Onshore and offshore wind turbines in Germany produced 21 TWh in February, a new monthly record, as a result of recent stormy weather.
As a result of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the German government has announced that it is reviewing the option of keeping operating nuclear power plants beyond the 2022 cut-off of shutting them down.
German energy group Uniper has announced it is working on a project to establish a hydrogen technology hub at the site of the 762 MW Gelsenkirchen-Scholven coal-fired power plant in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.
Engineering company Comal has announced it will set up a solar tracker manufacturing facility in Montalto di Castro, in the province of Viterbo, Italy.
The Irish state energy group ESB has announced it will spend up to €2 billion a year until the end of the decade on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. It said it would reach net zero by 2040.
Vattenfall has announced that it has received planning approval from the UK government for its proposed 1.8 GW Norfolk Vanguard Offshore Wind Farm.
Göteborg Energi and Siemens Energy have announced that they have successfully run a gas turbine in the Rya CHP plant using liquid biofuel instead of natural gas.
EDF has announced plans to acquire GE’s French turbine unit, which maintains and manufactures steam turbines for nuclear power plants in France.
Bradwell B Power Company (BrB), consisting of China General Nuclear Power Group (CGN) and EDF, is developing proposals for two HPR1000 pressurised water reactors (PWRs) to be constructed at the Bradwell site in Essex, UK.
The Spanish renewable energy company Acciona has announced it has reached agreement with Ukrainian firm UDP Renewables (UDPR) to build two PV plants near Odessa, south-western Ukraine.