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Xcel Energy to sell Mankato plant in USA

  • 5 years ago (2020-04-08)
  • David Flin

Xcel Energy has announced that it will sell its 760 MW Mankato gas-fired power plant in southern Minnesota to Southwest Generation for $680 million.

New Zealand looks to add 6.5GW of solar

  • 5 years ago (2020-04-07)
  • David Flin

New Zealand electricity power transmission operator Transpower has said that it believes its generation capacity will be around 95 per cent by 2035, reaching 100 per cent by 2050, making use of 6.5GW of solar capacity.

Covid-19 lockdown allows Eskom to maintain its system

  • 5 years ago (2020-04-06)
  • David Flin

South Africa’s power utility Eskom has said that the low electricity demand during the lockdown has given it an opportunity to carry out much needed maintenance on its aging power stations.

T-Point 2 CCGT synced to grid in Japan

  • 5 years ago (2020-04-03)
  • David Flin

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has announced that it has begun commissioning of what it describes as the world’s most efficient power plant, its T-Point 2, a combined cycle power plant validation facility at Takasago Works in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan.

Spanish wind turbine factories close due to coronavirus restrictions

  • 5 years ago (2020-04-02)
  • David Flin

Denmark’s Vestas has suspended production at its two Spanish wind turbine plants, adding that its service and maintenance business was still working.

UK’s Fiddler’s Ferry coal-fired power plant closes

  • 5 years ago (2020-04-01)
  • David Flin

Fiddler’s Ferry coal-fired power station in the UK formally closed at the end of March, nine months after the owner SSE announced the closure.

GE-led consortium to build two CCGT units at Dolna Odra plant in Poland

  • 5 years ago (2020-03-31)
  • David Flin

GE has announced the order of two high-efficiency power units to be constructed through consortium at the Polska Grupa Energetyczna Górnictwo i Energetyka Konwencjonalna’s (PGE) Dolna Odra power plant in the Western Pomerania region of Poland.

Power demand in India dips by a quarter in ten days

  • 5 years ago (2020-03-30)
  • David Flin

Daily power demand in India has fallen by 24 per cent over the ten days to 26 March, due to reduced industrial and commercial activities, in the wake of the spread of Covid-19.

Siemens Gamesa to supply 25 wind turbines to Vietnamese wind farm

  • 5 years ago (2020-03-27)
  • David Flin

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been contracted to supply 25 SG 4.5-145 wind turbines for the Hoa Thang 1.2 wind farm in Vietnam.

Kenya’s Kaptis hydropower project to see financial closure in 2020

  • 5 years ago (2020-03-26)
  • David Flin

The 14.7MW Kaptis run-of-river hydropower project developer, Tembo Power, has signed a Joint Development Agreement with Metier, a private equity fund manager, together with its partner WK Construction.