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Pumped hydropower storage scheme planned for Belfast Lough

  • 5 months ago (2025-01-29)
  • David Flin

Mutual Energy has started a feasibility study for a pumped hydro-energy storage (PHES) reservoir near Carrickfergus, by Belfast Lough in Northern Ireland.

GE Hitachi awards contract for BWRX-300 reactor pressure vessel

  • 5 months ago (2025-01-28)
  • David Flin

GE Hitcahi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has awarded a contract to BWX Technologies (BWXT) to manufacture the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the first BWRX-300 SMR to be constructed at Ontario Power Generation’s Darling New Nuclear Project site.

NextEra progresses on restarting Duane Arnold nuclear power plant

  • 5 months ago (2025-01-27)
  • David Flin

NextEra Energy has filed notice with US Federal regulators about a possible restart of its Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in Iowa, USA.

Blackstone to buy $1 billion Virginia power plant near data centres

  • 5 months ago (2025-01-24)
  • David Flin

Blackstone has agreed to acquire Potomac Energy Centre, a 774 MW natural gas-fired power plant in Loudon County, Virginia, USA.

Mitsubishi Power completes a 1.4 GW gas-fired power plant in Thailand

  • 5 months ago (2025-01-23)
  • David Flin

Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has completed construction of a 1.4 GW gas-fired CCGT power plant located about 100 km west of Bangkok, Thailand.

China sets new fusion power generation world record

  • 5 months ago (2025-01-22)
  • David Flin

According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) has maintained steady-state high-confinement for 1066 seconds, the longest time so far ever achieved.

Coal-fired power plants still part of Saskatchewan plans

  • 5 months ago (2025-01-21)
  • David Flin

Jeremy Harrison, Minister of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan responsible for SaskPower, said that the provincial government was firmly committed to coal-fired power generation, saying that it was an essential part of the province’s energy future.

German opposition leader promises to build 50 gas-fired power plants if elected

  • 5 months ago (2025-01-20)
  • David Flin

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s CDU/CSU conservative group and leading in the polls to be Germany’s next Chancellor, has promised that 50 new gas-fired power plants will be built in the country if he wins the election on February 23.

China’s coal-fired power generation increases in 2024 despite peaking predictions

  • 5 months ago (2025-01-17)
  • David Flin

China’s National Bureau of Statistics has published data that shows that the country’s coal-fired power generation increased by 1.5 per cent in 2024, despite assurances that it had peaked.

Ontario explores new nuclear generation

  • 5 months ago (2025-01-16)
  • David Flin

The Canadian Ontario provincial government has requested Ontario Power Generation (OPG) to explore new nuclear power opportunities at the Wesleyville site in Port Hope.