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February 2012
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Georgia Power to start construction on US nuclear units
Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power has received licence approval to start construction on two nuclear units at the Vogtle plant in Georgia,...
Black & Veatch wins contract for US wind project
Black & Veatch has been selected by Black Hills Energy to provide detailed design engineering services for the Busch Ranch wind project in the US state of...
ABB and FG Emvelo to develop solar plants in South Africa
Power and automation group ABB has entered into an agreement with independent solar energy plant company, FG Emvelo to develop concentrating solar facilities in South...
ABB secures substation order from Hydro One Networks in Canada
Power and automation group ABB has secured a major substation order from Hydro One...
Ming Yang supplies generators for wind project in Bulgaria
Ming Yang Wind Power International has shipped the first batch of turbine generators for a 4.5MW pilot project in Somovit, Bulgaria, which is expected to be commissioned by July this...
Glencore-Xstrata deal threatens global power utilities
The price negotiating power of coal-hungry utilities is likely to weaken if a merger between commodities giant Glencore International and global mining company Xstrata goes ahead, analysts...
Curtiss-Wright signs deal for nuclear services
Curtiss-Wright Flow Control Company's business unit Enertech has signed an exclusive deal with Chalmers & Kubeck to deliver services to the nuclear...
EAC wins contract extension to enhance UK transmission infrastructure
National Grid's Electricity Alliance Central (EAC) consortium has secured a five-year contract extension to deliver major enhancements to the UK's electrical transmission...
Siemens to supply components for 4GW Saudi power plant
Siemens Energy has received an order worth more than $1bn to supply components for a 4GW IPP Qurayyah combined-cycle power plant in Saudi...
Sasol selects BrightSource technology for solar plant design
Oil and gas company Sasol has selected BrightSource Energy's solar technology to assist in designing a solar thermal power plant in South...
GVK Power to acquire thermal power plants in India
GVK Power and Infrastructure has unveiled plans to acquire two thermal power plants currently under construction in...
Rosatom and Alstom JV to supply Russian nuclear plant
Joint venture Alstom-Atomenergomash (AAEM) has signed a deal worth €875m to provide equipment to the Baltic nuclear power plant in Kalininigrad,...
Ricardo signs engineering service contract with David Brown
UK-based firm Ricardo has signed an engineering services contract with industrial gearing solutions provider David Brown for an offshore wind turbine...
ABB secures substation orders from SEC in Saudi Arabia
Power and automation technology group ABB has secured contracts worth more than $250m from the Saudi Arabian transmission and distribution operator, Saudi Electricity Company...
CEG completes 4.29MW school solar project in US
Constellation Energy (CEG) has completed the installation of a 4.29MW (DC) solar generation project at the Buckeye Union High School District in the US state of...
Vestas secures wind turbine order in China
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has secured an order from Datang Hubei Renewable Energy (Datang Renewable) to supply 27 units of its V100-1.8MW turbines in...
Foster Wheeler subsidiary wins PMC contract in UK
A Foster Wheeler Global Engineering and Construction Group subsidiary has received a project management consultancy (PMC) contract from 2Co Power for the Don Valley power project in Yorkshire,...
January 2012
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Yingli Green to supply PV modules to IBC solar
Yingli Green Energy, a solar power company, has signed a supply agreement with Germany-based photovoltaic (PV) firm IBC...
Westinghouse Electric and Metrostav sign MoU for Czech nuclear plant
Westinghouse Electric Company has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Czech company Metrostav for the potential construction of nuclear power plants in the Czech...
PDB and NTPC to build 1,320MW coal fired plant
The Power Development Board (PDB) has entered into an agreement with the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) to build a 1,320MW coal-fired power plant in Bagerhat's Rampal district...
Atco Electric selects Alstom for renewal of control system in Canada
Atco Electric, a provider of business solutions worldwide, has selected Alstom Grid for the replacement and upgrade of control equipment at the McNeill Converter Station in Alberta,...
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy and SSF partner on Finnish power project
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has signed a project development memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Finnish software and systems engineering firm Space Systems Finland...
OPEL completes installation of tracker solar system in US
OPEL Solar and OPEL Technologies has completed the installation of a tracker-based solar system at the Aquarion Water Co's DW Loiselle water treatment facility in the US state of...
Honeywell unveils new smart grid project in the UK
Honeywell has unveiled a new smart grid project in the Thames Valley area west of London,...
SWEPCO signs PPA for 358.65MW wind projects in US
Southwestern Electric Power Company (SWEPCO) has entered into long-term power purchase agreements for a total of 358.65MW in renewable energy from wind projects in the US states of Texas,...
EDF Energy objects to $4.6bn Scottish coal-fired plant development
A new $4.6bn coal-fired power station planned for North Ayrshire, Scotland, has faced a setback following a formal complaint from French firm EDF...
Kengen begins construction on Kenyan 280MW geothermal plant
Power generating company Kengen has started construction of a 280MW geothermal plant in...
Masdar to build 500kW solar plant in Tonga
UAE-based Masdar has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Tongan Government to build a 500kW solar photovoltaic power plant in the...
FoundOcean gets foundation grouting contract for offshore wind farm
FoundOcean has won a foundation grouting contract from RWE Innogy for the 295MW Nordsee Ost offshore wind farm, located in German...
MidAmerican Energy to acquire 81MW project from Invenergy Wind
MidAmerican Energy Holdings has reached an agreement with Invenergy Wind to acquire the 81MW Bishop Hill II wind project in the US state of...
Iberdrola selects Current for smart grid solutions in Spain
Iberdrola has selected Current for the deployment of solutions supporting the smart grid project to be installed in...
enXco to acquire wind development assets from Cielo
enXco has entered into a purchase agreement with a Cielo Wind Power subsidiary to acquire development assets from its 161MW Spinning Spur wind project in Texas,...
Metso to deliver biomass boiler for Mälarenergi in Sweden
Metso has secured an order from Mälarenergi to deliver a fuel-fired boiler for a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Västerås,...
GE Energy to supply 23MW solar equipment to Invenergy
GE Energy has signed an agreement with Invenergy to supply 23MW of advanced solar equipment for its Grand Ridge Solar project, which is currently under construction in Illinois,...
Alstom Grid unveils substation protection devices at exhibition
Alstom Grid has launched its MiCOM P40 Agile intelligent electronic devices (IEDs), designed to protect substations, at power and electricity industry exhibition Elecrama, currently being held...
SPI Solar to develop 2MW energy project in Greece
SPI Solar (SPI), a developer of photovoltaic solar energy facilities, has completed the acquisition of the necessary contracts and permits for the development of a 2MW fixed-ground-mount...
Alstom and SSE Renewables JV to develop world’s largest offshore wave farm
French engineering group Alstom has signed a new joint venture agreement with marine developer SSE Renewables for the 200MW Costa Head wave project in...
TVP Solar completes solar thermal panel installation in the UAE
TVP Solar has completed the installation of its thermal panels at a solar cooling plant in Abu Dhabi,...
Suzlon to develop 3,000MW wind capacity in India
Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state government of Andhra Pradesh to develop a wind capacity totaling 3,000MW in the...
PSEG Power to sell two gas-fired units in the US
PSEG Power has agreed to sell two 1,000MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle power generating units in the US state of Texas for a combined equity value of...
REpower Systems signs supply contract with RWE npower renewables
REpower Systems has entered into a contract with UK-based RWE npower renewables for the supply of ten turbines to Bradwell wind farm in Essex,...
NJRCEV completes construction of solar projects in US
NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV), a subsidiary of New Jersey Resources has completed the construction of a 14.1MW solar system built on McGraw-Hill’s campus in New Jersey,...
CPUC approves PPA for 315MW wind project in the US
Pattern Energy has received approval for a long-term power purchase agreement with San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) for its 315MW Ocotillo Wind Energy Facility in Southern...
ABB commissions HVDC link between Finland and Sweden
Power and automation group ABB has installed a high-voltage direct current (HVDC) power link between Finland and...
Kowepo selects GE technology for IGCC power plant
Korea Western Power Co (KOWEPO) has selected GE technology for the first integrated gasification combined-cycle (IGCC) power plant to be built in South...
BioSolar to enter into strategic partnerships for solar production
BioSolar plans to enter into strategic partnerships with manufacturers to produce its solar product,...
BP and Sempra to develop wind farms in the US
BP Wind Energy, in partnership with Sempra US Gas & Power (Sempra), has unveiled its plans to jointly develop the Mehoopany wind farm and the Flat Ridge 2 wind farm in the...
SAIC and Carlyle to finance biomass project in Connecticut
Science Applications International Corp (SAIC), in partnership with Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Group, will provide finance to build the $225m Plainfield Renewable Energy (PRE)...
Tata Power commissions 4,000MW power project in India
Tata Power has commissioned its 4,000MW power station in Gujarat,...
ET Solar Group to supply 600kW solar PV modules in Newcastle
China-based ET Solar Group has installed 600kW of PV modules for several rooftop energy systems in Newcastle in the...
AEDB to implement 550MW wind projects by 2013
The Alternative Energy Development Board (AEDB) has announced that eight of its wind power projects are expected to achieve financial close by June this...
Canadian Solar partnership completes 10MW project in China
Canadian Solar, in partnership with Ningxia Electric Power Group, has now completed the construction and grid connection of a 10MW ground-mounted solar project in north west...
ABB to provide new underground cable system in Sweden
Power and automation technology group ABB has secured an order worth $160m from Svenska Kraftnät, the national grid operator, to provide a new high-voltage underground cable system in southern...
KV Ventus to acquire stake in OWEC Tower
Offshore rig designer KV Ventus has entered into a deal to acquire a 49.9% equity stake in offshore wind turbine foundation designer OWEC Tower for a total value of NOK 61m...
3Power to acquire 75% concession rights to develop Albania hydro project
3Power Energy has entered into a frame agreement with an Albanian-based investment group to acquire 75% of the concession rights to develop a hydroelectric power project on the Shala River in...
Adani Power to invest in solar power
Adani Power has unveiled plans to invest a total of Rs30.0bn (564.12m) over the next two years to increase it solar project portfolio...
Alstom Grid secures utility contract from Svenska Kraftnät in Sweden
Alstom Grid has secured a €240m utility contract from Svenska Kraftnät for the 1,440MW south-west link in...
SunPower Corp completes Californian solar installations
US-based SunPower Corp has completed work on four high-efficiency solar power systems, totaling 3.8MW in the state of...
Enel Green Power finalises tax partnership deal with J.P. Morgan consortium
Enel Green Power (EGP) has finalised a tax equity partnership agreement with a consortium led by J.P....
December 2011
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EDF purchases EnBW stakes in Poland
French utility EDF has entered into an agreement with German utility EnBW to repurchase stakes in EnBW's two subsidiaries, ERSA and KOGENERACJA in...
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Acciona starts work on 38MW wind farm in Poland
Spanish renewables project developer Acciona Energy has started development on the 38MW Golice wind park in Lubuskie province,...
Ormat Technologies signs PPA for 10MW solar PV project in the US
Ormat Technologies has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Imperial Irrigation District (IID) for a 10MW solar photovoltaic plant in California,...
ESA Renewables signs O&M contracts for solar farms in the US
Solar system provider ESA Renewables (ESA) has entered into four separate multi-year operation and maintenance (O&M) contracts for four solar farms in US state of North...
GE performs gas turbine upgrade at Spanish cogeneration plant
GE has performed a major repowering upgrade of its LM2500-PE gas turbine at Cogen España’s Tortosa Energía cogeneration plant in Tarragona,...
Nordex subsidiary sells four 47.5MW wind farms in France
The French subsidiary of wind turbine manufacturer Nordex has sold four wind farms developed in-house in...
Rolls-Royce wins supply contract for nuclear reactor upgrade in France
UK-based Rolls-Royce has secured a €250m contract with Areva to supply safety instruments, control technologies and systems for its nuclear reactor modernisation programme in...
Noi Bai airport installs SITA Departure Control Services
Northern Airports subsidiary Hanoi Ground Services is implementing SITA Departure Control Services to help handle passengers and airlines at Noi Bai International Airport in...
PSEG Long Island to manage LIPA electric utility system
PSEG Long Island has been selected to manage the Long Island Power Authority’s (LIPA) electric transmission and distribution system in the...
MidAmerican to acquire 49% of Agua Caliente solar project
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company has unveiled its plans to acquire a 49% stake in the Agua Caliente solar project from US-based power generation company, NRG...
ABB to acquire stake in GreenVolts
Power and automation technology group, ABB has agreed to invest $20m for a substantial minority stake in US-based concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) system,...
CPUC approves PG&E contract for Sempra’s solar project
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved the contract for Pacific Gas and Electric Company's (PG&E) to purchase 150MW of renewable power from Sempra Generation's...
ESA Renewables begins construction on 1.3MW solar project
Solar system provider ESA Renewables (ESA) has started construction on a 1.3MW commercial roof top solar project in North Carolina,...
Enovos Luxembourg to build new 10MW wind farm in France
Enovos Luxembourg, a subsidiary of Enovos International, has unveiled plans for the construction of a new 10MW wind farm in Souilly near Verdun,...
Vestas secures 96MW wind turbine supply order in Sweden
Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has secured a 96MW order from Stena Renewable to deliver turbines for the Lemnhult wind farm projectin Vetlanda Municipality,...
EDF Energy to award contracts for UK nuke projects
EDF Energy plans to award a package of new contracts worth £200m to various companies for the supply of equipment for its planned nuclear projects in the...
MHI receives order to build 1600MW GTCC plant in Thailand
Japan-based Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has received a full-turnkey order for a project to build a 1,600MW gas turbine combined-cycle (GTCC) power generation plant in...
South African DOE selects SolarReserve JV as preferred bidder for solar projects
The South Africa Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the SolarReserve consortium as the preferred bidder for its two 75MW-DC Letsatsi and Lesedi solar photovoltaic (PV)...
ABB to increase capacity at Swedish manufacturing unit
Power and automation technology group ABB will invest more than $400m to double the capacity of its manufacturing facility for high-voltage cables in Karlskrona,...
Alstom to build 728MW gas-fired plant in Baghdad
France-based Alstom has signed a €400m contract with Iraq's Vice-Minister of Electricity to build a 728MW gas-fired power plant in the Diyala Governorate, north-east of...
Stanbic Bank Uganda to provide loan to Electromax
Stanbic Bank, the Ugandan unit of South Africa's Standard Bank Group, is set to provide a $35m loan to independent power producer Electromax to promote its electricity...
EDF and GE to develop 510MW gas fired power plant in France
Electricite de France (EDF) in partnership with GE has unveiled plans to jointly develop its first 510MW gas fired power plant to be connected to a national grid in Bouchain,...
Abengoa secures two CSP projects in South Africa
Spain-based Abengoa has been awarded the first two concentrated solar power (CSP) projects in South Africa by the country's Department of...
MidAmerican Energy to buy 550MW solar farm in the US
MidAmerican Energy Holdings Company has signed a deal to acquire the 550MW Topaz solar farm from First Solar for an undisclosed...
Vestas secures wind turbine supply order in Australia
Wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has secured an order from Hydro Tasmania to deliver turbines for the Musselroe wind farm project to be constructed in Tasmania,...
Pacific Hydro alters plans for Australian wind farm
Australian renewable energy company Pacific Hydro has unveiled an updated proposal for the layout of the Keyneton wind farm to be located in the eastern Mt Lofty Ranges in...
Alstom wins equipment supply order for 900MW coal fired plant in Poland
French engineering group Alstom has been awarded a €900m contract to supply core power generation equipment for a new 900MW coal fired power plant to be built at the Rybnik site in...
First Reserve, Renovalia Energy form JV for wind projects
First Reserve Corporation, in partnership with Renovalia Reserve, have established a joint venture (JV) Renovalia Reserve, to own and operate wind projects in Europe and North...
DNV launches new software for offshore wind turbines
Wind energy firm DNV is launching a new design software for ultimate strength and fatigue analysis of offshore wind turbine structures, called Sesam GeniE...
ADB, Reliance Power to build solar photovoltaic power plant in India
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Reliance Power have unveiled their plans to build India's largest solar photovoltaic power...
Econet Solar unveils new Home Power Station in Africa
Econet Solar has unveiled a new Home Power Station, a standalone electricity solution in...
Canadian Solar provides modules for Italian solar power plant
Canadian Solar has supplied 12,465 high-performing photovoltaic (PV) modules for a 10MW ground-mounted solar power plant in the Italian city of Cavriglia...
BioPower Systems secures funds for wave energy system in Australia
Australian ocean energy company BioPower Systems (BPS) has been awarded conditional funding support of $5m for its 250kW bioWAVE ocean wave energy system in Victoria,...
Studsvik signs contract with EDF Energy Nuclear
Nuclear service provider Studsvik has signed a Skr94.5m ($13.6m) contract with EDF Energy Nuclear Generation to carry out material testing on nuclear...
November 2011
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Repower, RWE concludes wind turbine supply contract
REpower Systems has finalised a contract with RWE Innogy to supply two REpower 6M wind turbines for the Westereems wind project near Eemshaven in the Dutch province of...
Bank of America Merrill Lynch finance for US military solar project
SolarCity and the Bank of America Merrill (BofA Merrill) have agreed the terms of financing for SolarStrong, a five-year plan to build more than $1bn in solar power...
APUC subsidiary to acquire shares of Cornwall Solar
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp’s (APUC) subsidiary, Algonquin Power (APCo) has entered into a share purchase agreement with EffiSolar Energy Corporation (EffiSolar), to acquire all issued...
Suzlon secures 75.6MW wind turbine contract from CWEC
Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy (SEL) has been awarded contract worth Rs4.7bn ($90m) from Coromandel Wind Energy Company...
Initec Energía JV wins contract for 450MW combined cycle plant
Initec Energía, in joint venture Cobra and Dragados, has been awarded a €265m contract by Endesa for the construction and commissioning of a 450MW combined cycle power plant in Great Island,...
ET Solar supplies 2.56MW solar modules to green house project in France
China based ET Solar Group Corp has supplied 2.56MW of PV modules to a green house project located in Cruas,...
Iberdrola secures EIB loan to modernise electricity distribution network
Spanish utility Iberdrola has secured a €200m loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB) for the modernisation of its electricity distribution...
