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Surging power demand in MENA with supply shifting to gas, renewables, and nuclear

  • 4 hours ago (2025-09-18)
  • David Flin

According to a report, The Future of Electricity in the Middle East and North Africa, by the International Energy Agency (IEA), electricity consumption in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) has tripled since 2000 and is predicted to rise by an extra 50 per cent by 2035.

UK successfully trials hydrogen use in gas-fired peak power plant

  • a day ago (2025-09-17)
  • David Flin

Centrica and HiiROC, a hydrogen technology specialist, have successfully trialled the use of hydrogen in a gas-fired peak power plant for the first time in the UK.

South Korea launches hydrogen fuel cell control in solar hybrid system

  • 2 days ago (2025-09-16)
  • David Flin

Korea East-West Power (EWP) with Dongseo Power and Hyundai Motor have launched a real-time control demonstration project at its Ulsan Power Headquarters, where it will combine a 1 MW hydrogen fuel cell to a 0.5 MW solar PV system to manage renewable intermittency.

Framatome to maintain and modernise Kozloduy nuclear plant in Bulgaria

  • 3 days ago (2025-09-15)
  • David Flin

Framatome has won a contract to maintain and modernise the electrical systems at the two VVER-1000 reactors at Kozloduy nuclear power plant in Bulgaria.

Mitsubishi to double manufacturing capacity of gas turbines

  • 6 days ago (2025-09-12)
  • David Flin

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has announced that it will double its gas turbine manufacturing capacity over the next two years.

China’s wind and solar power generation up 27 per cent in H1 2025

  • 7 days ago (2025-09-11)
  • David Flin

According to a report from the energy think-tank Ember, China’s wind and solar electricity generation in H1 2025 was 27 higher than that of H1 2024.

USA EPA to allow power plant construction before obtaining clean air permits

  • 8 days ago (2025-09-10)
  • David Flin

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new measures to speed up construction of power plants to support the power demands of data centres for AI, enabling companies to start construction before obtaining clean air permits.

Siemens Energy buys Capital Injection Ceramics Limited

  • 9 days ago (2025-09-09)
  • David Flin

Siemens Energy and Capital Refractories Limited have agreed that Siemens Energy will acquire 100 per cent of the shares in Capital Injection Ceramics Limited (CIC), a subsidiary of Capital Refractories.

Mitsubishi Power wins CCGT order for 2.8 GW Taiwan power plant

  • 10 days ago (2025-09-08)
  • David Flin

Mitsubishi Power has won a full turnkey contract to provide a 2.8 GW CCGT power plant for the Tung Hsaio Power Plant owned by Taiwan Power Company in Tung Hsaio, Miaoli County, Taiwan, 130 m southwest of Taipei.

Siemens Energy to work on Hostos interconnection project

  • 13 days ago (2025-09-05)
  • David Flin

Caribbean Transmission Development Company (CTDC) and Siemens Energy will collaborate on the Hostos Interconnection Project, which includes a submarine interconnection between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.