Framatome has signed a contract with Dominion Energy of the USA to provide steam generator services to the company’s entire nuclear reactor fleet.
Half of Pakistan had an eight-hour power outage on 16 May, following a major power breakdown in the country’s transmission system, leaving the Punjab, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Azad Jammu and Kashmir without power.
Tata Power, one of India’s largest private power utilities, has said that it plans to invest up to $5 billion into increasing its renewable capacity fourfold.
Siemens has received its first order from Panama for six SGT-800 gas turbines.
China Power and GE of the US have launched a joint bid for a contract to construct the 2400 MW Batoka Gorge hydropower project being co-developed by Zimbabwe and Zambia.
GE Renewable Energy has announced its first wind energy project in Chile with Arroyo Energy Compañía de Energís Renovables Limitada.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has approved a $31.6 million loan to Desert Solar Power One (DSPO) to fund construction of a 30 MW solar power plant in Mongolia.
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy has issued a Request for Information (RFI) for input on the development of small-scale, modular coal-based power plants for the future.
Siemens has said that the weakness in the world power generation market has resulted in it taking the decision to temporarily close its Power and Gas Division operations around the world.
The Bangladesh Power Development Board (BPDB) has signed a joint venture agreement with China Huadian Hong Kong Company Ltd (CHDHK) to construct a 1320 MW coal-fired power plant in Maheshkhali, Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh at an estimated cost of $2 billion.