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India plans to expand its coal power fleet to meet demand

  • 10 months ago (2023-12-25)
  • David Flin

Raj Kumar Singh, India’s Power Minister, announced that due to an unexpected rise in demand, India plans to further expand its coal-fired power fleet.

Sungrow and EDF Renewables launch South African hybrid wind-solar-battery VPP project

  • 11 months ago (2023-12-22)
  • David Flin

Sungrow Power and EDF Renewables have signed an agreement to provide 264 MWh liquid-cooled energy storage systems and MV transformers for the Umoyilanga project in South Africa. The project is South Africa’s first wind-solar-storage integrated virtual power plant (VPP).

Hanwha successfully operates gas turbine with 100 per cent hydrogen

  • 11 months ago (2023-12-21)
  • David Flin

Hanwha Impact and Hanwha Power Systems have announced that they have successfully operated an 80 MW gas turbine solely on 100 per cent hydrogen.

Seven European countries commit to decarbonise power generation

  • 11 months ago (2023-12-20)
  • David Flin

Six EU countries (Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands), along with Switzerland, have signed a commitment to end carbon emissions in power generation by 2035.

Japan’s Kansai Electric cancels new LNG-fired power plant

  • 11 months ago (2023-12-19)
  • David Flin

Kansai Electric has decided not to build a new LNG-fired power plant southwest of Osaka, deciding to focus instead on hydrogen, nuclear, and renewable energy.

GE and Forestalia sign agreement to install 693 MW wind power in Spain

  • 11 months ago (2023-12-18)
  • David Flin

GE Vernova and Forestalia have signed an agreement to install up to 693 MW of onshore wind turbines across 16 future project sites throughout the Aragon region in Spain.

South Africa seeks bids for 7615 MW of new power generation

  • 11 months ago (2023-12-15)
  • David Flin

South Africa has launched three bidding rounds for 7615 MW of new power generation from renewable energy, natural gas, and battery storage, part of efforts to overcome power outages crippling the country’s economic output.

COP28: More loopholes than a butterfly net

  • 11 months ago (2023-12-14)
  • David Flin

The agreement reached at COP28 was, in some ways, a milestone, in that for the first time for nearly 30 years, specific mention of fossil fuels has been made.

Stand-off continuing at COP28 over phase-out of fossil fuel use

  • 11 months ago (2023-12-13)
  • David Flin

The COP28 talks have been the first to directly mention fossil fuel usage in a global climate agreement. However, countries have been wrangling over the text of this agreement.

Extreme cold still poses reliability challenge for North American power generators

  • 11 months ago (2023-12-12)
  • David Flin

The North American Electric Reliability Corp (NERC) said that freezing conditions still remain a reliability concern for power generators.