Siemens Gamesa and Hai Long Offshore Wind Project signed Turbine Supply Agreements and Service and Availability Agreements for the Hai Long 2A (300 MW), Hai Long 2B (232 MW), and Hai Long 3 (512 MW) offshore wind farms.
NTPC, India’s largest power generating utility, and GE Gas Power have signed an MOU to demonstrate the feasibility for hydrogen co-firing blended with natural gas in GE’s 9E gas turbines installed at NTPC’s Kawas CCGT plant in Gujarat.
ABB will sell its remaining 19.9 per cent stake in the Hitachi Energy joint venture to Hitachi.
Carbon capture has started at the 500 MW unit 13 of NTPC’s 4.8 GW Vindhyachal Super Thermal Power Station in Madhya Pradesh, India.
Chevron New Energies International (Chevron) and Mitsui Oil Exploration Co. (MOECO) have announced that they have signed a Joint Collaboration Agreement to explore the technical and commercial feasibility of advanced geothermal power generation in Japan.
Amazon has announced that it will add 2.7 GW of clean energy capacity through 71 new projects as it seeks to use 100 per cent renewable energy across its business by 2025.
ACWA Power and China’s Silk Road Fund have signed a share purchase agreement for the 1.5 GW Sirdarya CCGT facility in Uzbekistan.
China’s drought has caused it to increase coal consumption as lack of hydroelectric generation forces it to turn to coal to meet electricity demand.
Japan is considering building next generation nuclear reactors and restarting idled plants.
A persistent drought in China’s Sichuan province has caused provincial authorities to order power cuts to homes, businesses, and factories.