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Construction starts at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant units 5 and 6

  • 4 years ago (2021-06-30)
  • David Flin

Rosatom has announced that construction work has started on units 5 and 6 of the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) in India with the first pouring of concrete into the foundation plate of the reactor building.

China’s Baihetan Dam starts generating electricity

  • 4 years ago (2021-06-29)
  • David Flin

China’s Baihetan Dam, the second largest hydropower facility in the world, has started generating electricity for the first time.

Bangladesh scraps 10 coal-fired power plants

  • 4 years ago (2021-06-28)
  • David Flin

Bangladesh has announced that it has scrapped 10 major coal-fired power plants as it seeks to increase its power generation from renewable energy sources.

Nonghyup to invest in Japanese solar power plant

  • 4 years ago (2021-06-25)
  • David Flin

Nonghyup Financial Group of South Korea will invest $22 million in a solar power plant in Japan as part of its sustainable green growth initiative.

New developments in blade design for wind turbines

  • 4 years ago (2021-06-24)
  • David Flin

A consortium of GE Renewable Energy, LM Wind Power, and TNO are collaborating on the TIADE project (Turbine Improvements for Additional Energy) to develop technologies and design methods for more efficient operation of next generation wind turbine rotors and wind farms with large rotor wakes and demonstrate them in the field.

AMEA Power launches 50 MW solar power plant in Togo

  • 4 years ago (2021-06-23)
  • David Flin

AMEA Power, a subsidiary of UAE-based Al Nowais Investments, has announced the official commissioning of its 50 MW solar PV plant in Blitta, Togo.

Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant undergoes emergency shutdown

  • 4 years ago (2021-06-22)
  • David Flin

Bushehr, Iran’s only nuclear power plant, underwent what authorities describe as a temporary emergency shutdown, although no explanation for the cause of the shutdown has yet been given.

eRex of Japan plans coal-to-biomass power plant conversion

  • 4 years ago (2021-06-21)
  • David Flin

eRex, a biomass power plant operator in Japan, is in the process of purchasing four coal-fired plants to refit them to burn biomass.

California hydropower plant may shut down due to low water level

  • 4 years ago (2021-06-18)
  • David Flin

The Edward Hyatt Power Plant at Lake Oroville, California, USA may have to shut down for the first time in 50 years as water levels in the area continue to fall.

GE Renewable Energy to supply turbines for wind power project in India

  • 4 years ago (2021-06-17)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy has announced that it was selected by Continuum Green Energy India to supply, install, and commission 55 sets of its 2.7-132 onshore wind turbines for the 148.5 MW Marjar, Bhuj wind farm in Gujarat, India.