, the plant will provide baseload power...
Natural gas has displaced (most) coal-fired generation in Pennsylvania
The US Energy Information Administration reports that natural gas-fired power plants generated 2% of the electricity produced in Pennsylvania in 2001. Over the following 20 years, that...
Enapter AG electrolyser order from S Korea
Enapter AG, together with its partner YEST, has received an order from South Korea for the delivery of two AEM Multicore electrolysers with a total capacity of 2 MW, to be installed in...
GE connects all units at 1.2 GW Jinzhai pumped storage
In line with the planned schedule, all units of the Jinzhai pumped storage power plant in China have been successfully connected to the grid, completed 15 days of trial operation, and...
Mitsubishi Power order of H-25 GT for Chang Chun Petrochemical
Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has received an order for an H-25 gas turbine from the Taiwanese firm Chang Chun Petrochemical Co. The 30...
Poland’s first commercial NPP may be operational by 2036
Representatives of Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), ZE PAK, and South Korea's KHNP, which are all entities involved in the Pątnów nuclear power plant project, met on 25 January...
IMechE Steam Turbine and Generator User Group 2023
Following the successful return to a live, in-person format last year, the Institution of Mechanical Engineers is holding Steam Turbine and Generator User Group 2023 on 15-16 March...
Uzbekistan’s first green H2 and ammonia projects
Prominent Saudi developer ACWA Power has signed extensive heads of terms agreements to develop a green hydrogen facility and a green ammonia pilot project in the Republic of...
DNV acquires AI-enabled Proxima Solutions
DNV, the independent energy expert and assurance provider has strengthened its green power monitoring portfolio by acquiring Proxima Solutions, a prominent company in the provision...
The Crown Estate seals landmark agreements for offshore wind
In what is described as ‘a major milestone for the UK’s energy security and net zero commitments’, The Crown Estate (which manages all of the UK’s offshore waters) has signed...
TESLA 50Hz to build 40 MW of rooftop solar across Romania
Tesla 50Hz, part of Tesla Group, Romania, has signed a co-operation agreement with industrial properties developer Element Industrial, to design and build rooftop solar installations...
First horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine installed
The trial operation of the first horizontal, six-nozzle Pelton turbine at the Gerlos 1 pumped storage power plant is reported as running successfully, for over two months now, and...
IAEA upgrades its Ukraine presence
According to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s Update 143, director general Rafael Grossi updated president Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on 19 January about the expanding...
Net electricity production down – IEA
The latest International Energy Agency ‘Monthly Electricity Statistics’ report, which includes October 2022 data, shows that for all OECD members total net electricity production...
CO2 producers “must be forced to ‘take back’ carbon”
UK newspaper The Guardian reports that a group of leading scientists has published a paper insisting that fossil fuel companies should be forced to ‘take back’ the carbon dioxide...
‘Vibrations’ delay start up of Vogtle 3 NPP
Georgia Power has delayed the start up of Vogtle Unit 3, the only nuclear unit presently under construction in the USA, after detecting vibrations related to cooling system piping,...
Deepening rift between Green Party and climate movement in Germany
Online news agency Clean Energy Wire reports that the leadership of Germany’s Green Party has faced broad criticism from the climate movement for agreeing to the demolition of the...
Fontus and Verano to build a solar pipeline in Chile
Verano Energy, a prominent renewable energy developer in Latin America, has commenced construction of eight solar PV projects in Chile with a total capacity of 76 MWdc (59 MWac)....
MHI signs MoU to collaborate in ammonia co-firing studies
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has signed a Memorandum of Understanding to collaborate in a feasibility study for the introduction of ammonia co-firing at a coal-fired thermal power...