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MAN Energy commissions 200 MW power plant in Cambodia

  • 4 years ago (2021-04-30)
  • David Flin

MAN Energy and Chinese state-owned energy company China National Machinery Corporation (CHMC) have commissioned a 200 MW power plant in Cambodia.

Engie to stop coal use in Chile

  • 4 years ago (2021-04-29)
  • David Flin

The French energy group Engie has announced that it will stop using coal to generate electricity in Chile by 2025, while doubling its target for power from renewable sources.

EDL Generation of Lao seeking partners to boost capacity

  • 4 years ago (2021-04-28)
  • Junior Isles

EDL Generation (EDL-Gen), a majority Lao state-owned power generation firm, has announced that it is seeking strategic private partnerships in neighbouring countries to boost its total capacity by 25 per cent to fulfil growing regional energy demand. It plans to increase its capacity to 2435 MW from its current 1949 MW.

 

South Africa to lift power generation licence threshold to 10 MW

  • 4 years ago (2021-04-27)
  • David Flin

South Africa plans to lift the licencing threshold for small-scale power generation projects to 10 MW, up from 1 MW.

 

EDF submits offer for 6 EPR reactors for Jaitapur project, India

  • 4 years ago (2021-04-26)
  • David Flin

EDF has announced that it has filed a binding offer to buid six third-generation European Pressurised Reactors (EPR), each of 1650 MW, to the state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) for the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra. 

Japan’s first commercial hydrogen power plant to open near Mount Fuji

  • 4 years ago (2021-04-23)
  • David Flin

The IPP eRex has announced that it will build Japan’s first commercial hydrogen power plant in 2022 to produce around 360 kW.

GE and Hitachi ABB Power Grids sign cross-licensing agreement for SF6 alternative gas

  • 4 years ago (2021-04-22)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business and Hitachi ABB Power Grids have signed a non-exclusive cross-licensing agreement related to the use of an alternative gas to SF6 used in high voltage equipment.

Japan proposes grid expansion to develop offshore power

  • 4 years ago (2021-04-21)
  • David Flin

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has proposed a plan to boost Japan’s inter-regional power grid capacity as part of efforts to expand offshore wind power generation in line with the government goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

India may build new coal plants due to low cost

  • 4 years ago (2021-04-20)
  • David Flin

A draft electricity policy document suggests that India may build new coal-fired power plants, because of the low cost of construction, despite growing calls from environmentalists, who cite falling solar and wind energy prices.

Nepal’s Upper Tamakoshi hydropower plant to begin operation ahead of schedule

  • 4 years ago (2021-04-19)
  • David Flin

Dinesh Kumar Ghimire, Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation for Nepal, said that the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project is expected to start generating partial power by mid-May, and be fully operational by August.