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Eskom introduces load shedding as 10 units fail in 24 hours

  • 4 years ago (2021-05-17)
  • David Flin

Eskom has implemented rolling blackouts with immediate effect. The load shedding will last until Tuesday night, 18th May, the utility said in a statement. 

SSE to develop plans for CCS at Peterhead, UK

  • 4 years ago (2021-05-14)
  • David Flin

SSE Thermal and Equinor have announced plans to jointly develop a new low-carbon power station at Peterhead, which could become one of the UK’s first power stations to be equipped with carbon capture technology.

US DOE awards $6.2 million for research into efficient hydrogen gas turbines

  • 4 years ago (2021-05-13)
  • David Flin

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced eight university-led projects will receive nearly $6.2 million in Federal funding for research and development projects aimed at advancing hydrogen as a high-performing, efficient gas for turbine-based electricity generation.

GE Renewable Energy and Toshiba announce offshore wind strategic partnership

  • 4 years ago (2021-05-12)
  • David Flin

Ge Renewable Energy and Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions have announced that they have signed a strategic partnership agreement to localise critical phases of GE’s Haliade-X offshore wind turbine and support its commercialisation in Japan.

ADB scraps future funding for coal-fired power plants

  • 4 years ago (2021-05-11)
  • David Flin

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced its intention to scrap funding for coal mining and coal-fired power plants in the Asia-Pacific region.

Construction starts on Australia’s first renewable hydrogen energy plant in a remote microgrid

  • 4 years ago (2021-05-10)
  • David Flin

Horizon Power has begun construction on a hydrogen project in Denham, Western Australia. This will be Australia’s first renewable hydrogen energy plant within a remote microgrid.

ERCOT assures ample electric power for Texas summer

  • 4 years ago (2021-05-07)
  • David Flin

The Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), which manages the electric grid in the state, said that its latest assessment showed that the grid was expected to provide sufficient power to meet summer peak demand.

TAQA in talks to buy power plants in Abu Dhabi

  • 4 years ago (2021-05-06)
  • David Flin

The Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA) is in talks to buy power plants in the United Arab Emirates and could issue debt green bonds in 2022 as it seeks to expand renewables generation.

License renewed for Surry Nuclear Power Station, USA

  • 4 years ago (2021-05-05)
  • David Flin

The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has approved an application from Dominion Energy to renew the 2 units of the 1676 MW Surry Power Station in Virginia.

EnergyAustralia gives clearance for 316 MW Tallawarra gas plant

  • 4 years ago (2021-05-04)
  • David Flin

Australian utility and gas group EnergyAustralia has given approval for construction of the 316 MW Tallawarra B gas-fired power plant in the Illawarra region of New South Wales (NSW).