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Itaipu dam modernisation contract awarded to GE consortium

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-15)
  • David Flin

A consortium of GE Power and CIE Sociedad Anonima has won a contract from Itaipu Binacional to modernise the Itaipu Dam in Brazil, one of the world’s largest hydropower plants.

Rosatom to start construction of Tianwan 7 in China

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-14)
  • David Flin

Rosatom has announced that it will begin construction of a seventh unit at the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China in 2021.

ADB signs $227.7 million loan deal for 2500 MW power plant in Thailand

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-13)
  • David Flin

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $227.7 million loan deal with Gulf SRC Company to build a 2500 MW combined cycle power plant in Thailand Chonburi Province.

GE Renewable Energy inaugurates new technology centre near New Orleans

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-12)
  • David Flin

LM Wind Power, a unit of GE Renewable Energy, has announced the inauguration of a new Technology Centre America’s facility to develop and test new techniques for designing and building wind turbine blades at its facility on the NASA Michoud campus outside New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Toshiba pulls out of £15 billion Moorside nuclear power plant plan

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-09)
  • David Flin

Toshiba has announced that it is pulling out of the £15 billon Moorside nuclear power plant project in West Cumbria, UK.

South Korea caps operations of coal and oil power plants due to air pollution

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-08)
  • David Flin

South Korea capped operations of some coal- and oil-fired power plants at 80 per cent on 7 November, as most cities, including the capital Seoul, issued an air pollution advisory.

Ansaldo to supply H-Class gas turbine for Chinese power plant

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-07)
  • David Flin

Shanghai Electric Gas Turbine Company and Ansaldo Energia have signed a contract worth about €60 million for the supply of the first Ansaldo Energia H-class GT36 gas turbine for the Minhang combined cycle power plant in China.

Gulf requires $100 billion investment for power sector over the next five years

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-06)
  • David Flin

The MENA Power Industry Outlook 2019, a report prepared by Ventures Onsite, says that the GCC region is expected to require power infrastructure investment totalling $109 billion over the next five years.

MVP Group interested in Philippine coal plant being sold by AC Energy

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

The group of Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) has said that it is interested in the possible purchase of the four 135 MW coal-fired units at the Kauswagan plants in Mindanao in the Philippines being sold by AC Energy.

Egypt signs $2.3 billion deal with ACWA Power for new gas-fired power plant

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-02)
  • David Flin

Egypt signed a deal on 1 November 2018 with ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia to build a power plant in southern Egypt involving an investment of $2.3 billion, according to a statement from Mohamed Shaker, the Egyptian electricity minister.