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Vistra receives NRC approval to own and operate three nuclear plants

  • 1 year, 1 month ago (2023-10-02)
  • David Flin

Vistra and Energy Harbor have received approval from the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) to transfer the operating licences of Energy Harbors three nuclear plants – Beaver Valley (Pennsylvania, USA), Davis-Besse (Ohio, USA), and Perry (Ohio, USA) – to Vistra.

GE Vernova to rebuild Ukraine’s damaged hydropower plants

  • 1 year, 1 month ago (2023-09-29)
  • David Flin

GE Vernova has announced the signing of a Memorandum of Collaboration (MOC) between its hydropower business and Ukrhydroenergo, Ukraine’s largest operator of hydropower plahttps://en.uhe.gov.ua/nts.

Mochovce 3 nuclear reactor reaches full power

  • 1 year, 1 month ago (2023-09-28)
  • David Flin

Unit 3 of the Mochovce nuclear power plant in Slovakia has started operating at full power, according the Slovakian utility Slovenské Elektrárne.

JERA to decommission 3 oil-fired power plants

  • 1 year, 1 month ago (2023-09-27)
  • David Flin

JERA, Japan’s biggest power generator, has announced that it will decommission three oil-fired power stations with a combined capacity of 2.6 GW at Hirono in eastern Japan in October 2023.

Xcel Energy to expand Minnesota solar power plant

  • 1 year, 1 month ago (2023-09-26)
  • David Flin

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved Xcel Energy’s planned expansion of the Sherco Solar Project from 460 MW to 710 MW.

China and India lead Asia’s hydropower crunch

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2023-09-25)
  • David Flin

Hydropower generation in Asia has declined at the fastest rate in decades amid sharp declines in China and India, forcing a greater reliance on fossil fuels.

GE Vernova completes first unit upgrade at Qairokkum, Tajikistan

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2023-09-22)
  • David Flin

GE Vernova’s Hydropower business has completed upgrading the first of six Kaplan units at the Qairokkum hydropower plant in Tajikistan.

Crowley partners with BWXT to develop nuclear power generation ships

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2023-09-21)
  • David Flin

Crowley and BWX Technologies have signed an MOU on the development of a power generation vessel using an SMR.

Nigeria power grid collapses again

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2023-09-20)
  • David Flin

Nigeria is in the grip and another widespread blackout as the country’s power grid collapsed catastrophically for the third time in five days.

Germany to pass 50 per cent mark for renewable power this year

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2023-09-19)
  • David Flin

Robert Habeck, Germany’s Economy Minister, said that the country is likely to generate more than 50 per cent of its power from renewable energy this year, but that it needs to increase the speed of its transition.