Eurowind Energy has announced its intention to build projects that will add a total of 1 GW of power generation capacity over the next two years in Europe.
Michael Shanks, Britain’s Energy Minister, has said that developers of renewable energy storage projects, such as pumped hydro, will be offered a guaranteed minimum income to spur investment in technologies that help the country meet its climate targets.
GE Vernova has been selected by IVPC Group to repower five wind turbines at its Montefalcone wind farm in Italy.
The UK’s last coal-fired power plant, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, will close at the end of September 2024, and will mark the first period for nearly 150 years that the country has had no such plants.
GE Vernova’s Financial Services business and Lizard Renewables from Italy have formed Alva Power, a 50-50 joint venture to support Italy in its electrification and decarbonisation goals by funding renewable energy project development.
Voltalia has been awarded an EPC contract by Ørsted for its first solar power plant in Ireland, located in County Carlow.
The UK Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) has granted approval for the 600 MW Cottam solar power project being developed by Island Green Power.
The Swiss Government announced on 28 August that it plans to overturn a ban on building new nuclear power plants to strengthen local energy supply at a time of increased geopolitical tension.
Ukraine’s Energoatom is preparing to start construction of the Chyhyryn nuclear power plant in the Cherkasy region of the country.
A power unit at the Rostov nuclear power plant in southern Russia that had been disconnected on 23 August as a result of a turbine defect was reconnected to the grid on 25 August