Afghanistan’s Ministry of Energy and Water has announced the signing of three agreements for solar power generation projects valued at $25 million with Awfi Bahram Mining, a private company.
GE Vernova has announced that it has won an order from Sonelgaz through its joint venture GE Algeria Turbines (GEAT) to enhance Algeria’s grid infrastructure.
Montel Analytics has reported that solar generation in the UK achieved its highest level ever for any quarter since Covid lockdown in 2020, increasing from 4.90TWh in Q2 2023 to 5.10TWh in Q2 2024.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) Energy Administration has predicted that the country’s electricity consumption will grow 13 per cent by 2030.
The Karnataka state government in India has identified 40 lakes with a total surface area of 10 000 acres where floating solar panels will be installed to generate solar power.
Rowena Cristina Guevara, Energy Undersecretary for the Philippines, said that nine coal-fired power projects with a combined capacity of 2255 MW will become operational in the next three years.
The US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) approved a $99 million loan to help finance Mozambique’s first utility-scale wind-power project.
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has submitted a tender response, as part of Great British Nuclear’s (GBN) ongoing SMR selection competition, providing documentation regarding its BWRX-300 SMR technology.
Germany plans to tender for 12.5 GW of hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants by the end of 2024, in response to pressure to accelerate the energy transition.
South Africa’s state power company Eskom is set to publish figures showing a $823 million annual loss. Eskom, which recorded a loss of $1.25 billion in 2023, will release the full financial results for the year to March later this year.