Azito Energie, a consortium of Ivory Coast’s IPS-WA, the French utility EDF, and ABB, has announced that its Azito Phase IV power plant is now in full commercial operation.
Vattenfall is undertaking a pilot study to examine construction of SMRs in Sweden to meet increased demand for electricity.
Equinor and SSE Thermal have announced their intention to buy Triton Power from Energy Capital Partners (ECP) and are starting preparations to use hydrogen in Triton’s Saltend Power Station in the UK.
Siemens Gamesa and Doosan Enerbility, a subsidiary of the Doosan Group, have signed an MOU to explore potential cooperation on offshore wind power activities in South Korea.
Sertavul has chosen GE and Inogen to build one of the first hybrid wind and solar power projects in Turkey.
Offshore wind company Corio Generation has signed a joint development agreement with Vietnamese construction firm FECON for a 500 MW offshore wind project in Vietnam’s Ba Ria-Vung Tau province.
Japan has withdrawn financing for the Matarbari 2 coal-fired power plant in Bangladesh, forcing cancellation of the project.
A consortium led by Acwa Power has signed a project agreement to develop a 1.1 GW wind project in Egypt, with an investment value of $1.5 billion.
Germany has decided, in the light of Russia reducing supplies of natural gas, to restart idle coal-fired power plants.
In the USA, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a proposed rule to speed up the process for linking new power generation to the grid.