China
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International
How an AP1000 Plant Is Changing the Nuclear Power Paradigm Through District Heating, Desalination
Already remarkable for being the world’s second Westinghouse AP1000 reactor to be brought online, Shandong Nuclear Power Co.’s Haiyang nuclear power plant is pioneering two significant aspects of nuclear
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Top Plant
Nuclear Power Foundation of China’s Future Generation
China has its sights set on being the world leader when it comes to nuclear power technology. The country has brought its first Hualong One—a third-generation pressurized water reactor—online at the Fuqing
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International
China Grappling with Another Crippling Power Crunch
China’s tightening coal supplies, more stringent energy intensity and environmental restrictions, and soaring industrial power demand have triggered another widespread power crisis. Blackouts and brownouts have reportedly afflicted numerous provincial jurisdictions across the economic powerhouse this week, most prominently in Guangdong in the south, and Heilongjiang, Jilin, and Liaoning in the northeast, according to state-run […]
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Nuclear
China Brings ACPR-1000 Reactor Online at Hongyanhe
The first reactor in the second phase of an expansion at the Hongyanhe Nuclear Power Plant in China has entered commercial operation, with five reactors now online at the site in Liaoning Province in eastern China. China General Nuclear (CGN) on Aug. 1 announced the 1,080-MW Unit 5 at Hongyanhe is now in its steady-state […]
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Hydro
China Starts Up Turbines at 16-GW Hydro Project After Four-Year Construction Period
China in late June began operating two of the world’s first 1-GW hydropower turbines at the Baihetan Hydropower Station in southwest China. When the project’s 16 generating units are completed by July 2022
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News
G20 Environment Ministers: No Consensus on Phasing Out Coal
The U.S., UK and other countries want world governments to commit to a phaseout of the use and financing of coal-fired power generation, but officials who met at the G20 Environment Ministers Meeting summit in Naples, Italy, this past week ended their talks without an agreement on the future of the fuel. The topic will […]
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International
Coal-to-Gas Transition a Winning Strategy in Tianjin, China
Reducing fine particulate emissions was a driving factor in the shift from coal to gas at the Junliangcheng power plant in Tianjin, China. Among the other benefits is a reduction in carbon dioxide emissions
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Legal & Regulatory
International Trade Laws and the Clean Energy Industry: How to Keep Regulatory Issues from Short-Circuiting Your Company’s Growth
New restrictions on international trade have become near-daily headlines. Sanctions, export controls, restrictions on foreign investment in the U.S., and actions prohibiting the importation of goods produced using forced labor affect all U.S. companies including those in the clean energy sector. Keeping up with these ever-evolving regulations is a difficult task, but getting smart about […]
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Press Releases
Siemens Energy to supply technology for new power plant expansion project in China
MARCH 18, 2021 — Siemens Energy has been selected by Shenzhen Energy Corporation in China to supply two 460MW F-class gas turbine power islands for Phase Two of the Corporation’s Fengda power plant natural gas power generation expansion project. The order marks another milestone resulting from the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership agreement signed by the two […]
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Gas
GE Debuts Giant 9HA.02 Gas Turbines at 1.4-GW Plant in Malaysia
Two GE 9HA.02 gas turbines—the largest model of GE’s second-generation H-class heavy-duty gas turbine fleet and one of the largest gas turbine models on the global market—on Feb. 24 began commercial operation at Southern Power Generation’s (SPG’s) 1,440-MW Track 4A Power Plant in Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia. The combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant, built […]