Theolia wins consent for 18MW wind farm installation in France
Independent producer of wind energy, Theolia, has obtained all necessary authorisations for the installation of an 18MW wind farm in the Somme region of...
Photon Energy to install rooftop PV plant in Poland
Photon Energy, in partnership with RenCraft, has won a tender to carry out the installation of a 311kW rooftop photovoltaic (PV) plant in Ruda Slaska, Southern...
Panasonic to launch new solar manufacturing unit in Malaysia
Panasonic Corporation has unveiled plans to establish a new solar manufacturing unit in Malaysia next...
GE supplies gas turbines for combined-cycle plant in Russia
GE will supply its 109FA combined-cycle equipment for the expansion of the Nizhnevartovsk State Regional power plant in...
REpower concludes turbine supply contract with EverPower
REpower Systems has finalised a contract with EverPower to supply 68 wind turbines for the Twin Ridges wind project in the US state of...
Vestas wins 59MW wind turbine order from Exelon Wind
Denmark-based Vestas has secured an order to supply wind turbines for 59MW in capacity from Exelon Wind for its Harvest II Wind Project in Michigan,...
ET Solar completes grid connectivity of German PV plant
ET Solar Group has completed grid connection of a 5MW ground-mounted PV power plant in...
Duke Energy JV completes installation of solar projects in US
The joint venture between Duke Energy Renewables and Integrys Energy Services has completed the installation of five rooftop photovoltaic (PV) systems in Pennsylvania, US, with Smart Energy...
SCE starts smart meter installation in the US
Southern California Edison (SCE) has started installation of smart electric meters in the Antelope Valley and surrounding communities in California as part of the Edison SmartConnect...
KDC Solar completes construction of 3.25MW solar facility
KDC Solar has completed the construction of a 3.25MW rooftop mounted solar facility in New Jersey, US, in partnership with SunDurance...
Vietnam to receive $8bn loan for nuclear plant
Vietnam will receive a $8bn loan from Russia to build its first nuclear power plant in Ninh...
Opcon Bioenergy to deliver equipment for bioenergy plant
Opcon Bioenergy has secured a Skr17m ($2.48m) order to deliver machinery for the expansion of Skara Energi’s bioenergy plant in...
Voith secures equipment supply contract for hydro project
Voith Hydro will supply an entire equipment package for the Sainj Hydro-Electric Project in India, under a contract awarded by Himachal Pradesh Power...
FirstEnergy Utilities file plan to purchase electricity in the US
US-based FirstEnergy Pennsylvania Utilities has filed a plan with the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PPUC) to purchase electric generation supply in June...
OMM secures offshore wind contract from TenneT
Offshore Marine Management (OMM) has secured a contract from electricity grid operator TenneT, to provide project management and strategic consultancy...
Origin wins power supply contract for wind farm in Australia
Origin Energy has secured a long-term power supply contract from Acciona for its 46.5MW Gunning wind farm in...
Hyundai completes transformer factory construction in the US
Hyundai Heavy Industries, the Korean shipbuilder and engineering company, has completed the construction of a transformer factory in Alabama,...
ABB wins supply order to develop Ukraine's power grid
Power and automation technology group, ABB has secured a supply order worth $23m from Ukraine’s national power grid operator NPC Ukrenergo to strengthen the nation’s power transmission...
Gamesa sells 38MW wind energy project to enXco
Spanish wind farm developer Gamesa has entered into an agreement to sell a 38MW Chestnut Flats wind farm to enXco in Pennsylvania,...
Suzlon secures 23MW wind turbine supply order in India
Wind turbine manufacturer Suzlon Energy (SEL) has secured a fourth consecutive order from GAIL to deliver 23MW of wind turbine generators which will be installed in the Indian states of...
World Bank approves loan to finance solar project in Morocco
The World Bank has approved a $297m loan for the financing of the Ouarzazate concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in...
Elster to establish biogas injection stations in France
French gas utility Gaz reseau Distribution France (GrDF), has selected Elster to establish five biogas injection stations across...
Northland Power to purchase solar PV modules from MEMC
Northland Power has entered into a master module supply agreement with MEMC Singapore to purchase solar PV modules for its 130MW solar portfolio in Ontario,...
Vestas secures 42MW turbine supply order in Spain
Denmark-based Vestas has secured an order to supply 42MW wind turbines from CyL Energía Eólica SLU for its Zarzuela renewable energy projects located in Burgos,...
Nordex secures turbine supply order from RPM Access
Nordex USA has secured two new orders from wind farm developers RPM Access to supply 35 units of N100/2500 turbines for two wind projects in Iowa,...
Quanta Services to provide transmission infrastructure services to AEP
Quanta Services has been selected by American Electric Power to provide transmission infrastructure services for two AEP Transmission Company...
Indian state seeks bids for 400MW hydro project
The state government of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) in India is seeking bids from power companies to develop a 400MW Karthai hydro electric power (HEP)...
Vestas secures 139MW turbine supply order in the US
Denmark-based Vestas has secured orders for the supply of 139MW wind turbines from First Wind for its two wind energy projects located in the...
Manz to acquire innovation line for CIGS solar modules
Manz Automation, a Germany-based photovoltaic technology provider, has signed a letter of intent to acquire CIGS modules innovation line from Würth Solar in the German state of...
E.ON to start biomass plant construction in the UK
E.ON has unveiled plans to start construction on its biomass-fired renewable energy plant in Sheffield in the UK later this...
Abengoa ramps up construction on 280MW solar project
Spain-based Abengoa is ramping up construction on its 280MW CSP Mojave Solar Project in California,...
BHP Billiton to develop power station in Australia
Mining and oil company BHP Billiton has approved the development of its 190MW Yarnima Power Station in Pilbara,...
Fluor to build 540MW gas-fired power plant in the US
Fluor Corporation has received consent from the Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) to build a new 540MW natural gas-fired power plant in Texas,...
ABB to acquire Powercorp
Power and automation technology group, ABB, has unveiled plans to acquire the Australian renewable power company...
AfDB to finance hydroelectric project in Cameroon
The African Development Bank (AfDB) Group has approved a $71.1m loan to finance the Lom-Pangar Hydroelectric project in...
Dominion Virginia restarts nuclear power station in the US
Dominion Virginia Power has restarted operations of its 1,800MW North Anna Power Station in the US state of Virginia, after securing permission from the US Nuclear Regulatory...
World Bank and IFC approves loan for power project in Cameroon
The board of directors of The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) have approved an $86m loan and $82m partial risk guarantee to support the Kribi gas power project in...
ECGO submits bid for stake in GS Power
Thailand-based Electricity Generating Public Company (EGCO) has submitted a bid to acquire a stake in GS Power as part of its expansion...
EBRD to provide finance for hydro power plant in Macedonia
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development will provide a €65m loan for the construction of the Boskov Most hydro power plant in...
NRG Energy’s solar plant to start operations next year
The 250MW California Valley Solar Ranch (CVSR) project in the US is expected to begin partial operations in...
POWERleap develops new smart technology
US-based clean-tech company POWERleap has developed a smart floor technology in collaboration with the University of...
Areva completes equipment installation at Finnish nuke plant
Areva has completed installation of equipment at the Olkiluoto 3 (OL3) EPR reactor project in...
Abengoa’s solar deal approved by CPUC
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has approved a proposal by Spanish engineering company Abengoa to sell its electricity output from its 250MW solar-thermal project in...
EnXco signs O&M deal with PacifiCorp
EnXco Service Corporation (eSC) has agreed an operation and maintenance (O&M) service contract with PacifiCorp, a subsidiary of MidAmerican Energy...
Bujagali Energy to open 250MW hydro power plant next month
Bujagali Energy will commission its first generation unit at the 250MW Bujagali hydro power plant in Uganda next...
Sunborne Energy to build solar plant in India
Sunborne Energy has unveiled plans to build a 50MW solar thermal power project in Andhra Pradesh,...
NAES Corp signs O&M agreement for US power plant
NAES Corporation has signed an agreement with MinnTex Power Holdings to provide operations and maintenance services for the Guadalupe power project in...
Nautilus Solar starts operations of solar PV systems in Canada
Nautilus Solar Canada Limited Partnership has started the commercial operations of three rooftop solar photovoltaic (PV) systems with an installed capacity of 1.25MW in Ontario,...
Emerson secures equipment supply order for Saudi power plant
Emerson Process Management has received a $10m order to supply Fisher control valves for the 2,800MW Rabigh Power Plant No.2 project in Saudi...
Skanska wins EPC contract for 550MW thermal plant in Brazil
Swedish construction group Skanska has won a $485m engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build a thermal power plant in Rio de Janeiro,...
Moser Baer Clean Energy commissions solar farm in Germany
India-based Moser Baer Clean Energy (MBCE) has announced its 23.8MW solar farm at Lauta in Germany has been...
GE and CFE sign maintenance service agreement
General Electric has entered into a long-term services agreement with Comisión Federal de la Electricidad (CFE), to provide support services for six gas turbines recently installed at...
Aggreko shuts down 50MW thermal plant in Uganda
Aggreko has shut down operations at the 50MW emergency thermal-power plant in Uganda, following reports of a diesel...
Enbridge to acquire 50% stake in Canadian wind project
Enbridge will invest $300m to acquire 50% ownership of the 300MW Lac Alfred Wind Project, currently under construction in Quebec,...
Toyota Tsusho, Hyundai secures geothermal order
Japanese trading company Toyota Tsusho Corporation, in partnership with South Korean firm Hyundai Engineering, has secured a $383m geothermal order from Kenya Electricity...
ET Solar to receive $1.27bn credit facility from CITIC Bank
Photovoltaic products manufacturer ET Solar is set to receive a $1.27bn credit facility from China-based CITIC...
Softbank begins construction of Japan solar plant
Japan's telecom company Softbank has begun construction of a 100kW demonstration solar plant in Obihiro city,...
Shaw renews nuclear maintenance contract with Exelon
Shaw has renewed its contract with Exelon Generation for the maintenance, modifications and construction services of 17 nuclear generating plants in the...
BC Hydro and Altagas sign EPAs for Canadian hydroelectric projects
BC Hydro has signed electricity purchase agreements (EPAs) with AltaGas for two hydroelectric projects in British Columbia in Canada for...
ADB to provide loan for gas fired plant in Thailand
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $170m loan for the construction of a natural gas fired power plant in Nong Saeng, Udon Thani province, northeastern...
Acciona to build wind farm in Costa Rica
Spanish energy company Acciona has unveiled plans to build the 49MW Chiripa wind park in Costa Rica with an investment of...
NCRC signs JV agreement to build power stations in Russia
Northern Caucasus Resorts Company (NCRC) has entered into a joint venture agreement with Korean Western Power (KOWEPO) and CHT Korea to build up to five new environmentally advanced power...
Nexans wins equipment supply contract from Statoil
Nexans has won a €75m contract from Statoil to supply equipment for the Asgard oil and gas field located in the Norwegian...
Alstom to build turbine manufacturing sites in France
French engineering group Alstom will establish two manufacturing facilities in France to produce 6MW of offshore wind...
Williams Plant wins support services contract for nuclear plant
Williams Plant Services has secured $27m support services contract from the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) to start-up the Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear reactor in Tennessee,...
New energy landscape calls for specialist talent
Over half of human resource managers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland said that specialist talent is needed help firms navigate the new energy landscape, a new poll has...
ADB to provide loan for 440MW hydro plant in Thailand
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) will provide a $465m loan for the construction of a 440MW Nam Ngum 3 hydro power plant in...
A*STAR opens power grid centre in Singapore
Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR) has unveiled its new Experimental Power Grid Centre (EPGC) on Jurong Island in...
Foster Wheeler subsidiary enters into licensing agreement with EPIL
A subsidiary of Foster Wheeler has entered into an agreement with Essar Projects India (EPIL) for the provision of technology licence for utility sized circulating fluidised-bed (CFB)...
Rolls-Royce signs power supply contract in Bangladesh
Rolls-Royce, the UK-based power systems provider, has signed a $22m contract to deliver eight Bergen B32:40 16V reciprocating engine generator sets to Baraka Patenga Power...
SSE to develop 108MW multi-fuel project in the UK
SSE Generation has received permission from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change to develop a 108MW multi-fuel project in West...
Midwest Wind Energy starts construction of 80MW wind farm in the US
Midwest Wind Energy has started the construction of an 80MW wind farm in Nebraska,...
China Power and China Coal Energy set up JV
China Power International Development, in partnership with China Coal Energy, will set up a joint venture in China with a total investment of...
GE Energy and KGAL invest in 50MW solar plant in Spain
General Electric Energy Financial Services, in partnership with German fund KGAL, will invest €111m in a parabolic trough concentrated solar power (CSP) plant in Badajoz,...
BP Wind Energy and GE sign turbine supply contract
BP Wind Energy has entered into a $750m agreement with General Electric for the supply and maintenance of 350 wind turbines units in the...
APR Energy and Pratt & Whitney to address global temporary power needs
APR Energy has signed a partnership agreement with Pratt & Whitney Power Systems (PWPS) to jointly address global temporary power...
Caterpillar finalises acquisition of MWM
Caterpillar, the US-based construction equipment manufacturer, has finalised the acquisition of MWM Holding for...
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Siemens launches steam turbine for geothermal plants
Siemens Energy has unveiled a new steam turbine, SST-400 GEO, for geothermal power plants at the GEA Geothermal Energy Expo in San Diego,...
ESA Renewables to build 20MW solar farm in US
Solar system provider ESA Renewables (ESA) has unveiled plans to construct a 20MW solar photovoltaic generation facility in Pennsylvania,...
Green Rock Energy JV to develop geothermal exploration permits in Australia
Green Rock Energy, in joint venture with New World Energy, has signed a binding agreement to develop geothermal exploration permits (GEPs) in the North Perth Basin, Western...
ADB provides loan to increase capacity of Pakistan wind farm
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is providing a $36.8m loan to increase the capacity of a wind farm in Sindh,...
Alstom, CET to develop power transmission systems in China
Alstom Grid has entered into a cooperation agreement with China Electric Power Equipment and Technology (CET) to develop ultra-high-voltage direct current (UHVDC) power transmission systems in...
Vestas wins 267MW wind turbine order from E.ON
Vestas has secured an order from E.ON Climate and Renewables to supply turbines with a total capacity of 267MW for offshore projects in Sweden and the...
Bisol, Avdira Solar sign distribution agreement
Bisol will supply 25MW of its solar modules to Greek company Avdira Solar, following the signing of a distribution...
Toshiba to join consortium to build Japan’s largest solar plant
Toshiba Corp will join a seven-company consortium, led by Mitsui Chemicals, to construct and operate Japan's largest solar photovoltaic plant in the Aichi...
Martin Engineering completes upgrade of biomass facility in the US
Martin Engineering has completed the first phase of a programme to drastically reduce dust and spillage from Hibbing Public Utilities' biomass fuel handling system in Minnesota,...
ABB to upgrade Canada's transmission system
Power and automation technology group ABB has secured an order worth $50m from Hydro-Quebec to upgrade a ultra-high voltage transmission system in...
Enerji to install waste heat recovery system at Australian mine
Enerji has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Poseidon Nickel to implement a power house and a waste heat recovery system at Poseidon's Windarra mine in...
TRUenergy to build gas-fired power stations in Queensland
Power company TRUenergy is seeking development approval to construct two gas-fired power stations with an investment of A$400m ($415.24m) in Queensland,...
Terra Firma finalises sale of Nuova Rete Solare
SunTergrid has finalised the sale of Nuova Rete Solare (NRS) to RTR Holding III for...
BWCC wins construction services contract from Consumers Energy
Babcock and Wilcox Construction (BWCC) has secured a $37m contract to provide construction services for a bag house installation project at Consumers Energy's J.H. Campbell Generating Complex...
Tepco to sell 20% stake in Euras Energy
Electric utility Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) will sell a 20% stake in its subsidiary Euras Energy Holdings to trading firm Toyota Tsusho for 20bn yen...
REpower, GVEA sign wind turbine supply deal
REpower Systems has agreed to provide 12 wind turbines to Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA) for a power project located in Alaska,...
Isolux to build 340MW power station in Bangladesh
Spain-based Isolux Corsan has received a $335m contract to build a 340MW combined-cycle power station in Siddhirganj,...
EFK to provide finance for Romanian wind projects
Enel Green Power through its subsidiary Enel Green Power International has signed an agreement with the Danish Government’s Export Credit Agency (EKF) to secure finance of...
ABB installs new HVDC power link in North Sea
Power and automation technology group ABB has commissioned a power line linking the southern Norwegian mainland grid to BP’s Valhall multi-platform complex in the North...
TUIC to invest in France wind project
The newly launched Theolia Utilities Investment Company (TUIC) is set to invest in its first wind project in...
FirstEnergy subsidiary sells two power plants in Ohio
FirstEnergy subsidiary FirstEnergy Generation Corporation has closed the sale of its two peaking plants in Ohio for an undisclosed...
OPT to demonstrate new technology initiative in Spain
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) will be working with a consortium of European companies to advance the energy conversion system of OPT's PowerBuoy device through the development of a new...
Nordex to supply wind turbines to Pakistan grid
Nordex has signed contracts to supply its N100/2500 wind turbines to four companies in...
Amyris, ETH Bioenergia invest $3bn in renewable energy
Renewable chemicals and fuels company Amyris, in partnership with ETH Bioenergia, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the formation of a joint venture to produce Biofene,...
Vestas to supply wind turbines for Finnish energy project
Danish wind turbine manufacturer Vestas has secured a second order from TuuliWatti to supply turbines with a total generating capacity of 26MW for a wind energy project in...
Enviva to supply biomass fuel to Dominion Virginia Power
Enviva has signed an agreement with Dominion Virginia Power to supply biomass fuel to two power facilities in south-east Virginia,...
ABB to upgrade transmission substations in Ethiopia
Power and automation technology group ABB has secured orders worth $26m from the Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCO) to extend and upgrade four existing transmission substations in...
Toshiba and Mitsui plan joint power project in Japan
Toshiba is participating in a seven-company consortium that plans to construct and operate a solar photovoltaic plant in...
DONG Energy commissions ABPmer EIA for offshore wind farms
DONG Energy Power has commissioned ABPmer to provide coastal process environmental impact assessment for the Burbo Bank and Walney offshore wind farm extensions in the...
