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Ecuador approves electricity generation and investment law

  • 1 year, 5 months ago (2024-01-12)
  • David Flin

Ecuador’s national assembly has approved a bill proposed by President Daniel Noboa to increase electricity generation and attract foreign investment to the sector.

US grid operator PJM asks for postponement of fossil fuel plant retirements

  • 1 year, 5 months ago (2024-01-11)
  • David Flin

PJM Interconnection, the largest US power grid operator, has asked Talen Energy to postpone retirement of four fossil-fuel-powered plants in Maryland by three years, citing reliability concerns.

Premier Energy wins order for 608 MW solar plant in India

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2024-01-10)
  • David Flin

Premier Energies, the Indian solar cell and module maker, has won an order from India’s state-run power producer NTPC to supply hardware for a 608 MW solar PV project.

GE Vernova wins 12-unit order for Australia hydrogen-ready power plant

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2024-01-09)
  • David Flin

GE Vernova’s Gas Power business has announced it has won an order from CS Energy, an energy company owned by the Queensland government, for 12 LM2500XPRESS gas turbines for a new power station in the Western Downs Region, west of Brisbane, in Queensland, Australia.

UK to invest £300 million in creating nuclear fuel for next generation reactors

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2024-01-08)
  • David Flin

The UK Government has announced it will invest £300 million into creating specialist fuel for the next generation of nuclear reactors.

Topolobampo III power plant starts commercial operation in Mexico

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2024-01-05)
  • David Flin

GE Vernova’s Gas Power business and Iberdrola Mexico have announced the successful start of commercial operation of Topolobampo III power plant, in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, close to the Topolobampo natural gas pipeline.

Russia denies IAEA access to Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2024-01-04)
  • David Flin

Rafeal Grossi, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has said that his inspectors are being denied access to parts of Ukraine’s Russian-occupied Zaprizhzhia nuclear power plant and had yet to receive 2024 maintenance plans for the facility.

Portugal’s renewable power generation hits record in 2023

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2024-01-03)
  • David Flin

REN, Portugal’s national grid operator, said that the country obtained a record amount of its power from clean energy sources in 2023, with renewables accounting for 61 per cent of power use.

China commissions fourth-generation nuclear plant

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2024-01-02)
  • David Flin

Shanghai has announced that it has commissioned the Shidaowan demonstration nuclear power plant project equipped with Fourth Generation technology in Shandong province, China.

Kariba Dam water allocation for electricity generation cut in half

  • 1 year, 6 months ago (2024-01-01)
  • David Flin

The Zambezi River Authority (ZRA) has reduced the amount of water allocated for power generation at the Kariba Dam by 47 per cent to 16 billion cubic metres (BCM), down from 30 BCM.