The technology group Wärtsilä has been contracted to supply two more power plants to Bangladesh. Orion Group, one of the country’s leading industrial conglomerates, is developing two 110 MW power plants, each of which will operate on six Wärtsilä 50 engines running on heavy fuel oil (HFO). The Wärtsilä order was booked in July, 2017. […]

Soltage LLC, a leading national renewable energy company, has completed the 4.75-megawatt (MW) Bird Machine Solar Farm on a brownfield in Walpole, Massachusetts. The new solar farm, built on the former Bird Machine industrial site, utilizes 14,600 panels to produce nearly 6 million kilowatt-hours of energy per year – enough to power roughly 623 homes […]

Egypt is rising to become the next solar hotspot. Part of the government’s ambitious sustainable energy strategy is the landmark solar feed-in tariff (FiT) program, which sees the utility-scale solar power plants taking off in the country for the first time. Made up of solar photovoltaic power plants with a combined capacity of 500 megawatts […]

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy continues to grow in Latin America, having established itself as the number-one OEM in 2016, according to the FTI rankings, with this new order for the supply of 97 MW in Argentina. In September, the company secured a firm order from Parque Eólico Arauco SAPEM (majority-owned by the Argentine state) for […]

In a split decision, the North Carolina Court of Appeals affirmed a decision of the North Carolina Utility Commission that an advocacy group has infringed on Duke Energy’s state-sanctioned monopoly on the sale of electricity. The September 19 decision concerns an agreement between the North Carolina Waste Awareness and Reduction Network (NC WARN) and a […]

Operators at Three Mile Island Generating Station removed Unit 1 from service just after midnight Sunday to refuel the nuclear plant’s reactor and perform maintenance to ensure another reliable 24-month operating cycle. Earlier this year, Exelon Generation announced the early retirement of Three Mile Island in 2019 and, absent a legislative solution, the refueling outage […]

Europe’s largest energy-from-waste plant for municipal solid waste is to be built in Istanbul. The turnkey contract, together with one-year operation has been awarded to the Swiss company Hitachi Zosen Inova together with its Turkish partner Makyol. The plant will process 1 million tonnes of waste per annum generating around 70 MW of electricity.  The development […]

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has secured an agreement for the supply of 300 MW in China, one of its largest ever in this market. This substantial order reinforces the company’s presence in the world’s biggest wind power market where it has established itself as one of the leading foreign OEMs. Specifically, Siemens Gamesa has been […]

Fennovoima submitted its Construction License application to the Government in the summer of 2015. The application includes e.g. a general description of the plant site, plant type, main safety systems, and Fennovoima’s organization. The Construction License for the nuclear power plant is granted by the Finnish Government, and it requires a positive safety assessment from […]

Today, Clean Jobs for Pennsylvania (CJFP), a coalition dedicated to advocating for the continued operation of Three Mile Island Generating Station (TMI) and nuclear power plants across Pennsylvania, announced that 16 local communities have passed resolutions in support of nuclear energy. They include: Dauphin County Lancaster County York City Conoy Township Londonderry Township Lower Swatara […]

First there is the shock wave, then follows the flame: Time is of the essence when it comes to preventing a catastrophe after an undesirable ignition has taken place inside a plant prone to explosions. What exactly is involved in this process, and how can risk be averted? IEP Technologies, the explosion protection expert within […]

First there is the shock wave, then follows the flame: Time is of the essence when it comes to preventing a catastrophe after an undesirable ignition has taken place inside a plant prone to explosions. What exactly is involved in this process, and how can risk be averted? IEP Technologies, the explosion protection expert within […]

MAN has revealed the latest addition to the company’s 4x line of high-performance diesel engines: the MAN 20V45/60 comes with a limit-pushing power output of 26 MW. Furthermore, the company was able to considerably reduce fuel consumption compared to its predecessor, the MAN 48/60. “26 MW in output is unprecedented – this is the most […]

The technology group Wärtsilä has renewed its contract with the Spain-based Minerales y Productos Derivados SA (Minersa) to increase efficiency, lower emissions and improve safety of their power plant. The four-year maintenance agreement was signed in June 2017. Minersa has continued to renew its partnership agreement with Wärtsilä to optimise the performance of its 4.5 […]

Conco, a global leader in condenser and heat exchanger maintenance technologies, announced today that it is changing the name of its German subsidiary from Gogolok IndustrieService to Conco IndustrieService GmbH. The name change reflects the company’s commitment to the rich history of quality and service established by parent company Conco Services Corporation. Conco IndustrieService GmbH […]