GPS to build biomass-fired power plant in the US
Gemma Power Systems (GPS) has signed a contract with East Texas Electric Cooperative (ETEC) to design and build a 49.9MW biomass-fired power plant in Texas,...
ETI to model tidal energy resources in the UK
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has been commissioned to model the UK’s tidal energy resources to understand the effects of different interacting tidal energy...
Fortum approves co-ownership agreement with TSME
Finnish utility Fortum has approved the co-ownership agreement to consolidate the region of Turku's energy production to the co-owned production company Turun Seudun Maakaasu ja...
Sunpreme closes $50m financing for solar cell facility in China
Manufacturer of Smart Silicon solar cells Sunpreme has closed over $50m in financing for the construction of solar facility in Jiaxing,...
Ram Power reaches mechanical completion for geothermal plant phase I
Renewable energy firm Ram Power has achieved mechanical completion for the phase I expansion of the San Jacinto-Tizate geothermal power project in...
EPA extends work approval for 168MW gas-fired power plant
The Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) has extended the work approval for a new power station, being developed by Eneabba Gas in Western Australia, until 20 December...
Minister oversees fall of electricity towers in Cairngorms National Park
Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism Fergus Ewing MSP is visiting the SSE site to oversee the fall of electricity steel towers near Boat of Garten in the Cairngorms National Park,...
Sikorsky Aircraft commissions cogeneration facility in the US
Sikorsky Aircraft’s new combined heat and power cogeneration facility in Connecticut, US, has begun...
ABB secures order for world's first subsea power distribution unit
ABB has secured a $36m contract from Aker Solutions to provide equipment for the world's first subsea power distribution system from onboard the Asgard A floating vessel off the northern coast...
DONG Energy to acquire Shell Gas Direct
DONG Energy has signed a sales and purchase agreement with Shell UK to acquire 100% of the shares of Shell Gas Direct for...
Vestas receives 178MW wind turbine supply order in Canada
Denmark-based Vestas has secured an order to supply 99 turbines with a total capacity of 178MW for two wind-energy projects in south-western Ontario,...
IBM joins consortium for a European smart grid project
IBM has joined an EU-funded consortium which plans to develop a pilot smart energy grid project on the Danish island of...
Enbridge completes acquisition of Tonbridge Power
Canada-based energy firm Enbridge has completed its acquisition of all common shares of Tonbridge Power for a total consideration of...
Tepco to begin operations of 500MW gas-fired unit in 2012
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) plans to commence operations of a new 500MW combined-cycle, gas-fired unit at its Kawasaki plant in Japan by next...
Fluor to invest in NuScale Power
Fluor Corporation (Fluor) will invest more than $30m in NuScale Power, a US-based modular reactor (SMR) technology...
SunEdison secures finance for PV projects in North America
SunEdison has secured project finance worth $300m to fund the construction costs of utility and rooftop solar projects in North...
SSE plans to auction electricity output
SSE has unveiled plans to auction its entire power output in the day-ahead...
Nautricity, Argyll Tidal plan tidal energy project in Scotland
Nautricity and Argyll Tidal have unveiled plans to build a tidal energy project in the Mull of Kintyre, off the west coast of...
MW Power to deliver biomass-fired heating plant in Finland
MW Power, a Metso-Wärtsilä joint venture, will deliver a steam boiler plant to Valio’s Lapinlahti production plants in...
BPI to build $4bn coal-fired power plant in Indonesia
PT Bhimasena Power Indonesia (BPI) will build a 2,000MW coal-fired power plant in Central Java, Indonesia, at an estimated cost of...
Neo Solar signs LOI for equity stake in US solar project
Neo Solar Power has signed a letter of intent (LOI) to acquire an equity stake in BlueChip Energy’s (BCE) Sorrento solar farm project in Florida,...
Deepwater plans to construct first offshore wind farm in the US
Deepwater Wind plans to begin work on the first offshore wind farm off Rhode Island in the US by...
Acciona completes assembly of Indian wind farm
Spanish energy company Acciona has completed the construction of the 56.1MW Tuppadahalli wind farm in Karnataka,...
Calpine plans to build geothermal plants in the US
Calpine Corporation has unveiled plans to build two geothermal plants in Sonoma Country, California, US, with an investment of...
SSE Renewables submits plans for Scottish wind farm extension
SSE Renewables has submitted an application to the Scottish Government for the extension of the Clyde wind farm, which is currently under construction in South Lanarkshire,...
SMC Global Power to launch initial public offering for power unit
SMC Global Power has announced that it will launch an $850m initial public offering for it power unit this...
Linsun’s Italian solar farm completes grid interconnection
The new 4.8MW Lunetta solar farm located in Ravenna, Italy, has successfully completed grid interconnection to the local...
GE and Greenko to develop wind projects across India
GE Energy Financial Services, in partnership with Greenko Group, has created a new venture to develop 1GW of wind energy projects across...
Martifer Solar inks deal for 22MWp solar installation in Portugal
Martifer Solar has signed an engineering, procurement and construction agreement with a BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners-managed firm to build a 22MWp photovoltaic solar plant in...
Iberdrola seeks more aid for carbon-capture storage project in Scotland
Spanish utility Iberdrola is in negotiations with the UK Government to secure more financial aid to build the £1.2bn carbon-capture storage project in...
Star Hydro Power obtains Asian Development Bank loan for Pakistan hydro project
Star Hydro Power has secured a $97m loan from the Asian Development Bank to finance the construction of a 144MW hydro power plant in Muzaffarabad,...
Vestas secures turbine supply deal for US wind project
Vestas has secured an order from Green Mountain Power to deliver wind turbines for the 65MW Kingdom Community Wind project in Vermont,...
Fukushima nuclear plant stable after new earthquake jolt
Japan's crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant remains stable, despite a 5.5 magnitude offshore earthquake hitting the surrounding area today, according to operator Tokyo Electric Power...
Emerson Process Management to automate Chinese power station
China Resources Power Holdings has selected Emerson Process Management to automate two new ultra-supercritical units of 1000MW Puqi power plant in...
Platina, Arise Windpower close financing for Swedish wind farm
Arise Windpower and Platina Partners have closed financing of €336m to fund the development of a 200MW Jädraås wind farm in...
DuPont starts operations at US Kevlar plant
DuPont has commenced operations at its new Cooper River Kevlar manufacturing facility in South Carolina,...
OJSC launches new turbines for nuclear power plant
OJSC Power Machines (OJSC) has successfully tested a high-speed turbine designed for the Leningradskaya first power unit (LNPP-2) in Russia, the company has...
NSG to supply emissions control systems for US power plant
Neumann Systems Group (NSG) has secured a $73.5m contract from Colorado Springs Utilities (CSU) to supply and install its emissions control system at CSU’s Martin Drake power plant in Colorado,...
Tri-State to acquire 272MW gas-fired power plant in the US
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association will purchase a 272MW natural gas-fired combined cycle power plant located in Colorado, US, for an undisclosed...
Essar Power to invest $8bn in thermal power projects
Indian conglomerate Essar Power has unveiled plans to invest $8bn setting up thermal power projects in India, over the next three...
REpower Systems signs turbine supply contract for Dutch wind farm
REpower Systems has signed a contract to supply 36 wind turbines for the proposed 122MW wind farm to be built near Zeewolde in...
Alstom to upgrade AEP power plant portfolio in the US
Alstom has secured a €110m framework contract from American Electric Power (AEP) to conduct upgrades at seven of its coal-fired power plants located in the...
Solon begins operations at 15MW solar station
Solon has begun commercial operations at a 15MW solar photovoltaic (PV) station located in central California,...
SEMAFO to construct 26MW transmission line in Canada
SEMAFO has entered into an agreement with National Electricity Company Sonabel for the construction of a 73km high-voltage transmission line in...
ONYX to construct 18.5MW solar project in Honduras
Onyx Service & Solutions has received a contracted from Villela & Villela to construct an $84m solar power project in Roatan,...
Hyundai and Daewoo to construct 225MW power plant in Bangladesh
South Korea’s Hyundai Engineering and Daewoo International will sign an agreement with Ashuganj Power Station for the construction of a 225MW power plant in...
EDF to build 150MW wind farm in Canada
EDF EN Canada has received approval from the provincial Government of Quebec to build and operate a 150MW wind project in...
E.ON unveils 26MW onshore wind farm in France
E.ON has unveiled its new 26MW onshore wind farm on the Kergrist Moelou-Plounevez Quintin in Brittany,...
Premier Power to construct 16.2MW solar plants in Bulgaria
Premier Power is to construct four photovoltaic (PV) power plants totaling 16.2MW in Dimitrovgrad,...
Amkor to acquire Toshiba semiconductor business
Amkor Technology has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding (MoU) to acquire Toshiba Electronics Malaysia (TEM) for an undisclosed...
E.ON Russia selects Emerson to automate power station in Russia
E.ON has selected Emerson Process Management (EPM) to automate unit 3 of its 5,600MW Surgut-2 power station in Surgut,...
First Solar to build 130MW power project in California
Tenaska Solar Ventures (TSV) has selected First Solar as the engineering, procurement and construction contractor to build its 130MW solar project in California,...
NHPC and Dangote partner to buy hydro assets in Nigeria
India’s hydro power producer, National Hydroelectric Power (NHPC) has partnered with West African firm Dangote Industries, to acquire two hydro power-generation assets in...
Gamesa to supply 200MW wind turbines to Huadian New Energy Development
Spanish wind farm developer Gamesa has signed an agreement to supply 200MW to Huadian New Energy Development for a wind project in China's northern Inner Mongolia...
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OSM Solar to merge with Solarform Canada
OSM Solar Corp has negotiated an agreement to combine assets with Solarform Canada, to help increase its presence in North...
Alstom secures EPC contract in Brazil
Alstom has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract worth €310m from Consorcio Amapa Energia to provide equipment to a hydropower plant in...
Eight19 launches new solar electricity system
Off-grid applications company Eight19 has launched the new IndiGo, a pay-as-you-go personal solar electricity system for the developing...
AES to begin $1bn expansion of Phillipine power plant
US-based power giant AES Corp is one step further to doubling the capacity of its of 600MW Masinloc coal-fired facility in Zambales, the...
Invenergy and DTE begin construction on US wind project
Invenergy Wind and DTE Energy have begun construction on the 212.8MW Gratiot County wind project in Michigan,...
OneRoof Energy secures finance for solar programme in the US
OneRoof Energy has arranged $50m in finance, which will help it to launch its residential solar lease programme in San Diego,...
NSP to build $1.5bn solar farm in Florida
National Solar Power (NSP) has unveiled plans to construct a $1.5bn solar farm in south-east Florida,...
ORIX begins operations at Japanese biomass power plant
ORIX Corporation has begun operations at the new Agatsuma woodchip biomass power plant in Gunma Prefecture,...
GDF SUEZ opens 180MW biomass power station in Belgium
GDF SUEZ and its subsidiary Electrabel have opened the new Rodenhuize biomass power station in...
MBCE builds solar park in Italy
Moser Baer Clean Energy (MBCE) has built and commissioned a 4.99MW greenhouse solar PV park in Sardinia,...
US DoE offers loan guarantee for geothermal project
The US Department of Energy (DoE) has approved a partial loan guarantee of $350m for the development of a 113MW geothermal project in the State of...
Halifax American Energy to purchase 4MW of biomass electricity
Halifax American Energy (HAE) is to purchase 4MW of electricity from the planned $80m Concord Steam biomass plant in the...
EOSOL Energies begins operation at French solar plant
EOSOL Energies Nouvelles has begun operation of a new solar plant in La Genetouze,...
Well Fargo provides financing for solar projects in the US
Construction lender Wells Fargo & Company has provided $200m in finance for a 53.5MW multisite solar project developed by SunEdison in New Mexico,...
Wärtsilä wins power plant contracts in Senegal
Power plant solutions provider Wärtsilä has secured contracts worth €60m to expand two existing power plants located in Senegal, West...
Chevron Energy completes cogeneration plant in the US
Chevron Energy Solutions has completed construction of the US Department of the Navy's first landfill gas cogeneration plant in Albany in the state of...
GE to supply aero derivative units to Indonesian power plant
General Electric (GE) has been selected to provide two aero derivative units for the Senipah power plant located in East Kalimantan,...
ABB secures substations order for Indian steel plant
Power and automation technology group ABB has secured a $71m contract to supply substations from the Steel Authority of India...
Enbridge and RES Americas complete 250MW wind project in the US
Enbridge, in partnership with Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES Americas), has completed construction of the 250MW Cedar Point wind project in Colorado,...
Oriental Peninsula to set up power plants in the Philippines
Oriental Peninsula Resources Group has unveiled plans to invest $300m to build coal-fired power plants in Manila, the...
GE to supply equipment for biogas projects in Europe
General Electric (GE) is to supply its Jenbacher gas engines and Clean Cycle waste-heat recovery modules for agricultural biogas projects across...
Isolux builds largest solar power plants in the UK
Spain-based Isolux Corsan has built the largest solar power plants in Cornwall, UK, the company has...
Direct Energy to purchase First Choice Power
Centrica subsidiary Direct Energy, an energy-related services provider, has signed an agreement to purchase US-based electricity provider First Choice Power for $270m in...
GSE to provide simulator for Generation mPower's new reactor
GSE Systems has secured a contract to provide an engineering simulator for the B&W mPower small modular reactor (SMR) design being developed by Generation...
Duke Energy to set up 202MW wind farm in the US
Duke Energy Renewables plans to build, own and operate the 202MW Los Vientos II wind power project near Corpus Christi in Texas,...
GE to supply gas and wind turbines for Brazilian projects
GE has secured contracts worth $800m in an auction conducted by the Brazil’s National Electric Power Agency to supply wind and gas turbines for Brazilian...
Areva bags contract for substation development in India
Areva T&D India has secured a contract worth Rs2.2bn ($45m) to construct two 765kV extra-high-voltage substations in the Indian states of Madhya Pradesh and...
Samsung bags $2.1bn contract to build thermal plant in Saudi Arabia
South Korea-based Samsung C&T has been awarded a $2.1bn contract to construct a thermal power plant in Qurayyah, Saudi...
Siemens to withdraw from nuclear energy business
Germany-based engineering firm Siemens has said it will withdraw from the nuclear energy business to concentrate on expanding its renewable energy...
CWPI starts construction of 198MW wind farm in China
China Wind Power International (CWPI) has begun construction on the 198MW phase III wind energy development project in Heilongjiang Province,...
AboitizPower gets green light for Philippine coal-fired plant
AboitizPower subsidiary Therma South has received an environmental compliance certificate (ECC) for the planned construction of a P25bn ($575.9m) coal-fired plant in Davao, the...
Brazil to construct nuclear plants
Brazilan Energy Minister Edison Lobao has unveiled plans to build four more nuclear plants to increase the nation's nuclear power-generation...
TEPCO to shut down reactors at Fukushina nuclear plant by 2012
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has set a target to ensure the safe shutdown of nuclear reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant in Japan by January 2012. Japan's economy, trade and...
GE forms energy joint venture with Russian companies
GE has formed a joint venture with Russian energy company INTER RAO UES and industrial group United Engine Corporation (UEC) to manufacture, assemble, sell and service energy-efficient...
Hyundai to construct $1.27bn coal-fired plant in Vietnam
Hyundai Engineering & Construction has secured a $1.27bn contract to construct the main plant at the Mong Duong power project in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. The first turbine of...
Vestas wins turbine supply contract for Nicaraguan wind farm
Vestas has secured a contract from developer Blue Power & Energy to supply 39.6MW of wind turbines for the La Fé – San Martin wind farm in Nicaragua. Under the contract, Vestas...
China orders closure of Jinko Solar manufacturing facility
Chinese officials have ordered the closure of a Jinko Solar solar panel manufacturing plant in the Zhejiang province of China, over fears of flouride pollution. The move comes after...
Shanghai Electric signs contracts with CESC
Shanghai Electric Group has executed two agreements with CESC for the development of new power projects in India. The first contract is for the formation of a joint venture to develop...
Clyde Bergemann to supply cleaning solution for Alstom
Clyde Bergemann has been selected by Alstom Power System as the supplier of an on-load boiler cleaning solution for unit 6 of the Sostanj coal-fired power plant in Slovenia. Unit 6 is...
TEi to supply equipment for US solar power plant
Babcock Power subsidiary Thermal Engineering International (TEi) and Struthers Wells have received a contract to supply feedwater heaters, moisture separators and oil-to-salt heat exchangers for...
Cate Street and Starwood Energy close finance deal for US biomass plant
Cate Street Capital and Starwood Energy Group have arranged finance for a $275m biomass plant to be built in New Hampshire, US. A consortium of lenders will provide $200m for the project...
EIB to extend loan for offshore wind farm in Germany
European Investment Bank (EIB) is considering extending a loan of €450m to WPD for the construction of an offshore wind farm in Germany. Construction of the wind farm is estimated to...
Metso to supply biomass boiler to We Energies
Metso has received a contract from We Energies to supply a biomass boiler for its We Energies / Domtar biomass energy project at the Domtar Mill in Wisconsin, US. The power plant will...
TEPCO could decommission Fuksuhima Dai-Ni plant
Electric utility Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) may decommission the Fukushima Dai-Ni nuclear power plant in Japan, the country's industry minister has said. Yukio Edano told the Kyodo News...
Mojave Solar receives $1.2bn loan for US solar project
The US Department of Energy has awarded Mojave Solar a loan guarantee of $1.2bn to support the completion of 250MW Mojave Solar Project in California, US. Electric utility PG&E...
BWCC to develop biomass plant in the US
Babcock & Wilcox Construction (BWCC) has secured two contracts from Berlin Station to build a 75MW biomass plant in New Hampshire, US. The contracts include a $186m engineering,...
Indian state receives ADB loan to support solar power facilities
The Indian state of Gujarat has secured a $100m loan from the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to support acceleration of work at new large-scale solar power facilities. The Charanka Solar Park...
Lauren Jyoti wins contract to build solar plant in India
Lauren Jyoti has secured a Rs5.51bn ($115.1m) contract from Godawari Green Energy to build a 50MW solar thermal power plant in Rajasthan, India. The plant will provide power to the state grid...
GMR Infra to divest stake in Island Power
GMR Infrastructure is expected to sell a 30% stake in its Singapore-based Island Power. The company acquired 100% ownership in Island Power in 2009 from InterGen, in which it bought 50% stake...
