Fortum
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Trends
POWER Digest [August 2024]
Malaysia Slightly Moves Up Timeframe for Coal Phaseout. Malaysia will halve its coal use by 2035 and phase out coal generation by 2044, slightly earlier than previously anticipated by the country’s National
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- Fortum
- Mellansvensk Kraftgrupp
- China
- Japan
- Kansai Electric Power Co.
- India
- Powering Past Coal Alliance
- Malaysia
- London Climate Action Week
- Sweden
- Malaysia Energy Exchange
- Vattenfall
- China Three Gorges Renewable Group
- National Energy Regulator of South Africa (NERSA)
- Ministry of Power
- National Council of Provinces in South Africa
- Uniper
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Nuclear
Upgrades Planned at Loviisa Nuclear Power Plant as Part of Life Extension
Fortum, a Nordic energy company with headquarters in Espoo, Finland, near Helsinki, and offices in 10 other countries, announced that it will modernize the Loviisa nuclear power plant’s low-pressure turbines. The project will start in 2026 as part of lifetime extension-related investments at the site. The Lovissa plant is a dual-unit facility with a total […]
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News
Westinghouse, Fortum to Study Possibilities for AP1000, AP300 Nuclear Reactors in Finland and Sweden
Westinghouse Electric and Finnish utility Fortum will cooperate to explore developing and deploying AP1000 and AP300 reactor projects in Finland and Sweden. The companies on June 7 signed memoranda of understanding (MOUs) to establish a framework of collaboration “for detailed technical and commercial discussions and explore cooperation on the next steps” to implement Westinghouse’s advanced […]
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Trends
European Energy Crisis Prompts Utility Takeovers in Germany, France
With winter fast approaching, and the dreaded effects of extreme natural gas price levels and volatility looming, together with unprecedented uncertainty of fuel supply, governments in Germany and France have
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Gas
GE Will Decarbonize Uniper’s Gas Power Fleet
GE Gas Power and Uniper have agreed to roll out a detailed decarbonization roadmap that may entail hydrogen-friendly upgrades to all GE gas turbines and compressors at the German generation giant’s gas power plants and gas storage facilities across Europe. Under the agreement, GE Gas Power and Uniper will form a joint working group to […]
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News
POWER Digest [January 2019]
EDF Inks Agreement for O&M Services at UAE Nuclear Plant. French nuclear power plant operator EDF will operate and maintain the Barakah Nuclear Energy Plant in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) under a
Tagged in:- Nawah Energy Co.
- EDF
- Salini Impreglio
- Sweden
- OJSC Rogun HPP
- Italy
- Gulf Energy Development of Thailand
- nuclear
- Korea Hydro and Nuclear Power
- SK E&S Co.
- hydropower
- Korea Electric Power Company
- Paju Energy Service Co.
- natural gas
- South Korea
- MHPS
- UAE
- Mitsui
- combined cycle
- Tajikistan
- Thailand
- Fortum
- Finland
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O&M
Intense Summer Heatwaves Rattle World’s Power Plants
Scorching temperatures during the summer of 2018 forced a swathe of power plants across the world to reduce power or shut down temporarily, owing to warmer-than-usual temperatures of cooling water and other
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Renewables
POWER Digest [January 2018]
Construction Underway on New Unit at Serbian Coal Plant. It has been almost 30 years since any new power generation capacity was built in Serbia, but that stretch is coming to an end as China Machinery and