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National Grid investigating cause of UK blackouts
- 2019-08-12 06:11:35.158348
- David Flin
The sudden loss of nearly 2GW of generation triggered a stress event and power cuts up and down the UK on the evening of 9 August 2019.
Ansaldo Energia wins contract to supply 300MW open cycle plant in Germany
- 2019-08-06 06:14:47.151224
- David Flin
Ansaldo Energia has been awarded an EPC contract on a turnkey basis for the design, supply, and installation of an open-cycle gas-fired power with an installed power capacity of 300MW in Irsching in southern Bavaria, Germany.
RWE to shut Aberthaw coal-fired plant in Wales by March 2020
- 2019-08-02 07:17:35.948259
- David Flin
RWE has announced that it will be closing its coal-fired 1.56GW Aberthaw power plant by March 2020, due to what it describes as “challenging market conditions.”
German offshore wind energy reaches capacity target ahead of schedule
- 2019-07-18 07:02:41.791843
- David Flin
Statistics published by Deutsche WindGuard on behalf of the German Wind Energy Association (BWE) has indicated that the expansion of wind energy generated in the North Sea and the Baltic Sea has reached its 2020 target of 6.5GW ahead of schedule.
Major fire at gas-fired power plant near Moscow
- 2019-07-12 06:03:50.354720
- David Flin
The Severnaya Thermal Power plant in Mytishchi, near Moscow, Russia, has caught fire, and a large number of fire-fighting units were dispatched to the scene.
CO2 emissions from German power production down 15 per cent in first half of 2019
- 2019-07-08 06:17:16
- David Flin
The German energy industry association BDEW said that Germany’s greenhouse gas emissions from power generation decreased 15 per cent in the first half of 2019 compared to the same period last year.
Czech Energy Group EPH buys Uniper’s French Assets
- 2019-07-05 06:03:29
- David Flin
Czech-based coal mining and energy group EPH has announced that it has signed a deal to buy the French assets of the German energy company Uniper, without disclosing the value of the deal.
Siemens hands over its 100th static synchronous compensator to Amprion
- 2019-07-02 05:38:07.452087
- David Flin
Siemens delivered a converter for a grid stabilisation system for voltage regulation to the German transmission grid operator Amprion, the one-hundredth STATCOM (static synchronous compensator) from its SVC PLUS series.
GE to ship world’s biggest offshore wind turbine to UK for testing
- 2019-06-27 06:13:20.188486
- David Flin
GE Renewable Energy has announced that the Haliade-X 12MW nacelle and 107m long blade will be shipped to the UK as part of an advanced technology testing programme before it enters serial production in 2021.
SIMEC Atlantis partners with GE on world’s largest tidal stream turbine
- 2019-06-25 04:28:59.534776
- David Flin
Renewable energy project developer SIMEC Atlantis Energy has announced that it will partner with GE’s Power Conversion business to develop the world’s largest tidal stream turbine.
