Articles - Past and present news from The Energy Industry Times

Media Partners

Taiwan reverses policy of phasing out nuclear power by 2025

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-28)
  • David Flin

A referendum in Taiwan resulted in voters opposing the Government policy of phasing out nuclear power by 2025.

Bioenergy carbon capture and storage pilot project underway at Drax, UK

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-27)
  • David Flin

An innovative bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot plant has been commissioned at Drax power station in the UK, with the first CO2 expected to be captured in the coming weeks.

Poland considers nuclear power to reduce reliance on coal

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-26)
  • David Flin

Poland has indicated that it wants to generate more electricity from nuclear reactors, and hopes to attract over €88 billion of investment to achieve this.

Hydrogen to help decarbonise UK power sector in back-up role

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-23)
  • David Flin

The UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC) said that hydrogen could cost-effectively replace natural gas for power generation, reducing emissions, but warned that it was best used selectively.

Spain’s Endesa plans to operate coal and nuclear plants beyond 2030

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-22)
  • David Flin

Endesa of Spain has said that it plans to continue to operate its remaining coal and nuclear plants beyond 2030, and that it plans to finish one more retrofit and to install new battery units, while closing two units in 2020.

IBRD to provide $310 million loan for Jharkhand power system

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-21)
  • David Flin

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) has announced that it will extend a $310 million loan for India’s Jharkhand Power System Improvement Project.

GE to reorganise GE Power into two businesses

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-20)
  • David Flin

GE has announced that it intends to reorganise GE Power into two businesses, GE Gas Power, comprised of Gas Power Systems and Power Services, and GE Power Portfolio, comprised of the Steam, Grid Solutions, Nuclear, and Power Conversion businesses.

IEA says renewables will rise to 40 per cent of global power generation

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-19)
  • David Flin

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has published its World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2018, in which it said that the share of renewables in global power generation will increase to over 40 per cent by 2040 from the current 25 per cent.

EU imposes freeze on UK back-up power subsidy scheme

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-16)
  • David Flin

The European General Court has suspended the UK’s subsidy scheme for back-up electricity generation, stating that the payments system should be subject to a state aid investigation.

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.