EDF and the UK Government have signed an agreement to extend the lifespan of the 1.2 GW Sizewell B nuclear power station in Suffolk, UK until 2055, 20 years after its original planned closure date of 2035.
Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine’s Energy Minister, has announced that the country is launching the next stage of a competition to build over 1.5 GW of new flexible power generation capacity. He said that the Ukraine government is now seeking comments and proposals from potential investors on the prepared tender documentation.
Videberg Kraft has selected Rolls-Royce SMR as a partner to deliver three SMRs on the Värö peninsula on Sweden’s west coast. The Videberg project will be Sweden’s first new nuclear power plant in over 40 years.
Wärtsilä has announced that it has started validation of a new 100 per cent hydrogen engine intended to power Spain’s national electricity grid in Bermeo, northern Spain. This will be the world’s first demonstration of a large-scale 100 per cent hydrogen engine.
The Ukraine Government has announced that it will hold a competition to award 1322 MW of new generation in the most energy-deficient region. Prime Minister Yulia Svyrydenko said that these include the Kyiv and Cherkasy regions (250 MW), the Sumy, Kharkiv, and Poltava regions (872 MW), Dnipropetrovsk (100 MW), and Odesa regions (100 MW).
The UK National Energy System Operator (NESO) has said it will update its Demand Flexibility Service in the coming months to introduce measures to encourage consumers to increase their energy consumption during periods of excess electricity supply.
The UK Government has approved the 800 MW Springwell Solar Farm in Lincolnshire, which will become the UK’s largest such farm by capacity. The project will include battery storage and grid connection infrastructure in North Kesteven.
Andritz has won a significant contract in Serbia to upgrade a series of historic hydropower plants.
Denys Shmyhal, Ukraine’s Energy Minister, has announced a tender for the construction of new power generation facilities that will add around 1.3 GW to the country’s energy system.
ScottishPower has won financing of £600 million from the UK’s National Wealth Fund to support development of the Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4), a 2 GW HVDC cable between Fife in Scotland and Norfolk in England.