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Horizon and Exelon partner to advance Wylfa Newydd project

  • 7 years ago (2017-02-16)
  • David Flin

Horizon Nuclear Power and Exelon Generation have announced a partnership to aid development of the Wylfa Newydd nuclear power project in Anglesey, Wales.

Toshiba reports $6.3 billion nuclear hit and slides to loss

  • 7 years ago (2017-02-15)
  • David Flin

Japan’s Toshiba has announced that it will book a $6.3 billion hit to its US nuclear unit, a writedown that wipes out its shareholder equity, and leaves the group scrambling for capital.

Remote coal gas project to ease South Australia’s power crisis

  • 7 years ago (2017-02-14)
  • David Flin

Leigh Creek Energy has announced that it plans to construct a gas plant at the site of the former Leigh Creek coalmine, 500 km north of Adelaide, South Australia, to produce commercial quantities of pipeline-quality methane.

Nepal’s Mid-Marshyangdi power generation drops to 30 MW

  • 7 years ago (2017-02-13)
  • David Flin

With the onset of the dry season in Nepal, power generation from the 70 MW Middle Marshyangdi Hydropower Project has fallen to around 30 MW, due to the significant drop in water level in the river basin.

Libya connects eastern and western power networks

  • 7 years ago (2017-02-13)
  • David Flin

The General Electric Company of Libya (GECOL) has announced that its maintenance teams have managed to restore the link between the eastern and western power networks after over two years of separation.

Explosion and fire at Flamanville nuclear power plant

  • 7 years ago (2017-02-10)
  • David Flin

A fire and explosion took place at EDF’s Flamanville nuclear power plant in northern France.

Turkey’s first digital power plant powered by GE & GAMA Energy

  • 7 years ago (2017-02-09)
  • David Flin

GE and Gama Energy have signed an agreement to operate the first digital power plant in Turkey.

KOWEPO to build $1.85 billion thermal power plant in Vietnam

  • 7 years ago (2017-02-08)
  • David Flin

Korea Western Power (KOWEPO) of South Korea has announced plans to construct a 1200 MW coal-fired power plant in the Vietnamese central province of Quang Tri in 2018.

Siemens achieves 3D printed gas turbine blade breakthrough

  • 7 years ago (2017-02-07)
  • David Flin

Siemens has finished its first full-load engine tests for gas turbine blades completely produced using Additive Manufacturing (AM) technology.

Sulphur dioxide emissions from US power plants falls faster than coal generation

  • 7 years ago (2017-02-06)
  • David Flin

Sulphur dioxide (SO2) emissions produced at power plants in the USA declined by 73 per cent from 2006 to 2015, a much larger reduction than the 32 per cent decrease in coal-fired generation over the same period, according to a recently released report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).