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TVA identifying sites for SMRs in USA

  • 10 months ago (2023-06-26)
  • David Flin

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is identifying sites through its seven state footprints in the USA suitable for SMR development.

Ukraine repairs and upgrades to power grid ahead of feared Russian winter attacks

  • 10 months ago (2023-06-23)
  • David Flin

Ukraine Energy Minister German Galushchenko has said that Ukraine is carrying out its largest ever programme of repairs and rehabilitation to its power network to prepare for another winter of possible Russian air strikes.

GE stops servicing gas power turbines in Russia

  • 10 months ago (2023-06-22)
  • David Flin

GE has stopped servicing gas turbines at thermal power plants in Russia following the latest sanctions by the US, the Russian business newspaper Kommersant has reported.

Pakistan signs $4.8 billion nuclear power deal with China

  • 10 months ago (2023-06-21)
  • David Flin

Pakistan and China have signed a $4.8 billion agreement to build Chashma 5, which will be the seventh Chinese nuclear power plant in Pakistan.

Neoen to build mega battery at Collie, West Australia

  • 10 months ago (2023-06-20)
  • David Flin

Neoen, the French renewable energy provider, has started construction on one of Australia’s largest batteries at Collie, a town south of Perth in Western Australia.

Power generation at India’s Koyana dam reduced due to drought

  • 10 months ago (2023-06-19)
  • David Flin

Because the available water behind the Koyana dam in the Satara district of western Maharashtra is at a low level, the fourth phase of the 1000 MW power generation facility has been shut down.

Israel Electric sells Eshkol power station in privatisation drive

  • 11 months ago (2023-06-16)
  • David Flin

State-owned Israel Electric Corp (IEC) has announced that it has sold its Eshkol power station for $3.3 billion to Eshkol Power Energies, a joint venture between Dalia Power Energies and Taavura.

GE and Northern Lights sign MOU for Carbon Capture and Storage

  • 11 months ago (2023-06-15)
  • David Flin

GE Vernova’s Gas Power business and Northern Lights, a Norwegian company developing infrastructure for cross-border CO2 transport and storage in Europe, have signed an MOU to enable development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) solutions.

Uniper restarts two coal-fired units in UK

  • 11 months ago (2023-06-14)
  • David Flin

Uniper has announced that following a request from National Grid, it has placed on standby two units of its Ratcliffe-on-Soar power station in the UK.

EirGrid warns of supply issues in Ireland

  • 11 months ago (2023-06-13)
  • David Flin

EirGrid, Ireland’s electricity operator, has warned that there may soon be electricity supply issues due to the current low availability of renewable energy and unplanned outages of a number of fossil fuel-fired generation units.