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Drax scraps plan to bring two coal-fired units out of retirement this winter

  • 2 years ago (2023-06-29)
  • David Flin

Drax has scrapped a plan to bring two coal-fired units at its plant in North Yorkshire out of retirement.

Brazil to pass offshore wind and green hydrogen laws by end 2023

  • 2 years ago (2023-06-28)
  • David Flin

Alexandre Silveira, Brazil’s Energy Minister, said that the country aims to pass a regulatory framework for offshore wind and green hydrogen by the end of 2023.

First phase of China’s solar-hydropower hybrid enters full operation

  • 2 years ago (2023-06-27)
  • David Flin

The first phase of the world’s largest hydro-solar power plant, which is also the world’s highest power station of its kind, entered full operation in Sichuan Province in southwest China on June 25.

TVA identifying sites for SMRs in USA

  • 2 years ago (2023-06-26)
  • David Flin

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is identifying sites through its seven state footprints in the USA suitable for SMR development.

Ukraine repairs and upgrades to power grid ahead of feared Russian winter attacks

  • 2 years ago (2023-06-23)
  • David Flin

Ukraine Energy Minister German Galushchenko has said that Ukraine is carrying out its largest ever programme of repairs and rehabilitation to its power network to prepare for another winter of possible Russian air strikes.

GE stops servicing gas power turbines in Russia

  • 2 years ago (2023-06-22)
  • David Flin

GE has stopped servicing gas turbines at thermal power plants in Russia following the latest sanctions by the US, the Russian business newspaper Kommersant has reported.

Pakistan signs $4.8 billion nuclear power deal with China

  • 2 years ago (2023-06-21)
  • David Flin

Pakistan and China have signed a $4.8 billion agreement to build Chashma 5, which will be the seventh Chinese nuclear power plant in Pakistan.

Neoen to build mega battery at Collie, West Australia

  • 2 years ago (2023-06-20)
  • David Flin

Neoen, the French renewable energy provider, has started construction on one of Australia’s largest batteries at Collie, a town south of Perth in Western Australia.

Power generation at India’s Koyana dam reduced due to drought

  • 2 years ago (2023-06-19)
  • David Flin

Because the available water behind the Koyana dam in the Satara district of western Maharashtra is at a low level, the fourth phase of the 1000 MW power generation facility has been shut down.

Israel Electric sells Eshkol power station in privatisation drive

  • 2 years ago (2023-06-16)
  • David Flin

State-owned Israel Electric Corp (IEC) has announced that it has sold its Eshkol power station for $3.3 billion to Eshkol Power Energies, a joint venture between Dalia Power Energies and Taavura.