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Siemens to supply power train for Kuwait power plant

  • 7 years ago (2017-07-05)
  • David Flin

Siemens has won an order to supply the key power generation equipment for the Sabiya Extension 3 combined cycle power plant in Kuwait.

EDF adds £1.5 billion to cost of Hinkley Point C

  • 7 years ago (2017-07-04)
  • David Flin

EDF has estimated that the cost of completing the new Hinkley Point nuclear plant will be nearly 10 per cent more than it had expected.

GE Renewable Energy to provide Cube Hydro with aerating turbines

  • 7 years ago (2017-07-03)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy and Cube Hydro Partners have announced that they have entered into an agreement to provide three aerating turbines for the High Rock hydropower plant in North Carolina, USA.

Sabah looks to wind and solar energy to reduce carbon footprint

  • 7 years ago (2017-06-30)
  • David Flin

Datuk Seri Dr Maximus Ongkili, Malasia’s Energy, Green Technology, and Water Minister, said that the Malaysian Government sought to exploit solar and wind energy to reduce fuel subsidies for diesel-fired power generation by Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd.

13 energy companies call on EU to cap state subsidies for major polluters

  • 7 years ago (2017-06-29)
  • David Flin

A coalition of 13 major energy industry firms, including Siemens, Shell, Statoil, Solar Power Europe, and Total, have launched a new initiative to limit the amount of state aid subsidies to power plants with high emission levels across the European Union.

Innovation in world’s largest floating wind farm

  • 7 years ago (2017-06-28)
  • David Flin

Siemens Gamesa have installed five 6 MW wind turbines on floating platforms in Stord, Norway for the 30 MW Hywind Scotland project, the world’s largest floating wind farm.

Sumitomo Heavy Industries completes share acquisition of FW Energie

  • 7 years ago (2017-06-27)
  • David Flin

Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) of Japan has announced that is has completed the share acquisition of FW Energie.

Centrica to sell two CCGT power plants in UK

  • 7 years ago (2017-06-27)
  • David Flin

UK-based Centrica has agreed to sell two of its combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power stations, Langage and South Humber Bank, to EP UK Investments (EPUK) for £318 million.

Dominion Energy to invest over $1 billion in hydroelectric storage pump station

  • 7 years ago (2017-06-26)
  • David Flin

Dominion Energy has announced that it is planning to invest around $1.8 billion in the construction of a pumped hydroelectric storage station in southwest Virginia, USA.

Clean coal power plant ordered to run on natural gas

  • 7 years ago (2017-06-23)
  • David Flin

Regulators in Mississippi, USA, are drafting a plan for the utility Southern Company to use only natural gas at its clean coal power plant in Kemper County, and that it not be allowed to recoup the cost of the expensive coal portion of the power plant by charging ratepayers.