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Pakistan PM says country will eliminate oil-based power plants

  • 6 years ago (2017-12-19)
  • David Flin

Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, Prime Minister of Pakistan, has said that the country will completely phase out furnace oil-based power generation to mitigate oil’s negative impact on the environment.

Alberta selects bidders for $1 billion investment in renewable power generation

  • 6 years ago (2017-12-18)
  • David Flin

The province of Alberta in Canada has selected Capital Power, EDP Renewables Canada, and Enel Green Power North America in the first round of the province’s Renewable Electricity Programme to provide around $1 billion of investment in green power generation.

UK ABWR GDA approved by regulators

  • 6 years ago (2017-12-15)
  • David Flin

Hitachi and Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy have announced that the UK ABWR has successfully completed the UK Nuclear Regulators’ Generic Design Assessment (GDA) process within the target period of five years.

NYISO says power sufficient after Indian Point retirement

  • 6 years ago (2017-12-14)
  • David Flin

The New York Independent System Operator (NYISO), the grid operator for New York state’s power grid, has said in a report that the state will have enough electricity after the closure of two reactors at the Indian Point nuclear power plant in 2020 and 2021.

Siemens wins 1.3 GW contracts in Libya

  • 6 years ago (2017-12-13)
  • David Flin

Siemens has announced that it has signed contracts with the state-owned utility General Electricity Company of Libya (GECOL) to expand Libya’s power generation capacity by around 1.3 GW.

 

GE Power to extend substation to connect 120 MW of wind power to Egypt’s national grid

  • 6 years ago (2017-12-12)
  • David Flin

GE Power has announced that it has signed an agreement with the Egyptian Electricity Transmission Company (EETC) for the extension of the Gabal El Zayt 22/220 kV Gas Insulated Substation, connecting an additional 120 MW of power to the national grid by the end of 2018.

China to build world’s biggest floating solar project

  • 6 years ago (2017-12-11)
  • David Flin

A unit of China Three Gorges Corporation has announced that it will construct a $151 million floating solar power plant, the largest in the world, in the Chinese province of Anhui.

GE to cut 12,000 power jobs in changing market

  • 6 years ago (2017-12-08)
  • David Flin

GE has announced that it will cut 12,000 jobs worldwide in its power division as alternative energy supplants demand for coal and other fossil fuels.

South Korea’s Kepco chosen as preferred bidder for UK’s Moorside nuclear project

  • 6 years ago (2017-12-07)
  • David Flin

South Korea’s Korea Electric Power Corporation (Kepco) has won preferred bidder status for Toshiba’s NuGen, the business developing the Moorside nuclear project in Cumbria, UK.

GE HA gas turbine available at 64 per cent efficiency

  • 6 years ago (2017-12-06)
  • David Flin

GE Power has announced that its largest and most efficient gas turbine, the HA, is available at over 64 per cent efficiency in combined cycle plants.