Solar3D completes design of solar cell technology prototype
Solar3D has completed the design for its new solar cell and is on track to complete a working prototype by the end of 2011. The solar cell technology utilises a 3D design to trap sunlight...
EnerNOC to supply automated demand response to AESO
EnerNOC has received a contract from Alberta Electric System Operator (AESO) to provide 150MW of automated demand response through its DemandSMART demand response application. By deploying...
Metso to supply biomass boiler plant to Eneco
Metso has secured a €155m contract from Dutch-based Eneco to supply a 49MWe biomass-fired boiler plant in Delfzijl in the Netherlands. The plant will be contructed by a...
Blast at French nuclear treatment centre kills worker
Four people were critically injured and one killed in an industrial accident at the Maracoule nuclear site in the south of France on Monday. The explosion was caused by a fire near a furnace...
First Wind signs services agreement with GE
First Wind has signed an eight-year comprehensive service agreement with GE to provide services for its entire fleet of 264 GE wind turbines at eight sites across the US. Under the contract,...
Cogentrix receives loan guarantee from US DoE
Cogentrix of Alamosa has received a loan guarantee of $90.6m from the US Department of Energy (DoE) to support the construction of 30MW Alamosa solar project in the US State of Colorado. ...
SP Amherst Wind arranges finance for Canadian wind farm
SP Amherst Wind Power will receive a loan of $45m to finance its 31.5MW stand-alone wind farm in Nova Scotia, Canada. The wind farm, which will be equipped with 15 S97-2.1MW turbines supplied...
Marubeni to construct geothermal plant in Indonesia
Japan-based Marubeni has secured an engineering, procurement and construction contract from state utility Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) to build a geothermal plant in West Java,...
US DoE awards funds to develop offshore wind power projects
US Department of Energy (DoE) has granted $43m to boost the development of offshore wind power projects in the country. The DoE will provide the funding over a period of five years to...
REpower to supply turbines for seven wind farms in Germany
REpower Systems has secured contracts to deliver a total of 47 wind turbines to seven communities in Northern Friesland, Germany. Under the contract, the company will supply 33 2MW (MM82...
LCRA selects Fluor for US 540MW combined cycle plant
Fluor has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Lower Colorado River Authority (LCRA) for the 540MW combined cycle Ferguson replacement project in Texas,...
E.ON to complete construction of solar plants in Italy
E.ON plans to complete the construction of two new installations, Fiume Santo 2 (FS2) and 5 (FS5), located in Sardinia, Italy, later this year. Construction of the two installations began...
Riverbank Power acquires 50% stake in Rio Isla hydroelectric project
Riverbank Power has acquired a 50% stake in the Rio Isla run-of-river hydro generation development project in Valdivia Province, Chile. Chile-based Portal Santa Laura is also a partner in...
First Solar to supply 100MW solar modules to Reliance Power
First Solar has signed an agreement with Reliance Power (RP) to supply 100MW of solar modules for its project in Rajasthan, India. The US Export-Import Bank awarded an $84.3m loan to RP's...
Indowind procures wind turbines from Shanghai Electric
Indowind Energy is buying 28MW of turbines from Shanghai Electric Group for its next project. Shanghai Electric will start the delivery of its 2MW wind turbines by the end of this year...
Vestas to supply wind turbines for Lucera Wind Farm in Italy
Vestas has secured a contract from Sea Spa to deliver 3 V90-2.0MW wind turbines to be installed at the Lucera Wind Farm in Apulia, Italy. Under the terms of a ten-year operation and...
GE to supply 300MW wind turbines for E.ON
GE has received a contract from E.ON to supply 300MW of wind turbines to be installed at its two wind farms being developed in Illinois, US. Under the contract, GE will supply and install...
HPGCL receives environmental clearance for gas-fired plant in Haryana
Indian state-owned utility Haryana Power Generation (HPGCL) has received environmental clearance for the construction of a 1,500MW gas-based power project in Haryana, India. The federal...
MEMC acquires FRV US
MEMC Electronic Materials and its subsidiary SunEdison have acquired Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV US) for $112m including a repayment of about $19m in intercompany loans and...
Sri Lanka and India sign JV for coal plant
The Ceylon Electricity Board (CEB) of Sri Lanka and India's state-run NTPC have inked a deal to build a 500MW coal power plant in Trincomalee, Sri Lanka. The plant will be constructed at...
Enel Green Power builds 18MW wind farm in France
Italy-based renewable energy company Enel Green Power (EGP) has built an 18MW wind farm in France's Rhone Alpes region. The plant will generate a capacity of 50 million kilowatt hours of...
Tajik hydro power station commences operation
The first unit of the Sangtoudeh-2 hydropower plant in Tajikistan has begun commercial operations. The project, which began in 2006, has been built at a cost of $220m by an unnamed Iran...
CaliSolar to construct polysilicon plant in US
CaliSolar will construct a polysilicon manufacturing plant in Mississippi, US, at an estimated cost of $600m. The plant will produce about 16,000t of polysilicon a year, which will be used...
Capital Power and TransAlta begin operations at 495MW coal-fired plant in Canada
Capital Power and TransAlta have begun commercial operations at the 495MW Keephills 3 generating facility in Canada, which has been built at an estimated cost of $1.98bn. Capital Power...
AES secures $1.5bn loan to build coal-fired plant in Vietnam
AES has secured a $1.5bn loan to begin construction at its planned 1,200MW Mong Duong II coal-fired power plant in Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam. The company received the loan from...
Toshiba to acquire Shaw Group interest in Westinghouse
Toshiba is currently in talks to acquire Shaw Group's 20% interest in nuclear power plant company Westinghouse Electric Co. In 2006, engineering services company Shaw partnered with Toshiba...
NextEra sells natural gas-fired plants to LS Power for $1.05bn
NextEra Energy Resources has signed an agreement with LS Power to sell four of its natural-gas-fired power plants in the US for $1.05bn. The assets to be sold by NextEra include 507MW...
Wärtsilä to build largest gas-fuelled power plant in Africa
Wärtsilä is to build Africa's largest gas-fuelled combustion engine power plant at its facility in Sasolburg, South Africa. As the engineering, procurement and contractor, the...
Demag secures supply contract from Granada Material Handling
Demag Cranes and Components has secured a contract from Granada Material Handling to supply 164 electric wire rope hoists for a renewable energy project. This contract follows the...
Acorn Energy sells CoaLogix to Energy Capital Partners
Acorn Energy has sold its subsidiary CoaLogix for $101m to funds managed by Energy Capital Partners. The company owned about 65% of CoaLogix on a fully diluted basis and the rest was owned...
USG Oregon receives initial loan to construct US power project
USG Oregon has secured $2.3m from the Federal Financing Bank to construct the 23MW Neal Hot Springs power plant in Oregon, US. The loan is part of the initial payment secured from the...
Vattenfall completes construction of Swedish wind farm
Vattenfall has completed the construction of the SEK1.5bn ($236m) Stor-Rotliden wind farm in Sweden. The wind farm is equipped with 40 Vestas V90 wind turbines with an installed capacity of...
Jindal Power to buy thermal power units
Jindal Power plans to buy thermal power plants with a minimum capacity of 1,000MW to accelerate its plan to more than double its generation capacity in India. The company said it is ready...
Metso to deliver biomass technology to Polish firm
Metso has secured a €20m contract to convert a coal-fired boiler at Elektrocieplownia Bialystok's combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Bialystok, Poland, to a biomass-fired...
Ballast Nedam secures supply contract for German wind farm
Ballast Nedam has secured a contract worth €250m from wpd for the engineering, supply and installation of 80 foundations at the Butendiek offshore wind farm in Germany. The wind farm...
BGR Energy secures turnkey implementation contract from NPCIL
BGR Energy Systems electrical projects division has secured a Rs4.44bn ($96m) turnkey implementation contract from the Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL). The firm will supply, test...
NextEra secures finance for US solar project
NextEra Energy Resources subsidiary Genesis Solar has secured a $935m loan to finance the construction of a 250MW solar thermal power generating facility in California, US. The funds...
GE Hitachi secures nuclear services contract from Exelon
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) has secured a $150m integrated outage contract from Exelon Nuclear to ensure the safety and performance of the boiling water reactors (BWR) at nuclear plants in...
Mitsubishi and CTCI secure contract to set up coal-fired plant in Taiwan
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and engineering firm CTCI have jointly secured a $2.6bn turnkey contract from Taiwan Power to develop three coal-fired power generating units. The Japanese-Taiwan...
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Suzlon to construct $1.3bn wind farm in Australia
Suzlon Energy is set to build a $1.3bn wind power farm in South Australia. The Ceres project, which will be equipped with 180 turbines, will be located 20km South-West of Ardrossan on the...
Pattern Energy arranges finance for wind project in the US
Pattern Energy has arranged finance for the construction of the 150MW Spring Valley Wind in Nevada, US. Siemens Financial Services, Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank, and Union...
DOE announces loan guarantee for 250MW solar project
The US Department of Energy has awarded a partial loan guarantee of $852m to NextEra Energy Resources to fund the construction of its 250MW Genesis Solar project in California, US. ...
Greens installs HRSGs at gas-fired plant in India
Greens Holdings has installed two heat recovery steam generators (HRSG) at the 225MW gas-fired power station in Northern India. These newly installed HRSGs will work in conjunction with...
Candu Energy wins contract for nuclear plant expansion in Argentina
The Government of Argentina will award Candu Energy a $44m contract for the extension of the life of the Embalse nuclear power plant in Córdoba. The government will invest about $1.3bn...
Japanese utility postpones scheduled maintenance at Anan power plant
Electric utility Shikoku Electric Power has postponed its planned maintenance work at its 450MW No 3 unit at the Anan plant in Japan, which was originally scheduled from 3 September to 9...
Foster Wheeler to supply steam generator systems for Spanish projects
Foster Wheeler, through its subsidiary Global Power, has secured two contracts to supply solar steam generator systems for two projects in Spain. Under the first contract, signed with UTE...
enXco signs PPA with Marin Clean Energy
enXco has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Marin Clean Energy for a 31MW solar project in California, US. The company will construct the project at six sites in Kern,...
Calpine secures loan to upgrade gas-fired plant in the US
Calpine has secured a $373m credit facility to finance the 120MW upgrade works of its Los Esteros critical energy facility in California, US. The facility will be upgraded from a...
Volkswagen to invest $1bn in renewable energy sector
Automaker Volkswagen has unveiled plans to invest €1.4bn in the renewable energy sector over the next few years. The company is currently negotiating terms with four companies for...
GE and China Huadian establish JV in China
GE and China Huadian have formed a joint venture company with an investment of $100m to develop distributed energy combined heat and power projects in China. China Huadian will hold...
PPL nuclear plant resumes operations in the US
PPL Corp's 1140MW Unit 2 of its Susquehanna nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania, US, has resumed operations. A single-point wiring deficiency in the unit's digital control system led to...
OPT's PowerBuoy device faces sea tests deployed in the US
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has deployed its autonomous wave energy device PowerBuoy for sea trials and is currently undergoing ocean tests following its deployment 20 miles off the coast of...
BNB and Enfinity to co-develop 9.8MW solar project in the US
BNB Renewable Energy and Enfinity America plan to co-develop BNB's 9.8MW solar project in Ohio, US, under a joint development agreement signed between the two companies. Under the...
Toyota Motor and Tohoku Electric to partner for solar power business
Tohoku Electric Power plans to establish a new solar power generation business in Japan in partnership with Toyota Motar Corp and the state of Miyagi. The joint venture will use...
RMT wins EPC contract to build US wind farm
RMT has been awarded an engineering, procurement and construction contract to design and build Wind Capital Group's 150MW Osage County wind energy facility in Oklahoma, US. Under the...
Enel Green secures 193MW power supply contracts in Brazil
Enel Green Power has secured power supply contracts for three wind projects in Brazil, through the 2011 Brazilian New Energy Auction. The three wind farms, totalling 193MW of...
Abengoa Bioenergy receives loan guarantee to build refinery in the US
Abengoa Bioenergy has received a conditional commitment for a $133.9m federal loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy to build its bio refinery unit in Kansas, the US. The refinery...
Initec Energia to build 500MW gas-fired plant in Brazil
Initec Energia has secured a €260m contract to construct a 500MW combined-cycle gas-fired power plant in Maranhao, Brazil. The company secured the deal from MPX Energia, an energy...
TEPCO to increase power supplies to Tohoku Electric
Japanese electric utility Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) said it plans to increase the power supply to Tohoku Electric Power to more than 3,000MW this month. Tohoku Electric lost about 1,000MW...
CNPV signs MoU to build solar modules
CNPV Solar Power has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) and strategic partnership agreement with SolarTec Group to supply 300MW solar modules for specific projects in North America,...
KEP shuts 600MW unit at Japan power plant
Kyushu Electric Power has shut down operations at its 600MW No 4 unit at its gas-fired Shin-Kokura power plant in Japan. The unit experienced an automatic shut down of a steam turbine,...
Statkraft JV to construct 60MW wind farm in Sweden
Statkraft SCA Vind plans to begin construction of a 60MW Stamasen 1 wind farm in central Sweden next month. The €108m plant will be equipped with 26 wind turbines of 2.3MW each and...
Daewoo wins construction contract for 2000MW thermal plant
South-Korea based Daewoo Engineering & Construction has won a contract to build a 2,000MW thermal power plant in Sur, Oman. The company secured the $1.2bn contract from Oman Power and...
Suzlon to build 48MW wind farm in India
Suzlon Energy has secured a contract from Indian Oil to build, operate and maintain a 48.3MW wind facility in Andhra Pradesh, India. The plant will be equipped with 23 units of Suzlon's S88...
NTPC to build $2.1bn thermal power plant in India
State-owned National Thermal Power Corp (NTPC) has unveiled plans to construct a Rs100bn ($2.17bn) thermal power plant in the Indian state of Maharashtra. The 1,320MW plant will...
Sahara India and Korea East-West to develop 6,000MW projects in India
Sahara India Power has signed an agreement to form a partnership with Korea East-West Power to develop power projects with combined a capacity of up to 6,000MW in India. The agreement...
OCI secures civil work contract from Cairo Electricity
Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) has secured a contract worth $181m to provide civil work for a 1,500MW combined cycle power plant in Giza, Egypt. The Cairo Electricity Production...
NRG Energy signs definitive agreement to acquire Energy Plus
NRG Energy has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Energy Plus for $190m in cash. The acquisition will provide NRG with an effective retail platform to expand its customer services...
PTT signs agreement with IRPC
Energy firm PTT has signed an agreement with IRPC to invest THB6bn ($200m) in a solar power plant in Thailand. The company will take six months to study the prospects of investing in...
Gaelectric and XEMC to co-develop wind farms in Ireland
Renewable energy and energy storage group Gaelectric and XEMC VWEC have signed contracts to co-develop three wind farms in Ireland. The value of the three projects is estimated at...
Semirara Mining acquires loan for Filipino coal plant expansion
Semirara Mining will receive a PHP14bn ($329.27m) loan to finance the construction of two generating units next to its coal plant in Batangas in the Philippines. The project involves...
Shikoku Electric Shuts 269MW Unit at Skaide Plant in Japan
Shikoku Electric Power has closed operations at its 269MW No 1 unit at its gas-fired Sakaide plant in Japan. The plant was closed due to the concerns over a steam leak from a boiler...
Black Hills Seeks Investor for US Wind Farm
Black Hills is seeking a new investor to acquire a 50% stake in the planned 29MW wind project to be developed in Colorado, US. The Colorado Public Utilities Commission approved the project...
Japan Approves Formation of Nuclear Regulatory Body
The Government of Japan has agreed to form a new nuclear regulatory agency under the Environment Ministry. The nuclear agency will integrate the Cabinet Office's Nuclear Safety...
CWEC to Construct Hydro Dam in Guinea
China Water and Electric Company (CWEC) has signed a contract with the Guinean Government to construct a hydroelectric dam in Kaleta, in the region of Kindia. CWEC and the Guinea Government...
Ascent Solar to Set Up Asia Manufacturing Units
Ascent Solar Technologies will sell one-fifth of its shares to China's TFG Radiant Group and jointly set up manufacturing units in east Asia, under a $450m deal. The company has agreed to...
GD Power to Issue Convertible Bonds to Fund China Projects
GD Power Development will issue convertible bonds worth CNY5.5bn ($862m) to fund the power projects across China. The proceeds raised by the issue of bonds will be used to fund five...
Vestas to Supply Wind Turbines to E ON Climate & Renewables
Vestas has signed a contract with E ON Climate & Renewables North America to supply 112 V100-1.8 MW turbines for the US. Under the contract, Vestas will deliver and commission the turbines...
DOE Grants Loan Guarantee to Record Hill Wind
Record Hill Wind has secured a conditional loan guarantee of $102m from the US department of energy for the construction of a 50.6MW wind farm in Maine, US. The project is being developed...
Bridgepoint to Buy 11 Wind Farms from ACS in Spain
Bridgepoint has agreed to purchase a portfolio of Spanish wind energy assets from Auxiliar de Construcción y Servicios (ACS). The company will acquire the wind farms in Castilla Leon,...
Bangladesh Gets Loans for Power Projects
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and Islamic Development Bank (IDB) will help fund the development of new power projects in Bangladesh by June 2017. ADB will provide $300m for the...
KfW Grants Loan to Construct India's Biggest Solar Park
Germany's KfW Entwicklungsbank has agreed to extend a loan of €250m ($358m) to construct the biggest solar power park in India. The loan will be granted to the Maharashtra State Power,...
RES to Sell Majority Stake in Wadlow Wind Farm to Barclays
RES has agreed to sell an 85% stake in its Wadlow Wind Farm project in Cambridgeshire, UK, to Barclays Infrastructure Funds. The 26MW Wadlow wind facility will be equipped with 13 wind...
World Bank to Provide Loan for Hydro Project in India
THDC India will receive a $648m loan from the World Bank to build a 444MW hydro power project on Alaknanda River in Uttarakhand, India. THDC India is a joint venture between the federal...
Satcon Wins Supply Contract for Solar Plant in US
Satcon Technology Corp has been selected to provide ten of its 1MW Prism Platform solutions for the New Jersey Oak Solar PV power plant in New Jersey, US. The contract has been secured...
