Mitsubishi Power has won a full turnkey contract to provide a 2.8 GW CCGT power plant for the Tung Hsaio Power Plant owned by Taiwan Power Company in Tung Hsaio, Miaoli County, Taiwan, 130 m southwest of Taipei.
Caribbean Transmission Development Company (CTDC) and Siemens Energy will collaborate on the Hostos Interconnection Project, which includes a submarine interconnection between Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
EDF has announced a 12-month extension of the operational life for Heysham 1 and Hartlepool nuclear power stations in the UK. Both power stations will now operate until March 2028.
Romania’s Energy Minister Bogdan Ivan said that the country is negotiating with the European Commission to delay shutting down 2.6 GW of coal-fired power generation by at least five years.
The energy think tank Ember reports that Africa is beginning to show the first clear signs of a boom in solar power, with imports of solar panels from China having surged dramatically over the past year.
Adani Power has secured a €2.5 billion contract to develop a 2400 MW greenfield coal-fired power plant at Pirpainti in Bhagalpur district, Bihar, India.
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved a waiver request from NextEra Energy, enabling the company to restart the 601 MW Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in Iowa, USA.
Mitsubishi and Chubu Electric Power have announced that they will pull out of offshore wind power projects in three areas of Japan.
The Malaysian firms Gentari, a renewable energy supplier and the construction firm Gamuda have formed a partnership to develop 1.5 GW of renewable energy capacity in Malaysia.
Beijing SAWES Energy Technology, in collaboration with Tsinghua University and the Aerospace Information Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, has developed the helium-fuelled S500 airship, equipped with an airborne wind turbine capable of generating to kW at an altitude of 500 m.