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ArcelorMittal bids $673 million to acquire Essar Mahan MW power plant

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-19)
  • David Flin

Arcelor Mittal, the world’s biggest steelmaker, has bid $673 million to acquire Essar’s 1200 MW coal-fired Essar Mahan power plant in Madhya Pradesh, India.

Investment in Australia flowing to renewables, not coal-fired power

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-18)
  • David Flin

One of the biggest funders of energy projects in Australia said that coal-fired power generation projects were unlikely to be developed unless there was taxpayer funding involved, as investment continues to flow to renewables.

Hyundai Mobis creates emergency H2 power generation system

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-15)
  • David Flin

Hyundai Mobis, the parts and service arm for the South Korean automaker Hyundai Motor Company, has leveraged its own H2 fuel cell technology for electric vehicles to create an emergency H2 power generation system at its H2 fuel cell plant in Chungju, South Korea.

MHPS starts construction of desulphurisation system in Serbia

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-14)
  • David Flin

Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) has announced that it has started construction of one of the world’s largest flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) systems for the Nikola Tesla A coal-fired power plant in Serbia.

Siemens to maintain and digitalise Shuweihat S2 power plant in Abu Dhabi

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-13)
  • David Flin

Siemens has announced that it has signed an extension of a multi-year maintenance service agreement with Shuweihat S2 Operation and Maintenance Company (S2O&M). 

TVA proposes to shut down Bull Run and Paradise coal plants

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

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) of the USA has released final environmental assessments that conclude that it should shut down both the Bull Run Fossil Plant in Oak Ridge and Unit 3 at the Paradise coal plant in Kentucky by 2023.

Doubt cast on Iraq deal with GE and Siemens

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-11)
  • David Flin

Iraq’s Energy Minister Luay Al-Khatteeb has said that the energy deals signed with GE and Siemens last year may not come to fruition.

EDF to end power generation at UK’s Cottom coal-fired power plant

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-08)
  • David Flin

EDF Energy has announced that it will stop power generation at its Cottam coal-fired power plant in Nottinghamshire, UK, on 30th September, as the plant will no longer be economically viable to run.

Global Nuclear Fuel extends joint venture agreement with ENUSA

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-07)
  • David Flin

Global Nuclear Fuel (GNF) has signed an agreement with ENUSA Industrias Avanzadas to extend the GNF ENUSA Nuclear Fuel (GENUSA) joint venture.

Puerto Rico’s utility calls for making the island into eight minigrids

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-06)
  • David Flin

The Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (PREPA) has issued a draft integrated resource plan (IRP) that calls for segmenting the island’s electrical grid into eight minigrids, along with myriad microgrids, and installing more energy storage than is currently available in the USA.