Hitachi ABB Power Grids has announced that it will provide a 220kV grid connection solution for the 800 MW Al Kharsaah photovoltaic power plant in Qatar.
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has announced that Unit 5 of the Fuqing nuclear power plant in China’s Fujian province entered commercial operation of January 30, following a demonstration run of 168 hours.
Iran has inaugurated a series of new energy projects that take the country’s total electricity generation capacity in the non-renewable sector to over 85 GW.
GE has secured an order to supply gas power generation equipment for West Africa Energy’s 300 MW combined cycle power project in Cap des Biches, Dakar, Senegal.
EDF has once more revised the schedule and budget for commissioning Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset, UK.
TCL Public Co of Thailand has signed a PPA with Electric Power Generation Enterprise (EPGE), a state-owned enterprise under the Myanmar Ministry of Electricity and Energy (MOEE), for an LNG-to-power project in the Yangon region of Myanmar.
For the first time, renewables are the dominant power source in Europe’s electric grid.
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) plans to start operating a 45 MW floating solar farm in Ubon Ratchathani in June this year.
GE Renewable Energy has announced that it has finalised supply and service contracts, subject to final notice to proceed, with Ocean Wind, the Ørsted Project located 15 miles off the coast of southern New Jersey, USA.
Francisco Sagasti, interim President of Peru, has introduced a bill to the Peruvian Congress to provide investment incentives for renewable energy resources.