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Toshiba pulls out of £15 billion Moorside nuclear power plant plan

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-09)
  • David Flin

Toshiba has announced that it is pulling out of the £15 billon Moorside nuclear power plant project in West Cumbria, UK.

South Korea caps operations of coal and oil power plants due to air pollution

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-08)
  • David Flin

South Korea capped operations of some coal- and oil-fired power plants at 80 per cent on 7 November, as most cities, including the capital Seoul, issued an air pollution advisory.

Ansaldo to supply H-Class gas turbine for Chinese power plant

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-07)
  • David Flin

Shanghai Electric Gas Turbine Company and Ansaldo Energia have signed a contract worth about €60 million for the supply of the first Ansaldo Energia H-class GT36 gas turbine for the Minhang combined cycle power plant in China.

Gulf requires $100 billion investment for power sector over the next five years

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-06)
  • David Flin

The MENA Power Industry Outlook 2019, a report prepared by Ventures Onsite, says that the GCC region is expected to require power infrastructure investment totalling $109 billion over the next five years.

MVP Group interested in Philippine coal plant being sold by AC Energy

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-05)
  • David Flin

The group of Manuel V. Pangilinan (MVP) has said that it is interested in the possible purchase of the four 135 MW coal-fired units at the Kauswagan plants in Mindanao in the Philippines being sold by AC Energy.

Egypt signs $2.3 billion deal with ACWA Power for new gas-fired power plant

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-02)
  • David Flin

Egypt signed a deal on 1 November 2018 with ACWA Power of Saudi Arabia to build a power plant in southern Egypt involving an investment of $2.3 billion, according to a statement from Mohamed Shaker, the Egyptian electricity minister.

Siemens Gamesa wins order for 176.8 MW for two wind projects in India

  • 6 years ago (2018-11-01)
  • David Flin

Siemens Gamesa has won orders from ReNew Power, India’s largest renewable energy IPP, for construction of two wind farms in India.

UK freezes CO2 tax for power generation until 2021

  • 6 years ago (2018-10-31)
  • David Flin

The UK Government announced in its autumn budget that it will freeze its domestic CO2 tax on electricity generation at £18/mt until 2021.

Vattenfall to convert its German coal power plants to gas or biomass

  • 6 years ago (2018-10-30)
  • David Flin

Vattenfall of Sweden has plans to convert its German-based coal-fired power plants to gas or biomass to meet the government’s deadline of phasing out coal-fired power plants.

Spain scraps solar tax in energy market

  • 6 years ago (2018-10-29)
  • David Flin

Spain’s new Government has scrapped a tax that had been widely criticised for undermining the development of solar power.