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Centrus to conduct $15 million Oak Ridge D&D project for US DOE

  • 6 years ago (2018-10-03)
  • David Flin

Centrus Energy Corporation has announced a $15 million Work Authorisation from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) to prepare the Department’s K-1600 facility in Oak Ridge, Tennessee for demolition.

Saudi Public Investment Fund denies WSJ report claiming $200 billion solar project halted

  • 6 years ago (2018-10-02)
  • David Flin

Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) has described a report from the Wall Street Journal that claimed the Kingdom has stopped a plan to build the world’s biggest solar power generation project as “inaccurate”.

Saudi Arabia shelves $200 billion SoftBank solar project

  • 6 years ago (2018-10-01)
  • David Flin

It has been reported that Saudi Arabia has shelved a $200 billion plan with SoftBank Group of Japan to build what would have been the world’s biggest solar power generation project. 

Record high for renewables share in UK’s power generation

  • 6 years ago (2018-09-28)
  • David Flin

UK Government figures released on 27 September show that the share of renewables in the UK’s electricity generation recorded a record high for the second quarter of 2018, while the share of coal hit a record low.

GE Power to deliver India’s first low NOx boiler technology for thermal plants

  • 6 years ago (2018-09-27)
  • David Flin

GE Power has announced that NTPC and Tata Chemicals has selected its low NOx firing system to upgrade two coal-fired boilers in India.

Texas coal plant to close in 2020

  • 6 years ago (2018-09-26)
  • David Flin

Officials have announced that the 700 MW Okalunion coal-fired plant in Vernon, Texas, USA will be retired in 2020, citing a failure to compete in the energy market.

Siemens and GE in competition for $15 billion power deal in Iraq

  • 6 years ago (2018-09-25)
  • David Flin

Siemens and GE are competing for a contract worth an estimated $15 billion to develop power stations in Iraq.

GE Renewable Energy completes installation of Merkur offshore wind farm

  • 6 years ago (2018-09-24)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy has announced completion of the installation of the latest Haliade 150-6 MW offshore wind turbine on the 396 MW Merkur offshore wind farm in Germany.

Egypt selects Siemens for O&M of world’s largest combined cycle power plants

  • 6 years ago (2018-09-21)
  • David Flin

Siemens has announced that it has been selected by the Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC) to provide comprehensive O&M services for the Beni Suef, New Capital, and Burullus power plants for the next eight years.

Japan’s Marubeni to slash coal-fired power capacity

  • 6 years ago (2018-09-20)
  • David Flin

Marubeni has announced plans to halve its coal-fired power generating capacity and that it will stop investing in new coal-fired power plants.