Articles - Past and present news from The Energy Industry Times

Media Partners

Minnesota Power shutting down two more coal-fired power plants

  • 8 years ago (2016-10-21)
  • David Flin
Minnesota Power has announced that it will shut down two more coal-fired power units, Boswell 1 and 2, in Cohasset, Minnesota, USA, four years earlier that state order.

Siemens to supply key equipment for Canadian combined cycle plant

  • 8 years ago (2016-10-20)
  • David Flin
Siemens has won ab order to deliver the main components for installation at SaskPower’s planned 350 MW Chinook Power Station, a natural gas-fired power plant to be located near Swift Current, Saskatchewan, Canada for the customer Burns & McDonnell.

Safety settings caused South Australian wind farms to reduce output during blackout

  • 8 years ago (2016-10-19)
  • David Flin
The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has reported that safety settings that kicked in during South Australia’s wild storms caused a number of wind farms to disconnect or reduce their output in the lead up to the state-wide blackout.

DOE supports sCO2 pilot power plant project

  • 8 years ago (2016-10-18)
  • David Flin
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) has selected Gas Technology Institute (GTI), Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), and GE Global Research for an $80 million award to design, build, and operate a 10 MW supercritical CO2 pilot power plant.

Siemens signs first long-term wind service extension in Thailand

  • 8 years ago (2016-10-18)
  • David Flin
Siemens has received an order to continue providing service and maintenance at the Korat 1 and Korat 2 wind projects in Nakorn Rachasrima province in northeastern Thailand for the next 13 years, and to provide performance-enhancing upgrades to the projects’ wind turbines.

Pakistan’s 4th nuclear reactor starts operation

  • 8 years ago (2016-10-17)
  • David Flin
The Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) has announced that the 340 MW Chashma Unit 3 (C3) has been connected to Pakistan’s national grid.

TEPCO share price falls 6.7 per cent after anti-nuclear candidate wins election

  • 8 years ago (2016-10-17)
  • David Flin
Ryuichi Yoneyama, a doctor-lawyer who has never previously held office, was elected as Governor of Niigata on Sunday.

IAEA says a cyber-attack disrupted a nuclear power plant

  • 8 years ago (2016-10-14)
  • David Flin
Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that a cyber-attack ‘disrupted’ a nuclear power plant.

Doosan Heavy wins $850 million power plant order in Philippines

  • 8 years ago (2016-10-14)
  • David Flin
Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction has announced that it has signed a $850 million contract with Redondo Peninsula Energy, a civil power generation company in the Philippines, to build a thermal power plant.

CTGC purchases $1.2 billion of hydropower assets from Duke Energy-Brazil

  • 8 years ago (2016-10-13)
  • David Flin
China Three Gorges Corporation (CTGC) has purchased Duke Energy’s 2.09 GW hydropower in Brazil for $1.2 billion, making CTGC the second largest electricity producer in Brazil.