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Rolls-Royce seeking funding for 16 SMRs

  • 4 years ago (2020-11-11)
  • David Flin

A consortium led by Rolls-Royce is hoping to secure £217 million of funding from the UK Government to enable it to build 16 small modular reactors (SMRs).

GE’s HA gas turbine technology ordered by Guangdong Energy Group

  • 4 years ago (2020-11-10)
  • David Flin

GE has announced that Chinese utility Guangdong Energy Group has ordered three 9HA.02 gas turbines for Dongguan Ningzhou combined cycle power plant in Guangdong province in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA).

ZRA allots more water for Kariba generation

  • 4 years ago (2020-11-09)
  • David Flin

The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has provisionally allocated 30 billion cubic metres of water for power generation to be shared equally between Zambia and Zimbabwe.

Transcorp signs deal with Nigerian government for 966 MW Afam power plant

  • 4 years ago (2020-11-06)
  • David Flin

The Nigerian Government and Transcorp Power Consortium have signed an agreement over Afam Power and Afam III Fast Power.

Burns & McDonnell to supply engineering services on new-build gas-fired plants in Alberta, Canada

  • 4 years ago (2020-11-05)
  • David Flin

Burns & McDonnell has been selected to supply engineering services for two natural gas-fired power plants in Alberta, Canada.

First nuclear unit connected to grid in Belarus

  • 4 years ago (2020-11-04)
  • David Flin

Rosatom has announced that unit 1 of the Ostrovets nuclear power plant, the first to be built in Belarus, has been connected to the grid and is supplying electricity.

Siemens Energy commissions eco-friendly power transmission system in China

  • 4 years ago (2020-11-03)
  • David Flin

Siemens Energy has commissioned an eco-friendly power transmission system to complement one of China’s largest offshore 8 MW wind turbines.

Bangladesh looking to shift from coal to LNG

  • 4 years ago (2020-11-02)
  • David Flin

Bangladesh is looking at options to shift from coal-fired power plants to those operating on LNG, due to the high cost of new power plants.

GE Hitachi in discussions over possible SMR for Poland

  • 4 years ago (2020-10-30)
  • David Flin

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy has announced that Synthos Green Energy (SGE), part of the Synthos Group, has started discussions with Poland’s National Atomic Energy Agency (Państwowa Agencja Atomistyki – PAA) about a potential BWRX-300 small modular reactor project.

KEPCO to exit overseas coal power plant market

  • 4 years ago (2020-10-29)
  • David Flin

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has officially announced that it will not build new coal-fired power generation projects abroad in the future.