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Duke Energy plans $152 million upgrade of Ohio River power station

  • 8 years ago (2016-12-23)
  • David Flin

Duke Energy has announced that it plans to spend $152 million to modernise the nearly 50-year-old Markland Hydro Station on the Ohio River, about 25 miles southwest of Cincinnati, in Indiana, USA.

Siemens wins first offshore wind project in Belgium

  • 8 years ago (2016-12-23)
  • David Flin

Siemens has entered the offshore wind market in Belgium with a first order for the 309 MW Rentel wind project. 

Generator sales market to grow at CAGR of 5.85 per cent

  • 8 years ago (2016-12-23)
  • David Flin

MarketsandMarkets (M&M) has produced a report, “Generator Sales Market by Type (Diesel and Gas) – Global Forecast to 2020”, which projects that the generator sales market will grow at a CAGR of 5.85 per cent from 2015 to 2020, from $17.59 billion in 2015 to $23.36 billion in 2020.

AfDB approves Nigerian hydro financing

  • 8 years ago (2016-12-23)
  • David Flin

The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved a financing package of $100 million for the rehabilitation of the Kainji and Jebba hydropower plants in Nigeria.

Cold weather causes Columbia nuclear power plant to shut down

  • 8 years ago (2016-12-19)
  • David Flin

Columbia nuclear power station in the state of Washington, USA, was shut down unexpectedly on 18 December.

IFC and MIGA to help Ghana shift power generation to natural gas

  • 8 years ago (2016-12-16)
  • David Flin
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA), members of the World Bank, have committed $517 million to support Ghana’s Sankofa Gas Project.

Union dispute puts Victoria’s electricity supply at risk

  • 8 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

  • 8 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

  • 8 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

  • 8 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.