U.S. utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems have achieved the targets set by the Department of Energy’s  (DOE’s) SunShot Initiative three years early, the DOE announced on September 12 at the Solar Power International (SPI) conference in Las Vegas. The average cost of utility-scale solar is now 6 cents/kWh. The original 2020 goal of the SunShot Initiative […]

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will propose a replacement rule for the Clean Power Plan (CPP) this fall, according to a September 7 court document filed by EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt. The document, filed with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, provides an update on the EPA’s efforts to develop […]

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is kicking off September with a couple of significant funding announcements. The department announced September 6 the selection of 16 projects to receive a combined total of more than $10 million in funding to advance solid oxide fuel cell (SOFC) technology. That announcement was followed up September 7 with […]

Petasense today announced that it has entered into a strategic go-to-market partnership with OSIsoft LLC, the company behind the popular PI System and a leader in operational intelligence, to help drive adoption of IIoT technology in process and manufacturing plants. This partnership will enable industrial customers to retrofit their machinery with wireless sensors and perform […]

NuScale Power, LLC announced today that the company has successfully submitted Part II of its Title XVII loan guarantee application to the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) under the Department’s Advanced Nuclear Energy Project Solicitation. Under this solicitation, USDOE seeks applications for loan guarantees to finance projects located in the United States that employ innovative […]

GE (NYSE: GE) (www.GE.com) today announced that it has successfully commenced commercial operations of Unit One of Kusile’s coal power plant. GE’s scope in Kusile Unit One is the Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) of six turbine islands, air cooled condensers and wet flue gas desulphurization plant (WFGD). The WFGD plant is an environmental control […]

E.ON today began construction on its Texas Waves energy storage projects co-located at the existing E.ON Pyron and Inadale wind farms in West Texas. Texas Waves consists of two 9.9 megawatt (MW) short duration energy storage projects using lithium-ion battery technology and will be an integral part of the wind farm facilities near Roscoe, Texas. […]

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE) has been selected by NextEra Energy Resources to repower two wind farms in Texas. The newly repowered wind farms are expected to deliver up to 25% more annual energy production, boost reliability and efficiency, and extend service life. The two wind farms currently feature Siemens SWT-2.3-93 model turbines. The repowering […]

As Indonesia continues to face energy challenges, GE Power (NYSE: GE) today announced it has appointed PT. Euroasiatic Jaya as an authorized distributor of Jenbacher gas engines in the country. The move builds on GE Power’s ongoing commitment to provide power generation solutions to Indonesia’s industrial, commercial and municipality customers with reliable, more efficient power […]

Lightbridge Corporation (NASDAQ:LTBR) and AREVA NP in North America (AREVA Inc.), signed a binding Heads of Terms Agreement for a joint venture (JV) that summarizes all material terms and conditions to develop, manufacture and commercialize Lightbridge’s advanced metallic fuel technology. Lightbridge is a U.S. nuclear fuel development company and AREVA NP is a leader in […]

A lithium-ion battery under development by Tesla in South Australia (SA) will be the world’s largest of its type when completed by the end of the year. Through a competitive bidding process, Tesla was

The Levy County Nuclear Plant is officially off the table in a new settlement agreement between Duke Energy and the Florida Public Service Commission (FPSC). The writing has long been on the wall for the plant; Duke in 2013 announced the termination of the engineering, procurement, and construction agreement for the facility. According to a […]

The Department of Energy (DOE) has available up to $100 million in cost-shared funding for large-scale transformational coal technologies pilot projects.  According to an August 24 funding opportunity announcement (FOA), the money will be distributed in three phases. “The purpose of this FOA is to seek applications for projects to design, construct, and operate large-scale […]

As the Japanese electricity segment booms with liberalization dynamics and ongoing deregulation, but faces a decline in power demand, a stable power supply is the number one priority for energy players in the country. As an independent power producer (IPP), JFE Steel Corporation (JFE)—faced with aging energy infrastructure—turned to GE’s Power Services business (NYSE: GE) […]

GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Advanced Reactor Concepts LLC (ARC Nuclear) today announced steps to advance their collaboration to develop and license the ARC-100 advanced small modular reactor (aSMR). Through a newly-signed Development Agreement, GEH intends to license intellectual property associated with its PRISM advanced reactor design to ARC Nuclear. GEH has also agreed […]