Uzbekistan’s Ministry of Energy has announced plans to increase the total capacity of its wind power plants to more than 10 GW by 2030, strengthening wind energy’s role in the country’s energy mix.
Meralco PowerGen (MGen), the power generation arm of Meralco, is evaluating a bid to acquire a 232 MW coal-fired power plant currently operated by Aboitiz Power in Mindanao, Philippines.
UK’s National Energy System Operator (NESO) has said that the country’s electricity system was “resilient to the challenges it may face over the winter”. This is part of a report commissioned after concerns had been expressed.
Eni, through its subsidiary Eni Rovuma Basin, has launched an EPC tender for a 75 MW gas-fired power plant in Temane, in Inhambane province in Mozambique. The project is valued at €110 million.
Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission is due to approve up to 60 renewable energy projects, most of them solar, to add 8.2 GW of new generation capacity to the total. The total investment in these projects could be up to $12.5 billion.
Amazon has announced plans for a 960 MW nuclear power facility in Indiana, USA that will consist of 12 SMRs at the site of a former coal-fired power plant.
Philippine hydropower developers are pressing the government to fast-track support for projects to capitalise on a structural window offered by dry spells across the country.
Hitachi Energy and Ansaldo Energia have signed an MOU to develop and market integrated power solutions, combining Ansaldo Energia’s gas turbine and generator technologies with Hitachi Energy’s grid system integration capabilities.
Poland’s energy ministry has signed an agreement with two state-owned companies, Polskie Elektrownie JÄ…drowe (PEJ) and Polska Grupa Energetyczna (PGE), setting out responsibilities for construction of the country’s planned second nuclear power plant.
A consortium comprising Egypt’s Elsewedy Electric Power Systems Projects, a subsidiary of Elsewedy Electric, and China’s Sinohydro has signed a $2.2 billion contract to expand Saudi Arabia’s Rabigh 2 IPP. The expansion will add 2.3 GW of capacity, with commercial operation scheduled to start in May 2029.