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Germany hits record 61 per cent renewable for February

  • 5 years ago (2020-03-02)
  • David Flin

Renewable energy sources provided a record 61.2 per cent of Germany’s net public electricity generation in February, according to figures provided by the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE).

Drax to cease burning coal and switch fully to biomass

  • 5 years ago (2020-02-28)
  • David Flin

Drax Group has announced that it will stop burning coal by March 2021, far ahead of the UK government’s 2025 deadline.

GE Renewable Energy to deliver wind turbines for 300MW wind farm in Gujarat

  • 5 years ago (2020-02-27)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy has received an order from the EDF-SITAC joint venture to supply and install 112 of its 2.7MW wind turbines with 132m rotor at the Sitac Kabini wind farm in Gujarat, India.

Siemens Gamesa signs contract to build first renewable energy installation in Djibouti

  • 5 years ago (2020-02-26)
  • David Flin

Siemens Gamesa has signed a contract to build the first renewable energy installation in the Republic of Djibouti, in the horn of Africa.

Wärtsilä delivers grid solution to Graciólica in Azores

  • 5 years ago (2020-02-25)
  • David Flin

Wärtsilä has delivered an island grid energy solution on Graciólica in the Azores, which will enable the use of renewables to increase to 65 per cent.

TVA and ORNL to jointly study SMR project at Oak Ridge

  • 5 years ago (2020-02-21)
  • David Flin

The US Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) have signed an MOU to jointly evaluate how to develop, build, and operate small modular reactors, which TVA is considering building near ORNL in Oak Ridge.

Andhra Pradesh government to set up 10,000MW solar power plants

  • 5 years ago (2020-02-20)
  • David Flin

The government of the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh has proposed to set up 10,000MW of solar power to meet the energy requirements of the agricultural sector.

Siemens to supply six SGT-800 gas turbines to Belarus

  • 5 years ago (2020-02-19)
  • David Flin

Siemens has received an order from Belarus to supply equipment for a peak-load power plant. 

Licence to operate granted to UAE nuclear power plant

  • 5 years ago (2020-02-18)
  • David Flin

The United Arab Emirates has announced that the country’s first nuclear power plant, the Barakah plant in Abu Dhabi, has been given approval to operate, making it the first such facility to deploy in the Arab world.

EU funding accelerates GE’s development of world’s first SF6-free 420kV circuit breaker

  • 5 years ago (2020-02-17)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business has been awarded €2.2 million through the European Commission’s LIFE climate action programme to help fund the development of an SF6-free 420kV 63kA gas-insulated substation circuit breaker.