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Westinghouse plans investment in Polish nuclear industry

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-17)
  • David Flin

Westinghouse Electric Company has announced that it intends to invest in nuclear technologies in Poland, following a meeting between Patrick Fragman, CEO of Westinghouse, and Piotr Naimski, Poland’s Secretary of State for Strategic Energy Infrastructure.

Bechtel partnering with Hexicon to demonstrate offshore wind technology

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-16)
  • David Flin

Bechtel has announced that it is partnering with windfarm developer Hexicon to demonstrate innovative offshore wind technology for large-scale floating power generation projects off the coast of the UK.

Falling water level in Taiwan lake threatens power generation

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-15)
  • David Flin

Central and south Taiwan has been hit by a severe drought following a year without typhoons. The water level in Central Taiwan’s Sun Moon lake and the nearby Wushe reservoir has fallen such that if it falls much more, local power generation will be threatened.

GE Renewable Energy to open new offshore wind blade manufacturing plant in Teesside, UK

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-12)
  • David Flin

GE Renewable Energy has announced that it plans to open a new blade manufacturing facility in Teesside in northeast England.

Yallourn power station to close early, replaced by 350 MW battery

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-11)
  • David Flin

Catherine Tanna, Managing Director of Energy Australia has announced that it will close the 1450 MW Yallourn power station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley in mid-2028, four years ahead of schedule.

Bangladesh scraps nine coal power plants as overseas finance dries up

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-10)
  • David Flin

Bangladesh has announced that it plans to scrap nine new coal projects as the cost of imported coal rises and overseas investors cut financing for such projects.

SeAH Steel to open offshore wind power generation facilities in South Korea and UK

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-09)
  • David Flin

SeAH Steel of South Korea has announced that it will issue $72 million in corporate bonds through the Financial Supervisory Service’s electronic disclosure system.

NRG sells 4850 MW gas and oil power generation

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-08)
  • Junior Isles

NRG has announced that it has sold 4850 MW of natural gas- and oil-fired power plant generation in California and Northeast USA for $760 million.

Korea Western Power to build 1.7 GW CCGT plant in Thailand

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-05)
  • David Flin

Korea Western Power (KOWEPO) has signed an agreement on March 3 with Thai Petrochemical Industry Polene Power (TPIPP) and Korea Gas Corp to jointly build a 1.7 GW gas power plant and LNG infrastructure in Songkhla Chana, a region in southern Thailand.

Rolls-Royce and Fermi Energia sign agreement for SMR development

  • 3 years ago (2021-03-04)
  • David Flin

Rolls-Royce and Fermi Energia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to study the potential for the deployment of SMR power stations in Estonia.