US Army Launches Task Force for Energy Projects
The US Army has launched a new energy initiatives office (EIO) task force, which will aid in the development of large-scale renewable energy projects for the armed forces. The task...
Tanzania to Invest in Emergency Power Projects
Tanzania plans to invest TZS1.2tn ($741.89m) in the development of emergency power projects by the end of 2012. The country plans to add 572MW of power to the national grid against the...
First Solar Wins Approval for Desert Sunlight project
First Solar has received approval from the Federal Department of Interior to build its 550MW Desert Sunlight project in California, US. First Solar will employ thin-film photovoltaic...
Petrovietnam Secures Loan to Develop Coal-Fired Power Plant
Vietnamese state oil and gas group Petrovietnam has secured a $95m loan to build a $1.6bn coal-fired power plant in central Vietnam. The loans will be provided by two Japanese banks...
Entegra Power to Receive Loan for Gas-Fired Blocks in US
Entegra Power Group will receive a loan of $300m to fund two operating power blocks at its natural gas-fired Gila River Power Station in Arizona, US. The loan will be secured from WestLB, GE...
Tidal Energy Wins Grant for Environmental Monitoring in Wales
Renewable energy company Tidal Energy (TEL) has received £390,000 from UK-based Carbon Trust to fund its environmental monitoring work at the Ramsey Sound demonstration site off the...
Duke Energy to Construct 200MW Wind Farm in the US
Duke Energy plans to construct the 200MW Los Vientos I wind power project in Texas, US, and sell the power generated from the plant to CPS Energy. CPS Energy has signed a 25-year agreement...
GDF SUEZ and International Power Sign PPAs with Ontario Power
GDF SUEZ and International Power has signed two power purchase agreements (PPAs) with Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to secure the entire output from its two 99MW wind farms being constructed...
CWE Holds Talks for Hydro Dam Project in Guinea
Guinea is holding talks with China International Water & Electric (CWE) for the construction of the Kaleta dam in Guinea, to increase the power generation in the nation. The Guinea...
China Completes Safety Inspection of Nuclear Plants
The China Nuclear Energy Association (CNEA) has completed mandatory safety inspections of existing nuclear power plants in the country. The move will allow the nation to embark on its...
SunPower to Set Up Solar Manufacturing Facility in US
US-based SunPower plans to own and operate a new solar panel manufacturing facility in Mexico, US. The company, in cooperation Industrial Development Commission of Mexicali, will lease...
Siemens Energy to Supply Turbines to German Wind Farm
Siemens Energy has secured a contract from WindMW to supply 80 wind turbines to be installed at the 288MW Meerwind Sud and Meerwind Ost wind project in Bremerhaven, Germany. The company...
Chinese Consortium to Build $1.5bn Coal-Fired Plant in Vietnam
Vietnam Electricity (EVN) group has awarded Chengda-Dec-Swepdi-Zepc consortium an engineering, procurement and construction contract to build the 1,245MW Duyen Hai 3 thermal power plant in Tra...
Reliance Power to Build 200MW Wind Plant in India
Reliance Power has unveiled plans to build a 200MW wind power plant in Vashpet, in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Reliance Power's parent company, the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group will...
Vestas Secures Wind Turbine Supply Contract
Vestas has secured a contract from Powerica to supply 26 V100 1.8MW wind turbines for the Vandiya Power wind farm project in Gujarat, India. The order for the 46.8 MW wind farm is placed...
Bangchak Petroleum to Develop Solar Projects in Thailand
Bangchak Petroleum plans to invest THB12bn ($401m) in the expansion of three solar power projects in Thailand. The first 38MW solar plant began supplying electricity to the national grid...
InterGen to Construct 900MW CCGT Plant in the UK
InterGen has received approval from the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change to construct a 900MW London Gateway Logistics Park in Essex, the UK. The £600m project will be equipped...
Pattern Energy and Samsung to Sell 870MW to OPA
Pattern Energy Group and Samsung Renewable Energy have signed four separate power purchase agreements with the Ontario Power Authority (OPA) to deliver 870MW of clean energy from wind...
Japan to Construct 1,000MW Natural Gas-Fired Plants
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to construct 1,000MW of natural gas-fuelled power plants in Tokyo Bay, Japan. The government will invite bids from the private sector to build and...
Tohoku Electric to Acquire More Power as Demand Grows
Tohoku Electric Power has received an additional power supply of 300MW from Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) to avoid rolling blackouts and to meet the increasing demands. The company will...
MMEC to Acquire Fotowatio Renewable Ventures
MEMC Electronic Materials and its subsidiary Sun Edison have signed an agreement to acquire Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV US) for $112m. Under the terms of the agreement, MMEC will...
Wind Works Secures Loan for US Project
Wind Works Power will receive a convertible debenture loan of $20m to finance the development of the 150MW Thunder Spirit wind power project in North Dakota, US, in 2013. The company holds a...
Ampere Equity Fund Acquires 50% Stake in Scottish Wind Farm
Ampere Equity Fund has acquired a 50% stake in Green Power's Carraig Gheal wind farm project being developed in Scotland. The Carraig Gheal wind farm will be equipped with 20 Siemens...
Kenya to Construct New Power Lines and Substations
Kenya Electricity Transmission plans to construct new power transmission lines and sub stations worth KES22.5 ($244m) in Nairobi, Kenya. The Nairobi transmission ring project is expected to...
US DOE to Invest in Solar Programme
The US Department of Energy plans to invest $50m in the Sunpath programme over the next two years to boost the solar manufacturing businesses in the US. Sunpath is the second solar...
Japan to Create New Nuclear Regulatory Agency
Japan plans to set up a new atomic safety regulator under the Environment Ministry to monitor and frame tougher safety standards for nuclear power operators. The new environment agency will...
NSL to Develop Wind Power Projects in Chile
India-based NSL Group plans to invest around $650m in wind power projects in Chile over a period of three years. The company, the parent of India's fifth-largest wind-turbine maker, has...
ABB Secures $1bn Transmission Link Contract
ABB has secured a $1bn contract from TenneT to supply a power link connecting offshore North Sea wind farms to Germany's mainland grid. The company said it will install the world's...
Advanced Solar Secures PV Module Supply Contract
Advanced Solar Products has secured a contract from LDK Solar to supply 58,803PV modules for a net-metered solar system at the McGraw-Hill project in New Jersey, US. Under the contract,...
Japan Shuts Two Coal-Fired Units and Hydro Plants
Japan's Electric Power Development (J-Power) has shut down two coal-fired units of 1,300MW combined capacity due to a steam leak and a problem with a transformer. The company has closed...
PTSC to Construct Coal-Fired Power Plant in Vietnam
Petrovietnam Technical Services (PTSC) will construct a 1,200MW coal-fired thermal power plant in Hau Giang, Vietnam, following the receipt of contract from its parent company Petrovietnam. ...
Doosan Delivers AP1000 Reactor for Chinese Nuke Plant
Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction has delivered the first AP1000 nuclear reactor vessel, which will be installed at the Sanmen nuclear power plant in Zhejiang, China. The 340t...
EDF Seeks Permit for Nuclear Plant Construction in the UK
EDF Energy has submitted an application for the site licence and an environmental permit for the construction of Hinkley Point C nuclear plant in the UK. EDF's site licence will be evaluated...
Acorn Energy Sells CoaLogix to Energy Capital Partners
Acorn Energy has signed a definitive agreement with Energy Capital Partners (ECP) to sell its CoaLogix subsidiary for $101m. Coaloix is 65% owned by Acorn Energy with the remaining...
Banco Votorantim to Raise Funds for Renewable Projects in Brazil
Brazil's Banco Votorantim is planning to raise BRL1.2bn ($768m) for three Brazilian private-equity funds, which will invest in renewable-energy projects. Votorantim expects to raise a minimum...
Alstom Secures Maintenance Contract from Dalia Power
Alstom has secured a contract worth €330m from Dalia Power Energies to provide operation and maintenance services for its 835MW gas-fired Tzafit power plant in Israel. Under the...
Centrica Contracts 260MW Brigg Power Plant to UK National Grid
Electric utility company Centrica has signed an agreement to contract its 260MW Brigg power plant as reserve capacity to the UK national grid. The contract is expected to start this month...
Invenergy Buys Stake in Atlantic Green
Atlantic Green Power has sold its majority interest in its US-based 'Project Company' to Invenergy Solar Development for a cash reimbursement of project costs. The sale is also tied into...
Turkey and Japan to Discuss Nuclear Plant Construction
Turkey has resumed talks with Japanese companies Toshiba and Tokyo Electric Company (Tepco) to discuss a potential collaboration to build Turkey's second nuclear plant in Sinop. The talks...
Gamesa Sells Two Farms to Enel Green Power
Gamesa has sold its Zoodochos Pighi and Panaghia Soumela wind farms in Greece to Enel Green Power. The 24MW Zoodochos Pighi and 14MW Panaghia Soumela wind farms are located in the...
NextEra to Invest $5.8bn in Wind and Solar Projects
NextEra Energy plans to invest $5.8bn in the next three years for the development of new renewable energy projects. The company intends to spend about $2.7bn on developing solar projects...
AES Solar Secures Financing for Solar Project in Italy
AES Solar has secured €68m long-term non-recourse financing facilities for the construction of an 18MW solar photovoltaic in Italy. The loan will cover up to 81% of the estimated cost...
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Chubu Electric to Buy Hydro Power Projects from Mie Prefecture
Chubu Electric Power plans to buy 98MW of hydro power plants from the state government of Mie Prefecture in Japan. The company will acquire the hydro power projects for JPY10.5bn...
Vestas to Supply 92MW Wind Turbines to Asia Pacific Project
Vestas has secured a contract to supply 92MW wind turbines for an Asia Pacific wind project on a turnkey basis. The company will supply, install and commission 51 units of V100-1.8...
World Bank Grants Loan for Geothermal Projects in Indonesia
The World Bank will provide a $300m loan to fund the development of two geothermal projects in Indonesia, which are being delivered by Pertamina Geothermal Energy. The loan will be used...
Shanghai Electric to Raise $1.47bn for Power Assets
Shanghai Electric Power plans to raise CNY9.5bn ($1.47bn) through private share placement to diversify its power business. The company plans to use this funds to acquire nuclear power...
Dongguan Anwell Receives Funds to Build Solar Unit in China
Anwell Technologies subsidiary Dongguan Anwell Digital Machinery has received CNY700m ($108.6m) to build a new thin film solar panel manufacturing unit in Dongguan, China. The company...
CLPNIC to Invest $10.9bn in Yangjiang Nuclear Power Station
CLP Nuclear Investment Company (CLPNIC) has signed a contract to invest CNY70bn ($10.9bn) in the Yangjiang nuclear power station in Guangdong, China. The company will hold a 17% stake in...
E.ON Commissions 800MW CCGT Units at Siberian Power Station
E.ON Russia has commissioned two new combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) units of 400MW each at its Surgutskaya GRES-2 power station in West-Siberia. The units use advanced technology and...
Chugoku Electric Power Restarts 1,000MW Coal-Fired Unit in Japan
Chugoku Electric Power has resumed operations at its 1,000MW Misumi No 1 coal-fired power plant in Japan. The unit was closed on 18 July 2011 due to trouble with a boiler, reports...
Ballast Nedam to Begin Construction of Biomass Power Plant
Ballast Nedam, in consortium with Areva Renewables and Metso Power Oy, will begin construction of a 49MW biomass power plant in the Dutch port of Delfzijl, the Netherlands, later this year,...
Gamesa to Supply 80MW Wind Turbines to Aldesa
Gamesa has been selected by civil engineering company Aldesa to supply 80MW wind turbines to two wind farms in Spain. Aldesa will equip the 50MW La Tella wind farm with 25 Gamesa...
Tokyo to Construct a Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant
The Tokyo Metropolitan Government plans to construct a natural gas-fired thermal plant in Tokyo, Japan, amid the nuclear crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi plant. Tokyo Governor Shintaro...
Reliance Power to Receive US Exim Bank Loan for New Projects
India's Reliance Power is seeking a loan of INR28bn ($625m) from the US Exim Bank for the construction of a 2,400MW gas-based power plant in Andhra Pradesh, India. The loan is a part of the...
Norsk Hydro to Divest Stake in SKS Produksjon
Norsk Hydro has signed an agreement to sell a 20.86% non-strategic ownership stake in Norwegian power production company SKS Produksjon to Salten Kraftsamband for NOK1bn ($190m). Hydro...
Lightsource and Octopus Complete UK's Largest Roof-Top Solar Installation
Lightsource Renewable Energy and Octopus Investments have completed the installation of a 1.35MW solar project on the roof-top of Promens warehouse in Beccles, Suffolk, UK. The...
Chubu Electric to Construct $1.3bn Tsunami Wall at Hamaoka Plant
Chubu Electric Power plans to construct an 18m-high tsunami defence wall around the around the Hamaoka nuclear plant in Japan. Construction of the wall, which will stretch 1.6km around...
India, South Korea Sign Nuclear Cooperation Deal
South Korea will assist India in building atomic power plants in the country following a nuclear energy cooperation agreement signed between the two nations. Currently, India has six...
Imperial Valley Secures Loan for Solar Plant in the US
Imperial Valley Solar Company has secured a $77.4m loan from The North American Development Bank for the construction of a 20MW solar power plant in California, US. The plant will be...
First Wind Constructs Rollins Wind Project in US
First Wind has completed the construction of the 60MW Rollins wind project in Maine, US. US-based general contractor Reed & Reed managed the construction of the plant, which is equipped with...
Wind Works Acquires Farms in Germany
Wind Works Power has acquired two wind projects totalling 21MW capacity in Germany. The first project is the 15MW Rock project, a 50:50 co-development partnership with a German...
Petronas to Raise Funds for Malaysian Power Plant
Petronas Gas plans to raise MYR1.2bn ($400m) to finance the construction of a 300MW gas-fired Kimanis power plant in Sabah, Malaysia. The loan will fund 80% of the plant construction, while...
Tidal Energy Gets More Funding to Develop New Device
Tidal Energy has secured £6.4m from the Welsh Government for the development of a 1.2MW DeltaStream device to be deployed next year. The company has now received a total loan of £11m, while...
EON Sells Wind Farm Portfolio to Velocita Energy
Germany's EON has sold a portfolio of 20 wind farms in France to Riverstone Holdings' UK-based subsidiary, Velocita Energy Developments, for an undisclosed amount. The wind farms were sold as...
Sarwak to Sell 230MW Electricity to Indonesia
Sarawak Energy will sell about 230MW of electricity to West Kalimantan, Indonesia, by mid-2014. Sarawak's second minister of planning and resource management said that the construction for...
Alexander & Baldwin to Construct 6MW Solar Facility in the US
Alexander & Baldwin (A&B) and Kauai Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) plan to construct a 6MW solar PV facility in Kauai, Hawaii, US. The plant will be developed and operated by a subsidiary...
Kansai Electric to Close Nuclear Reactor in Japan
Electric utility Kansai Electric Power Co said it will close the 870MW No. 4 reactor at its Takahama station in Japan today. The shutdown operation is expected to be complete within one day. ...
NKT to Supply Cables to Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea
NKT Cables has secured a DKK600m ($113.2m) contract to supply on and offshore high-voltage cables for the 389MW West of Duddon Sands offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. The company secured...
Phoenix Solar Secures EPC Contract from Auko Energy
Phoenix Solar has received an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Akuo Energy for the construction of two solar plants of 12MW each in France. Upon completion, the...
GE to Supply Wind Turbines to Estonian Wind Farm
GE has secured a contract to supply 18 wind turbines to the Pladiski wind farm being constructed by Eesti Energia and Nelja Energia on the Parki peninsula, Estonia. Construction of the wind...
GMR Secures Finance for 800MW Combined Cycle Plant in Singapore
GMR Energy has secured an $820m loan to finance the construction of an 800MW combined-cycle project at Jurong Island, Singapore. The finance has been secured from Axis Bank, CIMB Bank,...
Kyodo Electric Power Restarts Third Coal-Fired Unit in Japan
Kashima Kyodo Electric Power has resumed operations at its 350MW gas and oil-fired unit No 4 at its thermal power plant in eastern Japan. Kyodo has now resumed full operations from three of...
Sopogy Joins MAI Development for Thai Solar Plant Project
Sopogy has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with MAI Development for the construction of a 6MW solar power plant in Bau Yai, Thailand. The power generated from the solar plant will...
Nordex Constructs 150MW Wind Farm in the US
Nordex USA has completed the construction of a 150MW Cedar Creek 2 wind farm in Weld County in north-eastern Colorado, US. The company was responsible for the supply and installation of...
Lithuania Selects Hitachi for Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant
The Ministry of Energy of the Republic of Lithuania has selected Hitachi and Hitachi-GE Nuclear Energy as the strategic investor for the construction of the Visaginas nuclear power plant (NPP)...
Joban Kyodo Restarts Nakoso Plant Unit in Japan
Japan's Joban Kyodo Electric Power has restarted the 600MW no 8 unit at its coal-fired Nakoso plant in Tokyo, Japan. Operations at the unit were interrupted for prolonged maintenance work...
Sasol to Construct 140MW Gas-Fired Plant in South Africa
Sasol plans to construct a 140MW natural gas-fired power plant in Sasolburg, South Africa. The plant is being constructed to meet Sasol's own energy needs and reduce its dependence on...
LDK Secures Solar Modules Supply Contracts in China
LDK Solar has secured contracts to supply 35MW solar modules for two electric companies in China. Under the first contract, LDK will supply 30MW of solar modules in the Qinghai province,...
India Begins Construction of 700MW Nuclear Plant
India has commenced work to build a 700MW indigenous pressurised heavy water reactor (PHWR) at the Rajasthan Atomic Power Station (RAPS) in the state of Rajasthan. The new reactor will be...
Conergy Completes UK's Largest Solar Power Plant
Conergy, in partnership with Lark Energy, has completed the construction of the UK’s largest solar power plant in Nottinghamshire. The 5MW plant covers a total area of 146,000m2 and is...
Consortium to Construct $1.82bn Power Plant in Oman
The Oman Power and Water Procurement Company (OPWP) has signed an agreement with a consortium for the construction of a 2,000MW independent power project in Oman. The consortium...
Suzlon Energy to Supply S95 Wind Turbines to Orient Green
Suzlon Energy has secured a contract worth INR6.5bn ($1.45bn) to supply wind turbines to more than 100MW of wind projects to be developed by Orient Green Power in India. Under the...
