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Ukraine targets 50 per cent of power from renewables to boost energy security

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2023-04-03)
  • David Flin

Herman Galushchenko, Ukraine’s Energy Minister, has said that the country aims to increase the share of renewable energy in its power generation mix to 50 per cent to boost energy security.

India to assist in building solar power plant in Sri Lanka

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2023-03-31)
  • David Flin

India and Sri Lanka have agreed to jointly build a 135 MW solar power plant in Sri Lanka’s eastern port of Trincomalee.

Siemens Energy wins converter station contract for Tyrrhenian Link project

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2023-03-30)
  • David Flin

Siemens Energy, in a consortium with FATA, part of the Danieli Group, has won €1 billion contract from the Italian transmission system operator Terna to supply four converter station for the Tyrrhenian Link project in Italy.

Renewables overtake coal in US electricity generation

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2023-03-29)
  • David Flin

According to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA), electricity generated in 2022 from renewables exceeded that from coal for the first time.

Eskom returns operation of hydropower plants to Ugandan Government

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2023-03-28)
  • David Flin

South Africa’s Eskom returned two hydropower plants to Uganda’s government after Ugandan authorities declined to renew its licence.

Collaboration agreement to develop GE Hitachi SMR

  • 1 year, 7 months ago (2023-03-27)
  • David Flin

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH), Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Ontario Power Generation (OPG), and Synthos Green Energy (SGE) have signed a technical collaboration agreement to advance global deployment of the GEH BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR).

INNIO’s Wuhan waste-to-energy project enters Phase II

  • 1 year, 8 months ago (2023-03-24)
  • David Flin

INNIO has announced that Wuhan Environmental Investment and Development Co. (WEID) has commissioned six additional INNIO Jenbacher J320 engines for the Wuhan Jiangxia Changshankou Municipal Solid Waste landfill gas project.

Japan’s Jera to buy Belgian offshore wind power firm

  • 1 year, 8 months ago (2023-03-23)
  • David Flin

Japan’s Jera has announced that it intends to acquire the Belgian offshore wind power generation firm Parkwind for €1.55 billion.

Drax halts investment in UK BECCS

  • 1 year, 8 months ago (2023-03-22)
  • David Flin

Drax has announced that it has put its investment programme into the bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project at Drax Power Station on hold.

GE wins Greek order for HA power plant

  • 1 year, 8 months ago (2023-03-21)
  • David Flin

GE has won an order from Damco Energy of Greece to provide power generation equipment for Damco’s 840 MW natural gas-fired power plant to be built in Alexandroupolis, Greece.