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UK secures seabed land deal to boost windfarms
- 2024-07-26 05:45:20
- David Flin
GB Energy, the publicly-owned energy company created by the new UK government, will be able to use British seabed owned by the Crown Estate to help build windfarms.
Joint venture announced for Scottish pumped storage hydropower project
- 2024-07-25 05:38:59
- David Flin
SSE has announced plans to progress a new pumped storage hydropower scheme at Loch Fearna in Scotland’s Great Glen, in a 50-50 joint venture with a consortium led by Gilkes Energy.
Renewables overtake fossil fuels as Italy’s main source of electricity
- 2024-07-22 06:16:18
- David Flin
The Italian grid operator Terna has announced that national electricity generation from renewable sources made up 43.8 per cent of all energy demand in the first half of 2024, a historic record on a half-year basis.
UK solar output achieves record high
- 2024-07-17 07:19:24
- David Flin
Montel Analytics has reported that solar generation in the UK achieved its highest level ever for any quarter since Covid lockdown in 2020, increasing from 4.90TWh in Q2 2023 to 5.10TWh in Q2 2024.
GEH submits SMR proposals to Great British Nuclear
- 2024-07-10 06:41:54
- David Flin
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has submitted a tender response, as part of Great British Nuclear’s (GBN) ongoing SMR selection competition, providing documentation regarding its BWRX-300 SMR technology.
Germany invites tenders for hydrogen-ready power plants
- 2024-07-09 07:07:08
- David Flin
Germany plans to tender for 12.5 GW of hydrogen-ready gas-fired power plants by the end of 2024, in response to pressure to accelerate the energy transition.
Record electricity from renewable sources in Germany
- 2024-07-05 06:28:16
- David Flin
Renewable electricity accounted for 65 per cent of Germany’s electricity supply in the first half of 2024, at 140 TWh, according to data from the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems.
Anglo-Belgian Corporation wins €900 million contract to supply back-up generators to six French nuclear reactors
- 2024-06-27 05:58:19
- David Flin
Engine manufacturer Anglo-Belgian Corporation (ABC), in consortium with French companies Eiffage and SPIE Nucléaire, has won a €900 million contract to supply back-up generators for six new nuclear power reactors in France.
German phase-out of coal-fired power generation probable before 2038
- 2024-06-25 06:41:02
- David Flin
Jennifer Morgan, Germany’s Special Envoy for International Climate Action, said that Germany is likely to phase out its coal-fired power stations before the legally mandated date of 2038 due to worsening economics for coal plants.
Wärtsilä launches world’s first large-scale 100 per cent hydrogen-ready engine power plant
- 2024-06-19 07:42:35
- David Flin
Wärtsilä has announced it has launched what is describes as the world’s first large-scale 100 per cent hydrogen-ready engine power plant.