P2 Solar to Construct 7.3MW Solar Plant in Bulgaria
P2 Solar has signed an option agreement worth $76.5m for the construction of a 7.3MW solar farm in Bulgaria. The project will be constructed on 35 acres of land in south-western Bulgaria...
Tata BP Constructs a 1MW Solar Plant in India
Tata BP Solar India has installed and commissioned a 1MW solar plant in Tamil Nadu, India, which will supply power to the grid lines of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board for a 25-year...
SolFocus Unveils New Solar Array
SolFocus has unveiled its new concentrator photovoltaic (CPV) solution, SF-1136SX. The new solution is designed to produce more energy than other solar arrays and reduces installation time...
Doosan to Set Up Manufacturing Plant in India
South Korean company Doosan will build a new power equipment manufacturing plant in Tamil Nadu, India. The new unit will produce boilers for thermal power projects in India, reports the...
UK Government Proposes Infrastructure Overhaul
UK households and businesses must contribute to major investments to revamp the country's energy infrastructure, the energy secretary Chris Huhne has said. Unveiling a package of reforms,...
US Task Force Report Recommends Tougher Nuclear Approach
A new report by a US taskforce group has recommended the national government to undertake a tougher approach to ensure nuclear safety. The report recommends tougher standards for back-up...
PGI Energy JV to Develop 1,000MW Power Plants in Nigeria
PGI Energy and its joint venture partners J & L Instrumentation & Power and Knox J & L Energy Solutions will construct several 1,000MW power plants in Ajaokuta, Nigeria. PGI Energy will...
SDG&E Signs Two PPAs
San Diego Gas & Electric has signed two power purchase agreements totalling 190MW for two solar projects to be built in California, US. The company signed a 25-year PPA for 150MW of...
Q-Cells to Begin Constructing SSM3 Project
Q-Cells North America is to begin the construction of the 10MW SSM3 project in Ontario, Canada. The SSM3 is part of the 60MW project Q-Cells is developing for Starwood Energy Group Global...
India Completes Study to Build Coal-Fired Plant in Bangladesh
India has completed a feasibility study for the planned construction of a 1.3GW coal-fired power plant in Khulna, Bangladesh. Work is also underway to build transmission connectivity, which...
World's First Wave Power Plant Begins Operations
Electric utility Ente Vasco de la Energia has inaugurated the Mutriku wave power plant, the world's first in commercial operation. The 300kW wave power plant is located between Bilbao and...
Reliance Power and Power Finance to Sell Carbon Credits from India Power Projects
Reliance Power will partner with state-owned Power Finance Corp in its quest to earn INR3.1bn ($693m) by selling carbon credits generated by two ultra-mega power projects in India. The...
Metso to Supply 100MW Biomass Boiler to GREC
Metso will supply a 100MW biomass boiler island and plant automation system to Gainesville Renewable Energy Center (GREC) in Florida, US. GREC has secured $500m to finance the construction...
AES-VCM to Construct $1.95bn Power Plant in Vietnam
AES-VCM Mong Duong Power will construct a $1.95bn coal-fired plant on a build-operate-transfer basis in Quang Ninh, Vietnam. The 1.24GW Mong Duong 2 plant will receive a loan of $1.46bn from...
Kelson Energy to Sell 968MW CCG Plant
Kelson Energy has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Magnolia combined cycle gas (CCG) plant in Mississippi, US, to Tennessee Valley Authority for an undisclosed sum. The 968MW...
US DOE Offers Loan to Solar Projects in California
The US Department of Energy has offered a loan commitment worth several billion dollars for the construction of three solar plants in California, US. The 230MW Antelope Valley Solar Ranch...
Techno Electric Secures Loan to Build 101MW Wind Farm in India
Techno Electric & Engineering has secured $80m in financing for the construction of the 101MW wind farm in Tirunaveli and Coimbatore in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. The INR6bn...
Tibet's Largest Solar Facility Begins Operations
A new 30MW solar plant, built by Linuo Power in China's Tibet Autonomous Region, has commenced commercial operations. The solar plant is being developed in three phases at an estimated cost...
Petrovietnam Units Win $1.2bn Contract for Coal-Fired Plant in Vietnam
State-owned Petrovietnam has awarded two contracts worth $1.2bn to its subsidiary units to build a 1.2GW coal-fired plant in northern Vietnam. Petrovietnam Construction received a contract...
Mitsui to Construct 100MW Solar Power Plants in Japan
Japan's Mitsui plans to construct large scale solar plants with a total capacity of 100MW in the quake hit regions of Tohoku, Japan. The company has begun negotiations with local authorities...
BP Wind Signs PPAs for US Wind Farm
BP Wind Energy has signed two long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) totalling 105MW from its Mehoopany Wind Farm in Pennsylvania, US. The PPA's, negotiated by the National...
Alstom Grid Secures Transmission Supply Contract
Alstom Grid has secured a contract worth €80m from Calik Energy to supply electric transmission equipment for gas/fuel oil power plants in Iraq. The equipment will be installed at...
Godawari Power Bags Funds for Solar Power Plant in India
Godawari Power & Ispat has received project financing from the Bank of Baroda for the construction of a 50MW solar plant in Rajasthan, India. The company plans to invest about INR7bn...
AEP Ohio and Turning Point to Build 49.9MW Solar Plant in US
AEP Ohio has partnered with Turning Point Solar to construct a 49.9MW commercial solar facility in Indiana, US. The plant will be equipped with 250,000 solar panels, which will be supplied...
PLN to Construct Gas-Fired Power Plants in Indonesia
Electricity company PT PLN plans to construct three gas-fired power plants with a total capacity of 4,500MW in Java, Indonesia. PLN planning and technology director Nasri Sebayang...
Geronimo Wind Energy and Xcel Energy Sign Power Purchase Agreement
Geronimo Wind Energy has signed a long-term renewable energy purchase agreement with Xcel Energy to buy 200MW of wind energy from its Prairie Rose Wind Farm in the US. The project, located...
GMR Energy Seeks $3.7bn Finance for Transmission Projects
India-based GMR Infrastructure's subsidiary GMR Energy is in discussions with IDFC to secure INR3.7bn ($83.25m) in debt to achieve financial closure for two transmission projects in the state...
Japan to Run Stress Tests on Nuclear Reactors
Japan will conduct stress tests on all its nuclear reactors in the wake of the Fukushima disaster. The tests will be modelled on those announced recently by the European Union (EU),...
Yingli Green Signs Supply Agreements with Huanghe Hydropower
Yingli Green Energy Holding has signed supply agreements with Huanghe Hydropower Development to supply a total of 110MW PV modules in China. Huanghe Hydropower, a subsidiary of China...
ETT Secures Contract to Develop $1.4bn CREZ Projects
The Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT) has selected Electric Transmission Texas (ETT) for the development of competitive renewable energy zone (CREZ) projects worth $1.4bn in west Texas,...
Avista to Buy Power from US Wind Project
Avista has agreed to purchase power from First Wind's proposed Palouse Wind project in Washington, US. Under the 30-year power purchase agreement, Avista will buy about 40MW of energy, or up...
EnBW Explores Stake Sale in Power Grid
Germany's EnBW is considering selling its stake in its high-voltage power grid to infrastructure funds for an undisclosed sum. The final decision on the stake sale is yet to be taken but...
TEPCO Restarts No.1 Unit at Hirono Power Plant
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has restarted the 600MW unit No 1 at its Hirono thermal-power plant in Fukushima prefecture, Japan. The operator idled the plant for maintenance after the 11...
Shaw Group to Construct 550MW CCGT Plant in US
The Shaw Group has secured an engineering, procurement and construction contract from Entergy Louisiana for the construction of a dual-fuel 550MW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant...
Teekay and A2SEA to Develop Offshore Wind Installation Vessel
Canada-based Teekay has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Denmark's A2SEA to design a vessel for the installation of offshore wind foundations. The companies will jointly develop...
AC Energy Forms JV to Build Thermal Plant in the Philippines
AC Energy Holdings, an affiliate of Ayala, has formed a joint venture with Trans-Asia Oil and Energy Development to build and operate a 135MW thermal power plant in Batangas, the Philippines. ...
Vietnam Bags WB Loan to Develop Hydro Project
The World Bank has signed a deal with the State Bank of Vietnam to provide a credit facility of $330m for the construction of a hydro power plant in Vietnam. Construction work on the...
OPT PowerBuoy Device Proves Succesful in Sea Trials
Ocean Power Technologies (OPT) has received positive results from the deployment of its PB150 device in trials conducted off the north-east coast of Scotland. The 150kW device was developed...
GVEA Approves Construction of Eva Creek Wind Project
Domestic electric cooperative Golden Vallery Electric Association (GVEA) has approved the construction of 24MW Eva Creek wind project in Alaska, US. GVEA said the wind project will be...
Mainstream Renewable to Invest €1.5bn in Irish Wind Projects
Mainstream Renewable Energy has signed a deal with Chinese wind turbine manufacturer Sinovel to invest €1.5bn over the next five years for development of wind farms in Ireland. The...
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Siemens to Build Offshore Wind Farm in the Irish Sea
Siemens has secured a contract worth $800m from DONG Energy and Scottish Power Renewables to construct an offshore wind farm in the Irish Sea. Under the contract, Siemens will install...
China Sunergy Plans for 1GW Solar Cells Expansion Project
China Sunergy will invest CNY1.8bn ($278m) in its 1GW solar cells expansion project in Yangzhou, China. China Sunergy (HK) and China Sunergy (Nanjing) will initially produce 500MW of solar...
UK Announces Funds to Develop Marine Power Sector
The Department of Energy and Climate Change has granted £20m to fund the development of enhanced marine devices that are able to reduce carbon emissions. UK climate change minister Greg...
Magnox to Shut Down Reactor at UK Power Station
Plant operator Magnox will shut down Reactor 2 at the Oldbury Power Station in South Gloucestershire, UK, as it has reached the end of its operational life. The Nuclear...
Calpine and GE Secure Funds for US Combined-Cycle Power Plant
Calpine and GE Energy Financial Services have secured a $844.5m loan to fund the construction of the 619MW combined-cycle Russell City Energy Center (RCEC) in California, US. The...
NTPC to Shut Four Units at Indian Power Plant
NTPC has received a notice to shut down four units of 500MW each at its Talcher super thermal power station in Orissa, India. The notice was given by state agency Orissa State...
Termosolar Alcazar to Construct 50MW Solar Plant in Spain
Termosolar Alcazar, a joint venture between SolarReserve and Preneal, has secured a contract from the Spanish Government to build a 50MW solar thermal plant in Alcazar de San Juan, Spain. ...
KEPCO Constructs 200MW Coal-Fired Plant in the Philippines
Korea Power Electric (KEPCO) has completed the construction of a 200MW coal-fired power plant in Cebu, the Philippines. The $451m plant is equipped with circulation fluidised bed...
TEPCO Repairs Storage Tank Leak at Fukushima Plant
A leak at the storage tank employed to cool the reactors at the Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan, has now been repaired by the plant operator Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO). TEPCO discovered...
REpower to Supply Turbines for Italian Wind Farm
REpower Systems has signed a contract with Alerion CleanPower to supply wind turbines for Alerion's San Marco wind farm in Lamis, Italy. Under the contract, REpower will supply, install...
UK Lists Eight Sites for Nuclear Plants
The UK Government has selected eight sites to build new power stations near existing nuclear sites by 2025. The UK Energy Minister Charles Hendry said that about one fourth of the...
Chubu Electric Power to Receive $1.2bn Loan
Chubu Electric Power will receive a loan of $1.24bn from the Development Bank of Japan to fund the purchase of alternative sources of power. The company is seeking to purchase...
Bosch Group to Build Solar Manufacturing Plant in Malaysia
Bosch Group plans to invest €520m to construct a new solar photovoltaic (PV) manufacturing plant in the Batu Kawan region in Penang, Malaysia. The plant is expected to have an annual...
Google and Citi to Invest in Terra-Gen's US Wind Project
Google and Citi will invest $102m each for the construction of the 168MW Alta V project, being developed by Terra-Gen Power in California, US. The funds will be used to develop the second...
CECEP and Seamwell Plan $1.5bn Coal-Fired Plant in Mongolia
China Energy Conservation & Environmental Protection Group (CECEP) will collaborate with the UK's Seamwell International to build a $1.5bn coal-fired plant in Inner Mongolia, China. ...
Minnesota Power Plans 105MW Wind Project in the US
Minnesota Power has submitted a plan to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission for the construction of the 105MW Bison 3 wind project in North Dakota, US. The $157m Bison 3 project will...
Punj Lloyd Secures Civil Contract for Thermal Plant in India
India's Punj Lloyd has secured a INR2.1bn ($46.82m) civil contract from the National Thermal Power Corperation (NTPC) to undertake balance offloaded work for a thermal power plant being...
Indian State Wins WB Loan for Transmission Lines
The Indian state of Tripura will receive a loan of INR11bn ($245.34m) from the World Bank to improve power transmission and distribution system in the state. The loan will also be used...
Birla Surya to Invest $1.2bn in Solar Plant
Yash Birla Group subsidiary Birla Surya will invest INR54bn ($1.201bn) over the next five years to develop an integrated solar manufacturing unit in Maharashtra, India. The company intends...
Eesti Energia and GE to Develop Paldiski Wind Farm
Eesti Energia has signed an agreement with GE Energy for the construction of a 22.5MW wind farm at Paldiski, located on the Pakri peninsula, Estonia. The €33m Paldiski wind farm will...
US DOE Grants Loan for Wind Farm
The US Department of Energy has offered a $135.8m loan guarantee for the construction of a 99MW wind project in the state of New Hampshire. Noble Environmental Power will use the funds...
UK Names Eight Nuclear Plants for 2025
The UK Government has released a list of eight sites deemed suitable for nuclear power stations by 2025. The proposal is part of a series of national policy statements and comes three months...
NJR Clean Energy to Develop 4.7MW Solar System in New Jersey
NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJRCEV) plans to invest about $23.7m to construct, own and operate a 4.7MW, ground-mount solar system in New Jersey, US. The Vineland solar array is expected...
Way Wind and Nordex Form JV for US Wind Farm
Way Wind has formed a joint venture with Nordex to construct a wind farm in Nebraska, US. The plant will be equipped with 48 of the Nordex N100/2500 turbines of 2.5MW each, which will...
TCEP Signs Power Purchase Agreement with CPS Energy
Texas Clean Energy Project (TCEP) a subsidiary of Summit Power Group, will sign a 25-year power purchase agreement with CPS Energy. Under the agreement, TCEP will sell 200MW of power...
Robert Bosch to Build Solar Manufacturing Unit in Malaysia
Robert Bosch plans to invest MYR2.2bn ($727.4m) to set up a solar panel manufacturing plant in Penang, Malaysia. Robert Bosch solar energy division head Von Hebel said the plant will be...
Chinese and Russian Companies to Construct Power Plants in Siberia
China's Yangtze Power and Russia's EuroSibEnergo have signed a power generation deal for the construction of three power generation facilities in Siberia. The three facilities are expected...
Etrion Selects Phoenix for 2.6MW Solar Plant in Italy
Etrion has selected Phoenix Solar for the construction of a 2.6MW solar power plant near Nettuno in the Lazio region of Italy. The company will design, construct and provide operations...
El Paso to Construct 87MW Gas-Fired Plant in New Mexico
El Paso Electric plans to start construction on a 87MW natural gas-fuelled plant at Sunland Park in New Mexico, US. The $83.9m plant will generate energy sufficient to power 45,000 to...
Skanska, O2 and Jamtkraft to Develop New Wind Farm in Sweden
Skanska Infrastructure Development, wind farm developer O2 and Jamtkraft plan to invest about SEK1.1bn ($170m) for the construction of a 78MW wind farm in Sweden. The plant, to be located...
SDG&E and enXco Sign PPA for US Solar Plant
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with enXco to buy the power generated from enXco's 110MW Catalina Solar plant in California, US. EnXco will...
Vestas to Supply 49.3MW Turbines to China Datang
Vestas has secured a new contract from China Datang Corporation Renewable Power to supply 49.3MW of wind turbines for its Dayuanshan wind farm in Wuchuan County, Mongolia. The company...
Maui Electric to Acquire 21MW from Sempra Wind Project
Maui Electric Company will purchase 21MW of wind energy from Sempra's Auwahi Wind project located in Maui, US, following approval from the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission. The Auwahi...
Lanco Secures Contract to Develop Iraq Power Plant
India's Lanco Infratech has secured an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract worth INR3.65bn ($81.26m) for the development of the 250MW AKAZ power plant in the Al-Anbar...
Huaneng Power Wins Approval for Cogeneration Project in China
Huaneng Power International has received approval for the construction of the proposed Huaneng Jinling combined cycle cogeneration project in Jinling, China. The approval has been secured...
Pattern Energy Starts Construction at US Wind Project
Pattern Energy Group has started construction at the 150MW Spring Valley Wind project Nevada, US. The plant will be equipped with 66 Siemens 2.3MW wind turbines and will use an existing...
Europe Needs New Approach to Tackle Climate Change, Says Policy Exchange
A new report urges Europe to focus on implementing low-cost green technologies to mitigate carbon emissions in line with its 2020 emissions reduction target. The report, Climate Change...
Leighton and GE Consortium Win Wind Farm Contract
A consortium formed by Leighton Contractors and GE has received a $130m engineering, procurement and construction contract (EPC) to build the Mumbida Wind Farm in Australia. The 55MW plant...
PSEG Power Sells 1,000MW Gas-Fired Plant to Odessa Power
PSEG Power has sold its 1,000MW Odessa gas-fired generating plant located in West Texas, US, to Odessa Power for $335m. Odessa Power is a subsidiary of Energy Capital Partners II. ...
Abengoa Receives $1.2bn Loan from US DOE
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has offered Abengoa a conditional loan commitment of $1.2bn to aid the construction of a 280MW Mojave solar project (MSP) in California, US. The MSP,...
BHEL to Develop Solar Plant in India
State-owned Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has secured a contract worth INR620m ($13.7m) from the Karnataka Power Corporation to build a 5MW solar power plant in Mandya, Karnataka. BHEL...
