ABB has launched it ABB Ability™ Collaborative Operations for Power Generation & water on 21 February.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been awarded exclusivity by Danish energy group Ørsted for the supply and service of wind turbines for the Hornsea Project Two offshore wind project, being developed in British waters, where it will install its SG 8.0-167 DD turbines, with a combined total capacity of 1386 MW.
WindEurope has released a report that says that Europe installed a record amount of offshore wind energy in 2017.
Black & Veatch has been appointed by China Machinery Engineering Corporation (CMEC) and Wyre Power Limited to present plans for a new power plant in Lancashire, UK.
Kilroot power station in Northern Ireland is facing closure. The 660 MW plant failed to win a contract in an auction process to supply the all-island Single Electricity Market (SEM).
President Emmanuel Macron of France said in a speech at Davos that France will shut down all its coal-fired power plants by 2021.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is financing the construction of four biogas CHP plants across Belarus.
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has received orders for two new onshore wind projects in southern Italy.
Data from BM Reports and Sheffield University shows that British wind farms generated more electricity than coal on over 75 per cent of days in 2017, while solar outperformed coal more than half of the time.
Areva and EDF have signed binding agreements detailing the terms of the sale of New NP, Areva NP’s nuclear reactor operations.