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$1.5 billion funding to restart Palisades nuclear power plant

  • 4 months ago (2024-02-01)
  • David Flin

The US Government is expected to announce $1.5 billion in funding to enable the 800 MW Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan to be restarted.

GE Vernova to build Baltica onshore grid connection

  • 5 months ago (2024-01-31)
  • David Flin

GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business has announced that, in partnership with Polimex Mostostal (PXM), it has won a contract to build the onshore infrastructure to transfer power into the onshore grid from the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm project.

Ontario to announce refurbishment of four reactors at Pickering

  • 5 months ago (2024-01-30)
  • David Flin

Todd Smith, Ontario’s Energy Minister, is to announce a multi-billion dollar refurbishment of the four reactors at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) Pickering B power plant, east of Toronto.

$289 million financing agreed to develop solar power in Mauritania

  • 5 months ago (2024-01-29)
  • David Flin

Mauritania and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed financing agreements for two energy sector projects in Mauritania worth $289.5 million.

Power generation down after attack on Iraq’s Khor Mor gas field

  • 5 months ago (2024-01-26)
  • David Flin

Iraq’s electricity ministry has announced that gas delivery to the power plants in its Kurdistan region have been halted as a safety precaution following an attack on Khor Mor gas field.

Increased global electricity demand to be met by low carbon sources

  • 5 months ago (2024-01-25)
  • David Flin

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has produced a new report, Electricity 2024, that states that global electricity demand is expected to grow at a faster rate over the next three years, with all the additional demand forecast to be covered by technologies that produce low-emissions electricity.

Hinkley Point C delayed by up to four years

  • 5 months ago (2024-01-24)
  • David Flin

The Hinkley Point C nuclear power project in the UK has been delayed by an estimated 2-4 years.

UK Government commits an extra £800 million to planned Sizewell C

  • 5 months ago (2024-01-23)
  • David Flin

The UK Government has committed an additional £800 million to the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power project in Suffolk, England, in an attempt to attract outside investors to the project.

Power generation in Himachal Pradesh down by 85 per cent

  • 5 months ago (2024-01-22)
  • David Flin

Facing the worst-ever drought in India in the last 100 years with no rain or snow this winter, power generation at major hydropower projects in the state of Himachal Pradesh in north India is down by 80-85 per cent.

Global coal-fired power generation hits new high in 2023

  • 5 months ago (2024-01-19)
  • David Flin

Global electricity generation from coal hit a record high in 2023 as coal’s use in power systems continues to grow despite efforts to cut back on its use.