GDF SUEZ Forms JV for Geothermal Project in Indonesia
GDF SUEZ, through its subsidiary International Power, PT Supreme Energy and Marubeni, has signed a joint venture agreement to build the 200MW Rantau Dedap geothermal project in South...
Suzlon Wins EPC Contract for Turbine Supply in Canada
Suzlon Wind Energy has secured an engineering, procurement and construction contract from Sprott Power to supply 31.5MW of wind turbines. Under the contract, Suzlon will install 15...
Japan to Construct Combustion Power Plants
Japan is planning to build five new wood combustion power plants in the provinces of Iwate and Miyagi, to clear left-over rubble after the 11 March 2011 earthquake. The Iwate and Miyagi...
Alstom to Develop Wind Farms for Brasventos in Brazil
Alstom has secured a contract worth €200m to construct and service three wind farms for Brasventos in Rio Grande do Norte State in Brazil. The farms are expected to have an...
Punj Loyd Secures EPC Contract for Nuclear Work
India's Punj Loyd has secured an engineering, procurement and construction contract worth INR6.78bn ($151.05m) for nuclear piping work at four pressurised heavy water reactors (PHWR) in India. ...
Bechtel Babcock JV Secures Contract from Sellafield
Bechtel Babcock Nuclear Solutions, a joint venture between Babcock and Bechtel, has been contracted by Sellafield for the pile fuel cladding silo retrieval project in the UK. Work under...
Infigen Energy to Sell its German Wind Assets
Infigen Energy (IFN) has agreed to sell its German wind assets to an undisclosed European fund for $223m. The sale is in line with the company's strategy to reduce its debt by more than...
Syria to Construct Electric Generating Plant
The Syrian Ministry of Electricity plans to start the construction of the al-Taim Electric Generating Plant in Deir Ezzor Province, Syria, in two months. Construction of the 750MW is...
Western GeoPower and NCPA Sign PPA
Western GeoPower (WGP) has signed an amended power purchase agreement (PPA) with Northern California Power Agency to sell all energy and available environmental attributes from WGP's...
TEPCO's Draft Compensation Scheme Approved by Government
The Japanese cabinet has approved a draft law under which a fund will be set up to help Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) to provide compensation to the victims of the radiation crisis at its...
Greengate and Vestas Sign Turbine Supply Agreement
Greengate Power has signed two agreements with Vestas-Canadian Wind Technology for its 300MW Blackspring Ridge I Wind Project in Alberta, Canada. Vestas will supply 166 V90-1.8MW wind...
Gamesa to Sell Wind Farm to Greentech Energy Systems
Gamesa has agreed to sell its 30MW wind farm located in Catalonia, Spain, to Greentech Energy Systems for $65m. The companies expect to close the transaction in September 2011, subject...
Abengoa to Develop Mexico's First Solar-Thermal Power Plant
Abengoa will construct Mexico's first solar-thermal power plant in Agua Prieta for the country's Federal Electricity Commission. The facility will be one of the first solar and gas-fired...
Italian Voters Scrap Nuclear Power Plans
Italians have voted in favour of the referendum that shuns the plans of the Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi to restart the nuclear plants, which were shut in the 1980s. Berlusconi hoped...
enXco Receives Approval for US Wind Project
US-based developer enXco has received the final approval for the planned 150MW Merricourt Wind Project, to be built in the US state of North Dakota. The project will comprise 100 wind...
Vestas to Supply Turbines for 31MW Indian Wind Farm
Orient Green Power subsidiary Beta Wind Farm has selected Vestas to deliver and commission V100-1.8MW wind turbines for its 31MW Eppodum Venran wind farm in Tamil Nadu, India. Vestas...
Colakoglu to Invest $1bn to Produce Electricity from Thar Coal
Turkey-based Colakoglu Investment has signed an agreement with the State Government of Sindh, Pakistan, to generate 600MW of electricity from coal deposits found in the Thar Desert, through...
Metso to Develop Biomass Plant in Finland
Metso will commission and deliver a 140MW biogasification plant worth €40m in Vaasa, Finland, for power and heat production company Vaskiluodon Voima Oy. Metso's scope of work...
Belectric and Smart Energy to Develop PV Plants in the US
Belectric and Smart Energy Capital have formed a joint venture to co-develop and finance utility-grade photovoltaic (PV) power plants throughout the US. The JV plans to develop...
ABB Wins Italy Solar Contract
Etrion has selected ABB to complete the construction of its 10MW Helios ITA 3 solar project in Puglia, Italy. ABB will design, construct and provide operations and maintenance services for...
Construction Begins at $3bn Carbon-Capture Plant in South Korea
Korea Southern Power has started the construction of a $3bn low emissions power plant in Seoul, South Korea. The 2,000MW green-power plant will employ carbon capture and storage technology...
GE's FlexEfficiency Technology Selected for Turkish IRCC Plant
MetCap Energy Investments has selected GE's FlexEfficiency technology for its new integrated renewables combined cycle (IRCC) power plant, to be located in Karaman, Turkey. The FlexEfficiency...
Green Mountain Power Selects Vestas Turbines for UK Wind Project
Green Mountain Power (GMP) has selected Vestas Wind Systems turbines for its 63MW renewable wind project in Lowell. The company will install Vestas V112 3MW wind turbines at its...
Bechtel Secures Hanna Regional Transmission Project
ATCO Electric has selected Bechtel to provide project and construction management services for the Hanna Regional Transmission Development Project in Alberta, Canada. Work under the...
China Mountain Bags Support for US Wind Project
The Shoshone-Paiute Tribes Business Council has signed a resolution supporting the construction of the China Mountain Wind Project in Twin Falls County, Idaho, and Elko County, Nevada, in the US. ...
Tenaga Nasional to Buy Power from PowerSeraya After Platform Shutdown
Malaysia's Tenaga Nasional will buy 180MW of power from Singapore's PowerSeraya, a unit of Petroliam Nasional, until 15 June. The decision was taken after Petroliam Nasional's gas...
Cenergy Power Signs Definitive Agreement with Greenleaf
Cenergy Power signed a definitive agreement with Greenleaf to develop, fund and construct a 1.75MW solar facility in California, US. Construction at the planned 'Nickel 1' solar facility, to...
Vattenfall to Invest €1bn in French Hydropower Projects
Vattenfall plans to invest about €1bn in French hydropower projects as the country prepares to renew licences. France has granted renewal of the concessions to operate hydroelectric dams...
Mighty River Power to Construct Geothermal Plant in New Zealand
Mighty River Power plans to construct a geothermal plant worth NZ$466m ($381.55m) in north of Taupo, New Zealand. The plant will be built at the Ngatamariki geothermal steam field...
Arava Power Launches Israel’s First Commercial Solar Plant
Arava Power Company has commissioned Israel's first solar faciltiy in Kibbutz Keturah, and plans to invest $2bn in 50 more power fields by the end of 2014. The 5MW Katura Sun facility...
NorthWestern Seeks Approval to Purchase Montana Wind Farm
NorthWestern Energy is seeking approval from the Montana Public Service Commission (MPSC) in the US to purchase and operate the Spion Kop Wind Project. If approved, Compass Wind will...
AEP and TVA to Develop Transmission Projects in US
American Electric Power has signed two memorandums of understanding (MoU) with the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) for the construction of extra-high voltage transmission projects in...
Adani Power Commissions Second Supercritical Power Unit in India
Adani Power has commissioned the second 660MW supercritical power unit at its 4,620MW coal-based Mundra power plant in Gujarat, India. The supercritical turbine brings the total...
ONGC to Construct Gas-Based Power Plant in India
India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) plans to build a 726MW gas-based thermal power project in the state of Tripura. ONGC has formed ONGC Tripura Power Company to construct the...
EBRD Grants Loan to Upgrade Transmission Network in Albania
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has granted a loan of €50m to CEZ Shperndarje to modernise and expand the low and medium voltage distribution network in Albania. ...
Astonfield, T-Solar Partner for Solar PV Project in India
Astonfield Renewable Resources has partnered with Grupo T-Solar Global for the development of its 5MW solar PV project in Rajasthan, India. The plant will be equipped with T-Solar's...
Terra-Gen Secures Funding for US Wind Projects
Terra-Gen Power has secured a $631m loan to finance the development of Alta Wind VI & VIII wind projects located in California, US. Funds secured from the US Department of Treasury and...
Repsol to Purchase SeaEnergy Renewables
Repsol has agreed to buy SeaEnergy Renewables (SERL), an offshore wind unit of SeaEnergy, for £50m. SeaEnergy will earn about £29.1m after repaying a £6.9m loan from LC Capital Master Fund...
USG Nevada Signs PPA with NV Energy
US Geothermal's subsidiary USG Nevada has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with NV Energy for the purchase of up to 19.9MW of renewable energy from the San Emidio Geothermal Project...
Canadian Solar Joint Venture to Build 600MW Photovoltaic Cell Facility in China
Canadian Solar has signed an agreement with Suzhou New District Economic Development Group and Suzhou Science and Technology City Development to build a 600MW photovoltaic cell production...
Chinese Firm to Develop Power Project in Pakistan
China International Water and Electric Corporation has announced that it will construct a $2.6bn power project in Kashmir, Pakistan. The firm will build a tunnel to divert water from...
Gamesa to Sell Polish Wind Farm to PGE Energia Odnawialna
Gamesa has signed an agreement to sell its Pelplin wind farm to Polish power company PGE Energia Odnawialna. The 48MW Pelpin wind farm is being constructed in the northern Poland and will...
Harbin Electric to Buy GE Gas Turbines
China's Harbin Electric has signed a memorandum of understanding with General Electric for the purchase of four gas turbines to provide heat in north China. Harbin's order also includes two...
Siemens Energy to Develop 3MW PV Plant in the US
Siemens Energy has secured an engineering, procurement and construction services contract from Syncarpha Capital for the construction of its 3MW photovoltaic (PV) power plant in New Jersey,...
BluEarth Sells a 75% Stake in ACH
BluEarth Renewables has completed the sale of a 75% stake in ACH Limited Partnership (ACH) for $640m. ACH will receive C$300m ($307.2m) of cash proceeds from the sale, out of which C$185m...
Eskom Secures Loan from US Bank for South Africa Project
Eskom has secured a $805.6m loan from the US Export-Import Bank (EIB) for the construction of a 4,800MW coal-fired power plant in Mpumalanga, South Africa. The firm began the construction...
JCM, SPP Ink Financing Agreement with Rumble Energy
Solar Power Partners (SPP) and JCM Capital have signed an agreement with Rumble Energy to roll out 6MW of solar rooftop installations in Ontario, Canada. Under the agreement JCM and SPP...
US EPA Approves 600MW Avenal Energy Project
The Avenal Power Center has received a construction permit from the US Environmental Protection Agency for the development of a 600MW natural gas-fired power plant in California, US. ...
Schneider Electric to Acquire Telvent
Spain's Abengoa has agreed to sell its 40% stake in IT software and solutions provider Telvent to Schneider Electric, following an agreement between the companies. Under the...
Iran, Armenia to Develop Third Transmission Line
Construction will soon begin on a third electricity transmission line between Iran and Armenia. More than $110m in funding has been sought for the project, which has a capacity of...
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SunPower Installs 3.5MW Solar System in Arizona
SunPower has installed a 3.5MW solar power system at Macy's online fulfilment centre in Arizona, US. The system is equipped with SunPower T5 solar roof tiles which combine a high-efficiency...
Green Mountain Power and NextEra Sign Power Purchase Agreement
Green Mountain Power has signed a power purchase agreement with NextEra Energy Resources to buy electricity for 23 years from NextEra's Seabrook nuclear plant in New Hampshire, US. ...
Canadian Solar to Supply 15MW Solar Modules to Isolux
Canadian Solar has signed an agreement with Spanish-based Isolux for the supply of 15MW of solar modules. Canadian Solar will supply its CS6P solar modules for the three new solar...
Hyundai and PP to Construct Hydro Plant in Indonesia
Indonesia's PP and South Korea-based Hyundai have secured a Rs2.9tn ($339.4m) contract for the construction of a hydro power plant in Indonesia. Under the contract, the companies will build...
Contact Energy Receives Approval for 504MW Wind Farm
Contact Energy has received approval from New Zealand's ministry of environment for the construction of the 504MW Hauauru ma raki wind farm near the west coast of the country's North...
Google and Citi to Invest in 102MW US Wind Project
Google and Citi will invest $55m each in the 102MW Alta IV project in California, US, which is part of the 1,550MW Alta Wind Energy Center (AWEC) being developed in phases by Terra-Gen...
Duke Energy Selects Siemens Turbines for US Wind Project
Duke Energy will use 73 wind turbines, developed by Siemens, at its 168MW Ironwood Windpower Project in Kansas US. The turbines are capable of generating 2.3MW of electricity. Siemens will...
Joule Africa and Sierra Leone Sign MoU to Develop Hydropower Station
Joule Africa has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Sierra Leone ministry of energy and water resources to develop the second phase of the Bumbuna Hydroelectric power station. ...
Iraq to Import Natural Gas from Iran
Iraq has signed an agreement with Iran to import natural gas to fuel two of its power plants. Iraq's electricity ministry and Iran's oil ministry signed a five-year agreement under which...
Hudson Transmission Partners Arranges Finance for 660MW Transmission Line
Developer Hudson Transmission Partners (HTP) has closed financing totalling over $850m in debt and equity finance for the construction of a 660MW Hudson Transmission project in the US. ...
Lanco Consortium to Build 75MW Solar Facility in India
Lanco Solar, in consortium with Juwi Renewables, has received a contract from the electric utility Maharashtra State Power Generation for the construction of a 75MW photovoltaic solar facility...
Vestas Introduces Upgraded Wind Turbines in the US
Vestas has unveiled two new 2MW wind turbines at the American Wind Energy Association fair in California, US. The Danish company says that the new fleet of wind turbines have an...
Semafo to Construct 130MW Hydroelectric Plant in Guinea
Canada-based Semafo plans to develop a 130MW hydroelectric power plant in the bauxite-rich region of Boke, Guinea. The $230m project will be located on the Cogon River, and will be...
Softbank to Invest in Japan Solar Power Projects
Japan's telecom company Softbank has unveiled plans to build about ten 20MW solar facilities of approximately JPY8bn ($97.6m) each. Softbank will invest about 10% of the cost for...
China Guodian to Develop Energy Projects worth $3bn
China Guodian has signed an agreement with the Chongqing Municipal Government for the development of energy projects in China over the next five years. The company plans to invest...
Kimanis Power to Develop 300MW Power Plant in Malaysia
Kimanis Power has signed a contract with the consortium of CTCI of Taiwan for the construction of the 300MW combined-cycle gas-turbine power plant in Sabah, Malaysia. Work under the...
Scottish and Southern Energy to Operate England’s Biggest Wind Farm
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has signed an agreement with Renewable Energy Systems (RES) to acquire a wind farm located near its Keadby power station in North Lincolnshire, UK. ...
UK Competition Launched to Rethink Pylon Design
A competition has been launched in Britain to 'beautify' electricity pylons, often seen as an eyesore among the country's landscapes. The Department of Energy and Climate Change, along with...
SolarReserve Receives Loan Guarantee for Nevada Solar Project
SolarReserve has received an offer of a conditional commitment for a $737m loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy for the construction of its 110MW Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project...
Toshiba to Invest $8.6bn in Renewable Energy Sector
Toshiba plans to invest JPY700bn ($8.6bn) in the environment and energy sectors over the next three years amid the Fukushima atomic crisis, which weakened the prospects of its nuclear...
Symbion Power to Buy 120MW Power Plant in Tanzania
US-based Symbion Power has signed an agreement to acquire the 120MW Dowans Power plant in Tanzania. Symbion Power Africa chairman Joseph Wilson said the Symbion Ubungo power plant will now...
Wind Capital Engages RMT for Post Rock Wind Energy Facility
Wind Capital has awarded RMT a contract to design and construct its 201MW Post Rock Wind Energy Facility in central Kansas, US. RMT will provide engineering, procurement, and civil...
Enel Green Begins Construction at 200MW US Wind Project
Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA) has begun construction at its 200MW Caney River Wind Project (Caney) in Kansas, US. The $350m Caney project will be equipped with 111 Vestas wind...
South Korea to Invest in Pakistan's Energy Sector
The Korea Southern Power Company has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Pakistan's Chief Minister Sindh Syed Qaim Ali Shah to establish renewable 2,000MW wind power projects...
STX Heavy and Iraq Sign $2.76bn EPC Contract
South Korea's STX Heavy Industries has signed an engineering, procurement and construction contract with Iraq's Ministry of Electricity in Baghdad for the construction of 25 diesel-powered...
Gamesa Secures $2bn Contract from Caparo Energy
Gamesa signed a framework agreement with Caparo Energy India (CEIL) to deliver about 2,000MW of wind turbines over the next five years. Under this $2bn deal, Gamesa will deliver and install...
Thames Tidal to Develop Tidal Farm in UK
Thames Tidal will install a turbine along the HQS Wellington, a Royal Navy warship, as part of a pilot project to develop a 50MW tidal farm along the Thames River in the UK. The two-month...
HyPower Receives Valuation for its Second Target Company
Canada-based HyPower Fuel has signed a memorandum of understanding to buy a controlling stake in a second Target Company (TC2). The company said the TC2 received a preliminary business...
Google Secures Approval for $5bn Transmission Line Project
The US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has approved incentive rates for a $5bn transmission line being constructed by Google and its partners along the mid-Atlantic coast. FERC...
Zera and SPM Partner to Offer Metering Solutions in South Africa
German-based Zera Technologies has partnered with Southern Power Maintenance (SPM) to provide electrical meter and instrument transformer testing products and technologies for the South...
Alstom to Rehabilitate Russian Hydropower Plants
Alstom Hydro France, Alstom Russia and the Russian United Energy-Construction (OEK) have signed an agreement with RusHydro to upgrade the Cascade of Kubansky hydropower plants in Russia. ...
MVV Energie Awards Supply Contract to Imtech
Imtech has received a €30m ($42.33m) contract from MVV Energie to provide a steam-turbine generator for its new energy-from-waste power plant in Plymouth, UK. The generator, equipped with...
Canadian Solar to Sell 81MW Solar Modules to Saferay
Canadian Solar has signed an agreement with Saferay to sell 81MW of solar modules at a fixed price for projects in Germany. Delivery of the modules has already commenced and the company...
