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ABB wins contract to upgrade Copel hydropower plant in Brazil

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-27)
  • David Flin

ABB has announced that its digital solutions and energy services business has won a $2.5 million contract to upgrade Copel’s Governador José Richa hydropower plant.

Wärtsilä wins 40MW contract in Myanmar

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-26)
  • David Flin

Wärtsilä has been awarded a 40MW extended engineered equipment supply contract for a power plant in Shwe Taung in the southern central part of Myanmar.

European coal power output sees unprecedented decline

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-25)
  • David Flin

According to data published by the climate analysis website Carbon Brief, global electricity production from coal is on track to fall by around 3 per cent globally in 2019.

EDF selling stake in three US nuclear plants

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-22)
  • David Flin

EDF Group is selling its 49.99 per cent interest in the R.E. Ginna, Nine Mile Point, and Calvert Cliffs nuclear power facilities.

GE Renewable Energy announces 350MW wind order in Texas

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-21)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has been selected by Innergex Renewable Energy to supply 139 2.x-127 onshore wind turbines on 89m towers for Innergex’s 350MW Foard City Wind project in Foard County, Texas.

Study shows wind output to increase by 37 per cent due to climate shift

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-20)
  • David Flin

A study published in Nature Climate Change said that global wind speeds are increasing, creating the potential for wind turbines to increase average output by 37 per cent in the next five years.

ADB and Gulf PD sign deal to build 2500MW power plant in Thailand

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-19)
  • David Flin

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Gulf PD Company have signed a $180 million agreement to build and operate a 2500MW combined cycle gas turbine power plant in the Rojana Rayong 2 Industrial Park of Thailand’s Rayong province, about 150km southeast of Bangkok.

GE Renewable Energy announces 494MW orders with ENGIE for projects in Oklahoma and South Dakota

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-18)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has been selected by ENGIE North America to supply 180 onshore wind turbines for two wind power projects.

Siemens to retrofit on of the largest substation in Germany

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-15)
  • David Flin

German transmission grid operator TransnetBW has commissioned Siemens to build new switchgear in the 380kV Daxlanden substation in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg.

Siemens Gamesa preferred supplier for 300MW Hai Long 2 offshore wind project in Taiwan

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-14)
  • David Flin

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) and Hai Long Offshore Wind have signed a preferred supplier agreement for the delivery and servicing of turbines on the 300MW Hai Long 2 project.