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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.

Entergy Texas to use MHPS units for 993 MW power plant

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-05)
  • David Flin

Entergy Texas, a subsidiary of Entergy Corporation, has selected two Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems (MHPS) gas turbines to power its 993 MW Montgomery County Power Station (MCPS) near Willis, Texas, USA.

France to make decision on replacing coal with biomass

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-04)
  • David Flin

French utility EDF said that it had reached an industrial milestone in the implementation of a fuel process known as Ecocombust to replace coal in power generation.

Siemens Gamesa to supply 567 MW for two wind projects in India

  • 6 years ago (2019-02-01)
  • David Flin

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has secured a new order in India from ReNew Power, India’s largest renewable energy IPP.

GE to combine renewable and grid assets into single business unit

  • 6 years ago (2019-01-31)
  • David Flin

GE has announced that it plans to consolidate its renewable and grid assets into a single unit. It said that this will help it tap into the global demand for clean energy generation.

Siemens secures order for HL-class gas turbine in the USA

  • 6 years ago (2019-01-30)
  • David Flin

Siemens has secured an order in the USA for the re-powering of Cooperative Energy’s RD Morrow Sr Generating Station facility in Purvis, Mississippi.

Germany plans end to coal use by 2038

  • 6 years ago (2019-01-29)
  • David Flin

Germany’s Coal Commission has announced that it reached agreement on a phase out use of coal in the country by 2038 at the latest, possibly by 2035 if conditions prove favourable.

Siemens Gamesa awarded order for 128 MW wind project in Brazil

  • 6 years ago (2019-01-28)
  • David Flin

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has signed its third contract with Voltalia in Brazil to supply the wind project Ventos da Serra do Mel 2 (VSM2).

Russia aims to attract $28 billion investment in power plant upgrades

  • 6 years ago (2019-01-25)
  • David Flin

Alexander Novak, Russia’s Energy Minister, said that the Russian Government has approved a 10-year modernisation programme for Russian power plants, which he expects to attract $28.8 billion in private investments in the sector.

Iraqi Ministry of Energy and GE Power inaugurate Baghdad West North substation

  • 6 years ago (2019-01-24)
  • David Flin

GE Power’s Grid Solutions business has inaugurated the Baghdad West North Substation as part of its support for the development of Iraq’s power infrastructure.