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US considers using emergency powers to force closed coal plants to restart

  • 10 months ago (2025-03-12)
  • David Flin

The US Interior Secretary Doug Burgum has said that the US Administration is considering the use of emergency authority to reopen shuttered coal-fired plants and prevent planned closures of coal-fired power plants.

Ontario imposes 25 per cent surcharge of electricity exports to USA

  • 10 months ago (2025-03-11)
  • David Flin

The Canadian province of Ontario is imposing a 25 per cent surcharge on electricity exports to the US states of New York, Michigan, and Minnesota. This is a retaliatory protest against America’s imposition of tariffs against Canada.

CIB invests C$118 million in Nova Scotia wind power project

  • 10 months ago (2025-03-10)
  • David Flin

Canada Infrastructure Bank (CIB) has agreed a C$118 million loan to support construction of the 94.4 MW Weavers Mountain wind power project in Antigonish and Pictou counties, Nova Scotia, Canada.

Roopur nuclear power plant further delayed

  • 10 months ago (2025-03-07)
  • David Flin

Power Grid Bangladesh has said that commercial power from the Rooppur nuclear power plant has been delayed to 2026.

Iraq seeks energy independence by 2028

  • 10 months ago (2025-03-06)
  • David Flin

Iraq is pursuing six energy diversification strategies to phase out Iranian gas and electricity imports by 2028 so that it avoids US sanctions.

Doosan wins $200 million gas power plant contract in Qatar

  • 10 months ago (2025-03-05)
  • David Flin

Doosan Enerbility has won an EPC contract to build a 500 MW gas-fired power project worth $200 million from Qatar Electricity and Water Company (QEWC).

SSE Renewables to start £70 million project to repower Lochay Hydro Power Station

  • 10 months ago (2025-03-04)
  • David Flin

SSE Renewables has announced an investment of £70 million over the next three years to repower the 45 MW Lochay Hydro Power Station, located in Killin, Perthshire, Scotland.

China may have nuclear fusion operating commercially by 2050

  • 10 months ago (2025-03-03)
  • David Flin

The China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), which runs an experimental nuclear fusion power plant, has said that it plans to start commercial operation of its first power generation project about five years after a demonstration phase starting around 2045.

Kazakhstan selects site for its first nuclear power station

  • 10 months ago (2025-02-28)
  • David Flin

Kazakhstan has selected a site for the construction of the country’s first nuclear reactor. The government is now considering who will build it.

Electricity returns to Chile after major blackout

  • 10 months ago (2025-02-27)
  • David Flin

Power has been restored to most of Chile after the country’s most disruptive power blackout in 15 years.