Articles - Past and present news from The Energy Industry Times

Media Partners

UK’s Drax in carbon capture storage bid

  • 6 years ago (2018-05-21)
  • David Flin

Drax, Britain’s biggest power station, is piloting the first bioenergy carbon capture storage (Beccs) project of its type in Europe.

Framatome signs contract with Dominion Energy to provide fleet-wide steam generator services

  • 6 years ago (2018-05-18)
  • David Flin

Framatome has signed a contract with Dominion Energy of the USA to provide steam generator services to the company’s entire nuclear reactor fleet.

Major power blackout hits half of Pakistan

  • 6 years ago (2018-05-17)
  • David Flin

Half of Pakistan had an eight-hour power outage on 16 May, following a major power breakdown in the country’s transmission system, leaving the Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir without power.

Tata Power plans $5 billion investment into renewable capacity

  • 6 years ago (2018-05-16)
  • David Flin

Tata Power, one of India’s largest private power utilities, has said that it plans to invest up to $5 billion into increasing its renewable capacity fourfold.

Siemens supplies SGT-800 gas turbines to Panama for the first time

  • 6 years ago (2018-05-15)
  • David Flin

Siemens has received its first order from Panama for six SGT-800 gas turbines.

China Power and GE in joint bid for Batoka Gorge hydropower project

  • 6 years ago (2018-05-14)
  • David Flin

China Power and GE of the US have launched a joint bid for a contract to construct the 2400 MW Batoka Gorge hydropower project being co-developed by Zimbabwe and Zambia.

GE Renewable Energy awarded first wind deal in Chile

  • 6 years ago (2018-05-11)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy has announced its first wind energy project in Chile with Arroyo Energy Compañía de Energís Renovables Limitada.

EBRD approves $31.6 million loan for solar plant in Mongolia

  • 6 years ago (2018-05-10)
  • David Flin

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a $31.6 million loan to Desert Solar Power One (DSPO) to fund construction of a 30 MW solar power plant in Mongolia.

US Department of Energy issues RFI for small-scale modular coal-fired power plants

  • 6 years ago (2018-05-09)
  • David Flin

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for input on the development of small-scale, modular coal-based power plants for the future.

Siemens plans temporary shutdown of power and gas sites

  • 6 years ago (2018-05-08)
  • David Flin

Siemens has said that the weakness in the world power generation market has resulted in it taking the decision to temporarily close its Power and Gas Division operations around the world.