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Union dispute puts Victoria’s electricity supply at risk

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-15)
  • David Flin
The Australian energy firm AGL has said that, due to a union dispute with the Construction, Forestry, Mining, and Energy (CFME) union at the Loy Yang coal-fired power station, it will lock out the entire workforce over the Christmas holidays.

Nuclear regulators launch environmental consultation on UK ABWR

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-14)
  • David Flin
The environmental regulators of Wales and England have announced that Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy’s UK Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) will be the focus of a Generic Design Assessment.

Siemens receives order for onshore wind project in South Korea

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-13)
  • David Flin
Siemens Wind Power has received an order to supply 17 direct drive wind turbines for the Uljian onshore wind power plant in Gyeongsangbuk province on South Korea’s east coast.

Natural gas and wind are lowest cost generation for USA

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-12)
  • David Flin
According to research published by the University of Texas at Austin, natural gas and wind are the lowest cost technology options for new electricity generation across much of the USA when cost, public health impacts, and environmental effects are considered.

FirstEnergy finds buyer for Pennsylvania power plants

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-09)
  • David Flin
FirstEnergy Corporation of Ohio, USA, owner of West Penn Power, has announced that a provisional deal has been reached to sell four natural gas-fired power plants in Pennsylvania.

New Brunswick announces plan to phase out coal generation

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-08)
  • David Flin
The Canadian province of New Brunswick has announced plans to completely phase out coal-fired electricity generation by 2030.

Japan’s CO2 emissions drop to 5-year low in FY2015

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-07)
  • David Flin
Japan’s greenhouse gas emissions fell 3 per cent to a five-year low in the financial year through March due to lower power demand, growing renewable energy, and the restart of nuclear power plants, according to figures from the Japanese Government.

GE releases analysis of global coal and gas plants

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-06)
  • David Flin
GE has released a first-of-a-kind analysis of global power plants, which found that CO2 emissions from the world’s fleet of coal- and gas-fired power plants can be reduced by 10 per cent when existing hardware and software solutions are fully applied.

Siemens to supply turbines for five power plants in Sudan

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-05)
  • David Flin
Siemens has signed an agreement with Sudan’s state-run energy provider the Sudanese Thermal Power Generating Company (STPGC) to deliver five SGT5-2000E gas turbines.

NTPC to set up first wind power project

  • 7 years ago (2016-12-02)
  • David Flin
India’s state-owned power producer NTPC said that its board has approved its first wind energy project to be set up at Rojmal in Gujarat at a cost of Rs 323.35 crore ($51.7 million).