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EDF submits offer for 6 EPR reactors for Jaitapur project, India

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-26)
  • David Flin

EDF has announced that it has filed a binding offer to buid six third-generation European Pressurised Reactors (EPR), each of 1650 MW, to the state-run Nuclear Power Corporation of India Ltd (NPCIL) for the Jaitapur nuclear power project in Maharashtra. 

Japan’s first commercial hydrogen power plant to open near Mount Fuji

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-23)
  • David Flin

The IPP eRex has announced that it will build Japan’s first commercial hydrogen power plant in 2022 to produce around 360 kW.

GE and Hitachi ABB Power Grids sign cross-licensing agreement for SF6 alternative gas

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-22)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy’s Grid Solutions business and Hitachi ABB Power Grids have signed a non-exclusive cross-licensing agreement related to the use of an alternative gas to SF6 used in high voltage equipment.

Japan proposes grid expansion to develop offshore power

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-21)
  • David Flin

Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) has proposed a plan to boost Japan’s inter-regional power grid capacity as part of efforts to expand offshore wind power generation in line with the government goal of achieving carbon neutrality by 2050.

India may build new coal plants due to low cost

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-20)
  • David Flin

A draft electricity policy document suggests that India may build new coal-fired power plants, because of the low cost of construction, despite growing calls from environmentalists, who cite falling solar and wind energy prices.

Nepal’s Upper Tamakoshi hydropower plant to begin operation ahead of schedule

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-19)
  • David Flin

Dinesh Kumar Ghimire, Secretary of the Ministry of Energy, Water Resources, and Irrigation for Nepal, said that the Upper Tamakoshi Hydropower Project is expected to start generating partial power by mid-May, and be fully operational by August.

New York approves Con Edison’s proposed $ 800 million power line projects

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-16)
  • David Flin

New York state utility regulators have approved Consolidated Edison Co of New York Inc’s (Con Edison) request to recover costs for three transmission projects in its New York service area.

TEPCO banned from restarting Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant over safety flaws

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-15)
  • David Flin

Japan’s nuclear regulator, the Nuclear Regulation Authority (NRA), has effectively banned Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (TEPCO) from restarting its largest nuclear power plants due to serious safety flaws.

Statkraft to build its first wind power plants in Chile

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-14)
  • David Flin

Statkraft has announced it will build its first wind farms in Chile.

Ireland’s sole coal-fired power plant to become green energy hub

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-13)
  • David Flin

Ireland’s Electricity Supply Board (ESB) has announced plans to close Moneypoint, the country’s largest power station and its only coal-fired plant and turn it into a green energy hub.