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Irish Government launches new scheme to help community groups generate electricity

  • 5 years ago (2019-12-02)
  • David Flin

The Irish Government has announced the first renewable electricity support scheme (RESS) to enable community groups get into power generation.

Panipat Thermal Power Station to be shut down if emission standards not met

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-29)
  • David Flin

India’s Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has issued a notice to the Panipat Thermal Power Station in Haryana that one of its units could be shut down for failure to comply with the deadline to meet emission standards.

Siemens Gamesa to fit 11MW offshore wind turbines off Netherlands

  • 5 years ago (2019-11-28)
  • David Flin

Vattenfall and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) have announced that they have agreed to extend the Hollandse Kust Zuid (HKZ) turbine supply, to now also include HKZ 1 and 2 in addition to HKZ 3 and 4.

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.