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South Korean APR-1400 starts commercial operation

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2022-12-08)
  • David Flin

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has announced that Unit 1 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant has entered commercial operation.

IEA renewables forecast grows 76 per cent in two years

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2022-12-07)
  • David Flin

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has raised its global forecast for the growth of renewables in what it describes as its: “largest ever upward revision” for the sector.

Singapore invites zero-carbon power generation proposals

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2022-12-06)
  • David Flin

The Energy Market Authority (EMA) and the Maritime and Port Authority of Singapore (MPA) have opened a call for expression of interest (EOI) to develop low or zero-carbon power generation, with a particular interest in zero-carbon hydrogen.

Bangladesh to phase out diesel power plants

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2022-12-05)
  • David Flin

Nasrul Hamid, the Bangladesh State Minister for Power, Energy, and Mineral resources has announced that the Bangladesh Government has decided to shut all diesel-run power plants by June 2023.

GE Grid Solutions uses X-Ray maintenance in Brazil

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2022-12-02)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions Services used digital X-ray technology to complement the preventative maintenance in Petrobras’ gas insulated substation (GIS) in the Abreu e Lima Refinery (RNEST) in the state of Pernambuco, Brazil.

ACWA Power to jointly develop 2060 MW solar power project

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2022-12-01)
  • David Flin

ACWA Power and the Water and Electricity Holding Co. (Badeel), a unit owned by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF), have signed PPAs for the development of a 2060 MW solar PV plant in Al Shuaibah, Makkah province, Saudi Arabia.

OX2 sells Finland wind farm to Helen and Bank of Åland

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2022-11-30)
  • David Flin

OX2, the Swedish renewable project developer, has sold its Niinimäki wind farm in Finland to Helen and Bank of Åland’s Wind Power Fund.

UK plan to develop SMRs

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2022-11-29)
  • David Flin

The UK Government is finalising a plan to support a fleet of small modular reactors (SMRs) to help decarbonise the grid faster.

Kariba Dam stops power generation to Zimbabwe due to water shortage

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2022-11-28)
  • David Flin

The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has ordered the suspension until January of electricity Generation at the Kariba Dam, which supplies power to Zimbabwe until January due to water shortage.

South Korea to cut coal generation to below 20 per cent

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2022-11-25)
  • David Flin

The South Korean government has drawn up a draft of the 10th Basic Plan for Electricity Supply and Demand. This contains a clause on reducing the share of coal-fired power generation to below 20 per cent by 2030, a rate below that of the plan released in August 2022.