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SNC-Lavalin signs fuel contract with Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Company

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

SNC-Lavalin has signed an engineering service contract and a licensing agreement with China’s Third Qinshan Nuclear Power Company (TQNPC) to implement 37M Natural Uranium Equivalent (NUE) fuel, a mixture of depleted and recycled uranium, in Qinshan’s CANDU reactors Units 1 and 2.

Engie to build 8 hybrid solar-oil power plants in Gabon

  • 6 years ago (2018-08-07)
  • David Flin

Engie has signed an agreement with the Gabonese financial institution Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations (CDC) to deploy eight hybrid solar power plants in Gabon, with a combined capacity of 2.2 MW.

EthosEnergy to upgrade gas-fired units at power plant in Utah, USA

  • 6 years ago (2018-08-06)
  • David Flin

EthosEnergy has announced that it will supply and install a control system retrofit for five GE LM6000 gas turbines at West Valley Power Station in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

ADB provides $500 million for Bangladesh power plant

  • 6 years ago (2018-08-03)
  • David Flin

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Bangladesh have signed agreements for $500 million in loans to develop an 800 MW natural gas-fired power plant in the country’s Khulna region, along with associated connections to natural gas and power transmission facilities.

Exelon Generation to sell Oyster Creek nuclear power plant

  • 6 years ago (2018-08-02)
  • David Flin

Exelon Generation and Holtec International, a specialist in used nuclear fuel management technologies, have announced an agreement for Holtec to purchase Oyster Creek Generating Station in New Jersey, USA.

Siemens to build turnkey combined cycle power plant in Herne, Germany

  • 6 years ago (2018-08-01)
  • David Flin

Siemens and STEAG GuD Herne have signed an agreement for the turnkey construction of a combined cycle power plant with district heat extraction, along with a long-term service agreement.

UK’s Moorside nuclear plant plans in doubt

  • 6 years ago (2018-07-31)
  • David Flin

Doubt has been cast over the future of the planned Moorside nuclear plant in Cumbria, UK, after all UK employees were put on notice of redundancy.

Duane Arnold Nuclear Plant to close in 2020

  • 6 years ago (2018-07-30)
  • David Flin

NextEra Energy Resources has announced that it has reached agreement to shorten its power purchase agreement (PPA) with Alliant Energy and will retire the Duane Arnold Energy Center (DAEC), a 615 MW nuclear power plant in Iowa, USA, before the end of 2020.

US Government to invest $175 billion into gas and power industry in nine African countries

  • 6 years ago (2018-07-27)
  • David Flin

The US Agency for International Development has announced an initiative to invest $175 billion to add 16,000 MW of gas-fired power in nine countries in sub-Saharan Africa by 2030.

TEPCO plans 7 GW renewables roll-out

  • 6 years ago (2018-07-26)
  • David Flin

Japan’s biggest utility, Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has revealed plans to develop up to 7 GW of new renewable energy capacity, marking a major departure from nuclear.