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Tokyo Gas to install 19 offshore wind turbines

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-12)
  • David Flin

Tokyo Gas has announced it will install 19 offshore wind turbines near the eastern Japan coast from 2024.

Equinor and SSE plan 1.8 GW low carbon power for UK

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-09)
  • David Flin

Equinor and SSE have announced plans to develop two low-carbon power plants, one equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS), the other powered entirely by hydrogen.

Two South Korean reactors shut due to influx of marine organisms

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-08)
  • David Flin

South Korea has shut two nuclear reactors due to an influx of marine organisms just two weeks after restarting them from an earlier influx.

ERCOT says Texas blackout was caused by power plants freezing up

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-07)
  • David Flin

A report from the Electricity Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) has stated that the massive loss of power generation during the Texas blackout in February was primarily caused by power plants freezing up under historically cold conditions.

NuScale Power gains $40 million investment from JGC Holdings for SMR deployment

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-06)
  • David Flin

NuScale Power has announced that it has finalised an investment and strategic partnership agreement with JGC Holdings Corporation (JGC), headquartered in Japan.

GE Renewable Energy wins 1.48 GW wind power agreement

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-05)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has been selected to provide onshore wind turbines for the 1485 MW North Central Wind Energy Facilities in Oklahoma, USA.

Vietnam plans to dramatically increase wind power generation

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-02)
  • David Flin

A power development plan published by Vietnam’s Ministry of Industry and Trade (MOIT) foresees a dramatic increase in wind power production by 2030 and a tripling of renewable energy production between 2030 and 2045.

Japan’s ageing Higashi Niigata units mothballed

  • 3 years ago (2021-04-01)
  • David Flin

Japanese utility Tohoku Electric Power has mothballed the oil- and gas-fired 350 MW Minato No 1 and No 2 units at its Higashi Niigata power plant in Japan’s northwestern Niigata prefecture.

ADB approves $300 million loan for Pakistan hydropower plant

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-31)
  • David Flin

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $300 million loan to finance construction of a 300 MW hydropower plant on the Kunhar River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province, Pakistan.

China generated over half world’s coal power in 2020

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-30)
  • David Flin

A report from the energy and climate research organisation Ember said that China generated 53 per cent of the world’s total coal-fired power during 2020, and that it was the only G20 nation to see a major increase in its coal-fired generation.