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Germany invites tenders for hydrogen-ready power plants

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2024-07-09)
  • David Flin

Germany plans to tender for 12.5 GW of hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants by the end of 2024, in response to pressure to accelerate the energy transition.

Eskom facing US$823 million loss

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2024-07-08)
  • David Flin

South Africa’s state power company Eskom is set to publish figures showing a $823 million annual loss. Eskom, which recorded a loss of $1.25 billion in 2023, will release the full financial results for the year to March later this year.

Record electricity from renewable sources in Germany

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2024-07-05)
  • David Flin

Renewable electricity accounted for 65 per cent of Germany’s electricity supply in the first half of 2024, at 140 TWh, according to data from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems.

India’s solar output grows at slowest pace for 6 years

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2024-07-04)
  • David Flin

India’s solar power generation grew at its slowest pace in six years over the first half of 2024, according to data from the country’s federal grid regulator, as India stepped up reliance on coal to meet power demand.

ESS to treble production of long-duration energy storage manufacturing capacity

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2024-07-03)
  • David Flin

Energy storage company ESS, based in Oregon, USA, has announced that it will treble production following receipt of a $50 million investment from the Export-Import Bank of the United States (EXIM) under the Make More in America initiative.

Coal reliance growing in Philippines and Indonesia

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2024-07-02)
  • David Flin

A report from the climate and energy think tank Ember says that coal accounts for an increasing share of electricity generation in the Philippines and Indonesia, which have become the world’s most coal-dependent nations, overtaking Poland and China which have both reduced their dependence.

GE Vernova wins gas turbine orders in Saudi Arabia

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2024-07-01)
  • David Flin

GE Vernova has secured an order for six 7HA.03 gas turbines and two 7W.03 gas turbines from the EPC company SEPCOIII Electric Power Construction (SEPCOIII) for two new power plants in Saudi Arabia.

OPG refurbishing eight hydropower plants for C$1 billion

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2024-06-28)
  • David Flin

Ontario Power Generation (OPG) of Canada has announced it is spending C$1 billion to refurbish eight hydropower plants in eastern Ontario.

Anglo-Belgian Corporation wins €900 million contract to supply back-up generators to six French nuclear reactors

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2024-06-27)
  • David Flin

Engine manufacturer Anglo-Belgian Corporation (ABC), in consortium with French companies Eiffage and SPIE Nucléaire, has won a €900 million contract to supply back-up generators for six new nuclear power reactors in France.

Siemens Energy to build two gas-fired power plants in Saudi Arabia

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2024-06-26)
  • David Flin

Siemens Energy will build the Taiba 2 and Qassim 2 CCGT power plants in Saudi Arabia, along with a 25-year long-term maintenance agreement with a total value of $1.5 billion, and a combined capacity of almost 4 GW.