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India increases coal use due to unusually dry weather

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2023-09-04)
  • David Flin

India has increased its use of coal to generate electricity in an attempt to stop outages caused by lower hydropower output and as its renewable capacity is struggling to meet record demand.

Doosan Enerbility and Korea Midland Power sign offshore wind turbine MOU

  • 1 year, 2 months ago (2023-09-01)
  • David Flin

Doosan Enerbility has signed an MOU with Korea Midland Power (KOMIPO) on the joint development of next generation offshore wind turbines and pursuit of offshore wind projects.

GE Vernova secures eight-unit aeroderivative order from ESB

  • 1 year, 3 months ago (2023-08-14)
  • Junior Isles

GE Vernova’s Gas Power business has announced orders for both the supply and the operation and maintenance activities of a simple cycle power plant consisting of eight GE LM2500XPRESS aeroderivative gas turbines from the Electricity Supply Board of Ireland (ESB) for their facility in Shannonbridge, County Offaly, Ireland.

Siemens Energy reports 3Q net losses due to wind turbine problems

  • 1 year, 3 months ago (2023-08-08)
  • Junior Isles

Siemens Energy has reported a net loss of €2.9 billion for the third quarter and slashed its outlook for annual revenues, as it struggles to fix its troubled wind turbine business.

Maersk Group may acquire half of Egypt’s Zaafarana wind farms

  • 1 year, 3 months ago (2023-08-03)
  • Junior Isles

Denmark’s Maersk Group is in talks to potentially acquire half of Zaafarana state-owned 545-MW wind farms in the Red Sea Governorate, after the government initially approved ownership in principle, according to multiple local media outlets.

Leipheim gas-fired power plant starts operation

  • 1 year, 3 months ago (2023-08-02)
  • Junior Isles

In a collaboration with Siemens Energy, German utility LEAG has commissioned its first gas-fired power plant in southern Germany at the site of a former air base in Leipheim. 

Capital Energy to sell $1 billion renewable energy portfolio

  • 1 year, 3 months ago (2023-07-31)
  • David Flin

Capital Energy has hired Lazard to sell a portfolio of 4.3 GW of solar and onshore wind power plants in Spain, estimated to be worth up to $1 billion.

Mitsubishi Power supplies hydrogen-ready gas turbines to Utah project

  • 1 year, 3 months ago (2023-07-28)
  • David Flin

Mitsubishi Power Americas has delivered two hydrogen-ready gas turbines to the Intermountain Power Project (IPP) Renewed in Delta, Utah, USA to decarbonise utility-scale power generation.

Drax granted approval for £500 million pumped storage hydropower plant

  • 1 year, 3 months ago (2023-07-27)
  • David Flin

The Scottish Government has formally approved Drax Group’s plans to build a £500 million underground pumped storage hydropower plant at its existing Cruachan facility in Argyll, Scotland.

Mitsubishi Power to build three power plants in Japan

  • 1 year, 4 months ago (2023-07-25)
  • David Flin

Mitsubishi Power, a division of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI), has been awarded a full turnkey contract to construct three CCGT power plants in Sodegaura City, Chiba Prefecture, Japan.