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Kenya to invest $386 million to increase national electricity coverage

  • 6 months ago (2025-01-31)
  • David Flin

Kenya’s government has announced plans to invest $386 million to increase national electricity coverage.

Uzbekistan aims for 50 per cent renewable energy by 2030

  • 6 months ago (2025-01-30)
  • David Flin

The Uzbekistan government has announced that it plans to build new power plants and energy storage facilities, along with 7000 km of new power lines and the introduction of digital management systems to ensure efficient distribution.

 

Pumped hydropower storage scheme planned for Belfast Lough

  • 7 months ago (2025-01-29)
  • David Flin

Mutual Energy has started a feasibility study for a pumped hydro-energy storage (PHES) reservoir near Carrickfergus, by Belfast Lough in Northern Ireland.

GE Hitachi awards contract for BWRX-300 reactor pressure vessel

  • 7 months ago (2025-01-28)
  • David Flin

GE Hitcahi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has awarded a contract to BWX Technologies (BWXT) to manufacture the reactor pressure vessel (RPV) for the first BWRX-300 SMR to be constructed at Ontario Power Generation’s Darling New Nuclear Project site.

NextEra progresses on restarting Duane Arnold nuclear power plant

  • 7 months ago (2025-01-27)
  • David Flin

NextEra Energy has filed notice with US Federal regulators about a possible restart of its Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in Iowa, USA.

Blackstone to buy $1 billion Virginia power plant near data centres

  • 7 months ago (2025-01-24)
  • David Flin

Blackstone has agreed to acquire Potomac Energy Centre, a 774 MW natural gas-fired power plant in Loudon County, Virginia, USA.

Mitsubishi Power completes a 1.4 GW gas-fired power plant in Thailand

  • 7 months ago (2025-01-23)
  • David Flin

Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has completed construction of a 1.4 GW gas-fired CCGT power plant located about 100 km west of Bangkok, Thailand.

China sets new fusion power generation world record

  • 7 months ago (2025-01-22)
  • David Flin

According to the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Experimental Advanced Superconducting Tokamak (EAST) has maintained steady-state high-confinement for 1066 seconds, the longest time so far ever achieved.

Coal-fired power plants still part of Saskatchewan plans

  • 7 months ago (2025-01-21)
  • David Flin

Jeremy Harrison, Minister of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan responsible for SaskPower, said that the provincial government was firmly committed to coal-fired power generation, saying that it was an essential part of the province’s energy future.

German opposition leader promises to build 50 gas-fired power plants if elected

  • 7 months ago (2025-01-20)
  • David Flin

Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s CDU/CSU conservative group and leading in the polls to be Germany’s next Chancellor, has promised that 50 new gas-fired power plants will be built in the country if he wins the election on February 23.