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Angola government to invest $600 million to increase capacity and reliability

  • 2 years ago (2021-08-19)
  • David Flin

Joao Baptista Borges, Angola’s Minister of Energy and Water, has announced that the country will invest $600 million in 2022 to increase electricity capacity in the southern region.

Eirgrid seeking bids for new power plants to start operations by 2025

  • 2 years ago (2021-08-18)
  • David Flin

Ireland’s national grid operator Eirgrid has announced that it will seek bids from electricity suppliers to build new power plants in the country.

Andhra Pradesh targets setting up 33 GW hydropower storage plants

  • 2 years ago (2021-08-17)
  • David Flin

The Andhra Pradesh energy department is planning to set up pumped hydropower storage projects in various districts in the Indian state.

Chia Hui power plant in Taiwan starts commercial operation

  • 2 years ago (2021-08-16)
  • David Flin

GE has announced that Chia Hui Power Corporation’s CHP plant in Minxiong Township, Chaiyi County, Taiwan, has started commercial operations.

PSEG to sell off fossil-fuel plants

  • 2 years ago (2021-08-13)
  • David Flin

Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) has announced that it has agreed to sell its fleet of 13 fossil fuel-fired power plants for approximately $2.15 billion.

Aboitiz Power plans 1000 MW gas-fired power plant for Philippines

  • 2 years ago (2021-08-12)
  • David Flin

Aboitiz Power is considering building a 1000 MW gas-fired power plant within the next decade to provide baseload capacity for the Philippine electricity grid.

Two new solar farms commissioned in New South Wales, Australia

  • 2 years ago (2021-08-11)
  • David Flin

Photon Energy has announced the commissioning of its first utility-scale solar power plants in Australia.

Mitsubishi Electric to acquire Smarter Grid Solutions

  • 2 years ago (2021-08-10)
  • David Flin

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, along with its US subsidiary Mitsubishi Electric Power Products, has announced that it has entered into an agreement to acquire UK-based Smarter Grid Solutions (SGS).

Egat to import more electricity from Laos

  • 2 years ago (2021-08-09)
  • David Flin

The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) has said that it plans to import an additional 1200 MW from hydroelectric plants in Laos under a long-term power purchase contract.

Uniper to close unit at Ratcliffe coal-fired power plant two years early

  • 2 years ago (2021-08-06)
  • David Flin

Uniper, owners of the Ratcliffe-on-Sour coal-fired power plant in the UK, has announced that the first unit of four will close in September 2022, two years ahead of the previous schedule.