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Kenya launches Chinese-built 50MW solar power plant

  • 4 years ago (2019-12-16)
  • David Flin

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta has opened a 50MW solar power farm in Garissa, in the northeast of the country.

NuScale’s SMR design clears phase 4 of NRC’s review process

  • 4 years ago (2019-12-13)
  • David Flin

NuScale Power has announced that the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has completed the fourth phase of review of the design certification application (DCA) for the company’s small modular reactor (SMR).

Sabotage at Eskom was cause of power outages

  • 4 years ago (2019-12-12)
  • David Flin

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has said that “acts of sabotage” at Eskom led to a massive power loss of 2000MW during the most recent load-shedding period.

Siemens supplies gas turbines for peaking power plants in Belarus

  • 4 years ago (2019-12-11)
  • David Flin

Siemens has announced that it will deliver the power generation equipment for two new peaking power plants in the Republic of Belarus, supplying the equipment to the state-owned utility company RUE Vitebskenergo.

Tradebe Inutec gets approval for new facility at Winfrith, UK

  • 4 years ago (2019-12-10)
  • David Flin

Dorset County Council has approved planning permission for Tradebe Inutec’s application for a new facility on its Winfrith nuclear decommissioning site.

E.ON to construct biomass plant in Hürth, Germany

  • 4 years ago (2019-12-09)
  • David Flin

E.ON has announced that it is to construct a biomass power plant on a paper mill site owned by UPM in Hürth, Germany.

South Africa suffers power cuts as Eskom units break down

  • 4 years ago (2019-12-06)
  • David Flin

South Africa was hit by power cuts on 5 December after a number of generating units broke down, forcing the state utility Eskom to cut 2000MW from the national grid on a rotational basis.

Rolls-Royce starts pilot project on using stationary fuel cells for stationary power generation

  • 4 years ago (2019-12-05)
  • David Flin

Rolls-Royce and Lab1886, an innovation lab within the Mercedes-Benz group, have agreed to jointly develop the use of vehicle fuel cells for stationary power generation.

Siemens to equip Bajaj Energy plant in India with digitalisation solutions

  • 4 years ago (2019-12-04)
  • David Flin

Siemens has announced that it will equip Lalitpur Lower Generation Company, a Bajaj Group company, with advanced digital solutions for its power plant located in Lalitpur, Uttar Pradesh, in India.

Iberdrola to replace last Spanish coal plants with wind and solar

  • 4 years ago (2019-12-03)
  • David Flin

The Spanish electric utility Iberdrola has said that it will replace its last two coal-fired power plants, with a combined capacity of 550MW, with wind and solar power.