Toshiba to Acquire Landis+Gyr for $2.3bn
Toshiba has signed a definitive sales agreement to acquire Landis+Gyr, a provider of energy management solutions for $2.3bn in cash. The acquisition is expected to close in the third quarter...
UK to Halve Carbon Emissions by 2025
UK Secretary of State for Energy Chris Huhne has set a target to reduce the carbon emissions by 50% by 2025. The decision will be reviewed in 2014 to ensure that the targets are in line...
Australia Sets Carbon Reduction Targets
Australian Resources Minister Martin released a report that calls for the nation's electricity providers to replace ageing networks as it outlines plans to charge polluters for emissions. ...
Larsen and Toubro Secures $7.76bn Contract
Larsen and Toubro (L&T) has secured a contract worth INR350bn ($7.76bn) from PPN Power Generating Company for the construction of a 1,080MW gas-based power plant in Tamil Nadu, India. The...
China Firms to Supply Turbines for Pakistan Wind Farm
China Huashui Development (CHHD) and China International Water & Electric (CWE) will supply and install wind turbines at the proposed 49.5MW wind farm in Thatta Sindh, Pakistan. Three...
Hyundai Wins Capacity Expansion Contract for Iraqi Power Plant
South Korea-based Hyundai Engineering & Construction has secured a contract from the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity to increase the capacity of its Al-Quds gas plant to 1,400MW from its...
Guodian Corp Seeks Partners for Power Projects in Latin America
China-based Guodian Corp is seeking partners to build wind turbines and solar panels in Brazil and Argentina. Guodian Technology and Environment Group vice-president Zhang Binquan told...
Voith Secures Equipment Supply Contracts in China
Voith Hydro has secured two contracts worth €40m ($56.3m) from Da Tang YanTan Hydro Power Company and Huanghe Hydro Power Development Company to supply equipment for their hydro power...
Lanco Infratech Seeks $5.6bn Loan for Indian Power Projects
India's Lanco Infratech is seeking $5.6bn in loans to fund power generation projects in India over the next 15 months. The move is in line with the company's plan to increase its...
ABB Secures Subsea Power Cable Supply Contract
ABB has secured a $20m contract from EMAS AMC to supply power cables for Statoil's Gudrun North Sea oil and gas field, located off the coast of Norway. The company will deliver 55km of...
Pakistan's 330MW Nuclear Plant Begins Operations
The new Chashma nuclear power plant unit-1 (CHASNUPP-2), located near Chashma Barrage on the River Indus in Pakistan, has commenced operations. The plant will supply 330MW of electricity...
Skellefteå Kraft and Fortum to Buy Wind Turbines from Nordex
Swedish-based Skellefteå Kraft and Finnish energy company Fortum will jointly purchase 60 wind turbines from Nordex. The turbines will be installed at the 250MW Blaiken onshore wind...
TEPCO Plans to Restart Thermal Plants
Tokyo Electric Power Co (TEPCO) has unveiled plans to restart operations at two of its thermal power plants in Japan, in a bid to accommodate power shortages during the peak season. TEPCO...
Constellation Energy to Install 5.38MW PV System in US
Constellation Energy has begun work to install 5.38MW of photovoltaic solar panels at the Toys 'R' Us distribution center in New Jersey, US. The rooftop installation will occupy...
Mitsui Consortium Secures EPC Contract from Jorf Lasfar Energy
A consortium consisting of Mitsui and Daewoo E&C has secured a $1.1bn contract from Jorf Lasfar Energy for the construction of a 700MW coal-fired power plant in Morocco. Under the...
Altona Energy Signs Cooperation Agreement with Rentech
Altona Energy has signed a cooperation agreement for application of Rentech's technologies in gasification of coal and biomass at its Arckaringa project located in South Australia. Rentech...
First Wind Completes 102MW Wind Farm in the US
First Wind has completed the construction of the 102MW Milford Wind Corridor Phase II project (Milford II) in the US. The facility, which features 68 1.5MW GE turbines, is located nearby...
China Gezhouba to Construct Hydro Plant in Indonesia
China Gezhouba Group plans to construct a $1bn hydroelectric power plant in Indonesia's Sulawesi Selatan province. Electricity generated by the plant will be supplied to PT Perusahaan...
SunPower Secures Contract from RCWD
Rancho California Water District (RCWD) in the US has selected SunPower to design and construct two solar power systems totaling 1.1MW at two RCWD facilities in the state of California. ...
UK Tidal Farm Proposal Approved by DECC
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has approved a proposal by developer Marine Current Turbines to build a tidal farm in Kyle Rhea, Scotland, through EU funding. The...
Nuclear Power Europe to Discuss Repercussions of Fukushima Disaster
Industry forum Nuclear Power Europe plans to discuss the after effects of Japan’s recent nuclear disaster during the event being held at Fiera Milano City in Milan, Italy, from 7-9 June 2011. ...
Chilean Hydro Power Dam Construction Gets Approval
The proposed $7bn HidroAysen hydro-power dam project in Chile has received an environmental clearance from the federal government commission. The project, owned by electric utility...
Adani Power to Double its Capacity
Adani Power, an ancillary of the Adani Group, plans to double its power generation capacity to 3,960MW in the current fiscal year. Adani Power CEO Prabal Banerji told the Economic Times...
ACCIONA Energy's Wind Park Commences Operations in Canada
ACCIONA Energy has begun operations at its 45MW Lameque wind park in New Brunswick, Canada. ACCIONA Infrastructure, in a temporary consortium with the Tetra Tech, constructed the $119m wind...
TEPCO Requests Government Aid for Quake Victims
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has submitted a request to the Japanese Federal Government seeking financial aid for compensating the victims affected by the quake-hit Fukushima plant. ...
GSR Selects GE Technology for Power Plant Upgrade
GSR Energo has selected GE's gas turbine technology for its new combined-cycle power plant in St Petersburg, Russia. The plant will be constructed in phases adding 110MW and 89MW of energy...
Irani Power Plant Unit to Commence Operations
The second unit of the state-built Al Sadr power plant in Baghdad, Iran is scheduled to commence operations next month. The $150m plant, comprising two turbines of 160MW each, is located on...
Calik Starts Construction of 1,250MW Gas-Fired Plant in Iraq
Calik Enerji has commenced construction of a 1,250MW natural-gas-fired generating plant in Karbala, Iraq. The $445m Al-Khairat power station will be equipped with ten gas turbines of...
NV Energy Adds 484MW Capacity to US Generating Station
NV Energy has added an additional 484MW combined-cycle capacity to the existing 144MW Harry Allen Generating Station in Nevada, US. The new facility is located 25 miles north of Las Vegas...
Japan’s Hamoka Nuclear Plant to Close
Japan's Chubu Electric Power plans to close its Hamoka nuclear plant in central Japan due to its vulnerability to major earthquakes. The move comes in line with Japanese Prime Minister...
Photowatt to Supply 24MW Solar Modules for Ontario Market
Canada-based Photowatt Ontario has signed a two-year commitment agreement to supply solar modules to a unnamed global supplier of solar power serving the Ontario market. Under the...
MHI Begins Work on Gas Turbine Unit in US
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) has started the construction of the first phase of the $325m gas turbine manufacturing and servicing facility in Georgia, US. The facility will be located in...
Iberdrola Receives Approval for North Carolina Wind Farm
Iberdrola has received regulatory approvals for the construction of a 300MW Desert Wind Power wind farm in North Carolina, US. The $600m worth wind facility will be constructed on 8,000ha...
SunRun Secures $100m for Rooftop Solar Systems
SunRun has secured $200m in financing from US Bancorp to purchase around 5,700 solar-panel generators. The generators will be installed on the rooftops of the homeowners in California,...
China Doubles its PV Target for 2015
China has set a target to double its installed photovoltaic power capacity by 2015. An official from the research arm of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) told...
ContourGlobal Receives Investment Guarantee for KivuWatt Wind Project
ContourGlobal has received an investment guarantee from the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) to support its $142m KivuWatt project in Kibuye, Rwanda. The KivuWatt project is...
NHPC Sets New Power Generation Target
India's state-run NHPC plans to generate in excess of 18.6 billion kW/h of power in 2011/12. The firm's target last year was 18 billion kW/h, and it produced 18.5 billion kW/h. This year...
SunBorne and Suntech Sign Agreement for Solar Panels
SunBorne Energy has signed a framework agreement with Suntech Power for the supply of 100MW of solar panels. Suntech will supply 280W polycrystalline silicon modules over the next two years...
Cameroon Secures $542m Loan from China
The Government of Cameroon has obtained a $542m loan from the China Import-Export Bank for the construction of a 210MW Memve'ele hydroelectric dam on the Ntem River. Cameroon Economy...
Constellation Energy Acquires 30MW Solar Facility in California
Constellation Energy has acquired a 30MW DC (25MW AC) solar facility from Belectric in California, US. The facility will be owned and operated by Constellation Energy and consists of...
GE Secures $500m Contracts from SEC
GE has secured contracts to supply gas turbine technology and services for four Saudi Electric Company power plants under a capacity expansion programme. The total value of the contracts...
EnBW Launches 48.3MW Wind Park in Baltic Sea
German energy business EnBW has launched a 48.3MW wind facility in the Baltic Sea. The Baltic 1 wind park is located 16km north of the German Darss/Zingst peninsula and has started feeding...
EDF Energy Shuts Two Nuclear Reactors in UK
UK-based EDF Energy has shut down two reactors at the 450MW Heysham Power Station in Lancashire, UK, due to an unforeseen outage. The plant is operated by British Energy and is divided into...
Kudankulam Nuclear Plant to Begin Operations in India
The first 1,000MW reactor at the Kudankulam nuclear power plant in Tamil Nadu, India, will commence operation next month. Nuclear Power Corporation of India is currently testing...
Praba and Gezhouba JV to Construct Coal-Fired Plant in Indonesia
Praba Group subsidiary PT Praba Indopersada and Gezhouba Group have joined forces to construct state-owned PLN's 100MW coal-fired power plant in West Kalimantan, Indonesia. Praba will...
GE to Introduce New Steam Turbine Technology in India
General Electric (GE) plans to introduce its latest generation of 660MW and 800MW supercritical steam turbine technology in India this year. GE Energy India president and CEO Kishore...
Vale to Invest $1.5bn in Brazilian Belo Monte Dam
Brazil-based mining company Vale has agreed to purchase a $1.5bn stake in the Belo Monte dam project in the Amazon, to meet the rising nation's power needs. The Belo Monte project is held...
First Wind and Algonquin Partner for US Wind Projects
First Wind, Algonquin Power and Utilities, and Emera have signed an agreement to jointly construct, own and operate wind energy projects in the north-east US. First Wind's wind developments...
China Bank Grants Loan for Power Line in Zambia
China's Industrial and Commercial Bank (ICBC) will provide a $285m loan to Zambia for the construction of an electricity transmission line. China's TBEA will be responsible for the...
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Pattern Energy and Samsung Acquire Wind Projects in Canada
Pattern Energy Group has teamed up with Samsung Renewable Energy to acquire wind projects from ACCIONA and Boralex in Ontario, Canada. The new projects will be integrated with the 270MW...
Wells Fargo to Invest in US Solar Projects
Financial services firm Wells Fargo will invest $120m in solar power projects, being developed by SunEdison in the US, over the next year. The funds, contributed by Wells Fargo's...
Tata Power to Build Renewable Projects in India
Tata Power plans to augment its renewable energy portfolio by adding 150MW to wind electricity and 35MW to solar energy projects in India, with an investment of INR13bn ($290m). Tata will...
SaskPower to Build Carbon-Capture Plant in Canada
State-owned SaskPower will transform a generating unit at its Boundary Dam Power Station into a carbon-capture coal-power plant in Saskatchewan, Canada. The $1.31bn project is in line with...
GT Solar Bags Powertec Energy Contract
GT Solar has secured a contract worth $93.9m from Taiwan-based Powertec Energy to supply a complete suite of polysilicon production equipment and technology. The order includes SDR 400...
KPTL Secures New Contract Orders
India's Kalpataru Power Transmission (KPTL) has secured three contracts worth INR13bn ($1.99bn) from domestic, Ukrainian and Tanzanian companies. Ukraine-based NEC Ukrenergo awarded the...
Solar Trust Receives $2.1bn Commitment for US Thermal Plants
Solar Trust of America has been offered a conditional commitment for a $2.1bn loan guarantee from the US Department of Energy (DOE) for the construction of two solar thermal plants in...
China to Boost Investments in Power Grid
The State Grid Corp of China plans to increase investments in the country's power grid by 68% in a five-year plan. China plans to invest RMB2.55tn ($390.63bn), of which RMB500bn ($76.59bn)...
Canadian Solar to Supply 100MW Solar Modules to Fire Energy
Canadian Solar has signed an agreement with Fire Energy Group to supply 100MW of solar modules. The modules will be delivered throughout 2011, under the supply agreement. Fire...
UK Pledges $46.5m to Support Chernobyl Safety
The UK has pledged to contribute £28.5m ($46.58m) to the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) to ensure safety and stabilisation of the nuclear disaster site at...
Pattern Energy and Samsung Acquire Wind Projects
Pattern Energy Group and Samsung Renewable Energy have together acquired land from the Suncor Energy's Fargo Wind Project and a nearby wind development project from Northland Power. ...
KBR Consortium Wins Contract for Waste-to-Energy Facility
A consortium formed by KBR and Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has secured a contract from the Palm Beach County Solid Waste Authority (SWA) for a new waste-to-energy (WTE) facility in Florida, US. ...
GCC Commences Second Phase of Grid Work in Abu Dhabi
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) has started the development of the second phase of a regional power grid project in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The grid project is expected to save about...
Google to Invest in 845MW Wind Project in US
Google, ITOCHU subsidiary Tyr Energy and Sumitomo Corporation of America, will invest $500m in the 845MW Shepherds Flat wind project in Oregon, US. The companies will join GE Energy...
AES to Buy DPL for $3.5bn
Global power company AES will acquire DPL for $3.5bn in cash, following a definitive merger agreement between the two companies. Under the terms of the agreement, AES will acquire all of...
Infinis Acquires Stake in UK Wind Farms
Infinis has acquired a 100% stake in three wind farms owned by Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) in the UK. The wind farms have a combined generating capacity of 96.8MW. Infinis made...
TEPCO to Stabilise Japan's Fukushima Plant in Six Months
Tokyo Electric Power (TEPCO) has unveiled plans to stabilise the quake-hit Fukushima Daiichi plant in Japan, within six months. The first three months of the two-part plan include...
CLP Gets Approval for Gas-Power Plant Expansion in India
China Light and Power (CLP) has received approval from Central Electricity Authority for the proposed expansion of the 1,200MW gas-based power plant in Gujarat, India. The INR60bn...
Vestas to Supply Wind Turbines to China Datang
Vestas has secured an order from China Datang to supply 25 units of V90-2.0MW wind turbines. The wind turbines will be installed near the city of Hulunbeier in the north-eastern part of...
Madhucon to Construct $1.34bn Thermal Plant in India
Madhucon Projects has signed a memorandum of understanding with the state government of Jharkhand to construct a 1,320MW thermal power plant in Ranchi, India. The INR60bn ($1.35bn) project...
Dodsal and AEM to Set Up Manufacturing Facility in India
Dubai-based Dodsal and Russia's Atomenergomash (AEM) have signed a memorandum of understanding to construct a nuclear power equipment manufacturing plant in India. Both companies will...
Satcon to Supply Prism Platforms to SOLON
Satcon Technology has secured a contract to supply 12 1.25MW Prism Platforms for SOLON's Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E). The platforms will be installed in PG& amp;E's 15MW plant, which will...
DeWind Acquires 20MW Wind Project in US
DeWind has acquired the rights for a 20MW Frisco wind project in Texas, US, from Distributed Wind Systems. The company plans to install ten of its 2MW D8.2 wind turbines at the project...
Kashima Kyodo to Resume Operations at 350MW Unit
Japanese firm Kashima Kyodo Electric Power plans to restart the 350MW No. 1 unit at its tsunami-hit thermal plant in eastern Japan. The unit was closed after the huge earthquake and tsunami...
AREVA to Add 44MW Capacity to Australian Power Station
AREVA has secured an A$104.7m ($110.17m) contract to construct a solar thermal addition to CS Energy's coal-fired Kogan Creek power station in Queensland, Australia. The addition of the...
RWE and TURCAS Start Construction at Turkey Power Plant
RWE and TURCAS have commenced construction of a new 775MW natural gas combined cycle power plant in Denizli, Turkey. The €500m ($724.7m) power plant will be connected to the national...
NorthWestern Energy Signs Purchase Agreement with Spion Kop Wind
NorthWestern Energy has signed an asset purchase agreement with Spion Kop Wind to buy its 40MW wind project being constructed in Basin County in the US state of Montana. The project is in...
UK Misses 2010 Renewable Energy Target
The Renewable Energy Foundation (REF) has said the UK has reached only 6.5% of the 10% renewable electricity target set for 2010. REF has released an information note based on analysis of...
Japan's Nuclear Plant Utilisation Rate Falls to 58.3%
The nuclear power plant utilisation rate fell to 58.3% in March from 66% last year at Japan's ten nuclear companies, new data has showed. The ten nuclear plants consumed more oil in...
Statkraft to Buy 50% of DONG Naturgas Electricity Sign Power Purchase Agreement
Statkraft has signed a two-year agreement with DONG Naturgas to purchase 50% of the electricity produced by Dong's wind farms in the UK. The company will purchase power generated from...
Panama Begins Work on Hydroelectric Projects
Panama has commenced construction of 16 hydroelectric projects worth $1bn in a bid to meet the nation's growing power demand. The projects are being delivered by the private companies and...
Kiewit and Black & Veatch JV to Build $1bn Canadian Power Plant
A joint venture formed by Kiewit Energy Canada and Black & Veatch Canada has secured a contract from Enmax for the construction of its $1bn Shepard Power Plant in south-east Calgary,...
Eight Indian Power Plants Shut for Violations
The Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB) in India has closed eight coal-based power units operated by state-run Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MahaGenco) due to non-compliance...
BrightSource Secures Financing for Solar Project in US
BrightSource Energy has secured a loan guarantee of $1.6bn from the US Department of Energy for the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in California, US. The project, which is...
Japan's Nuclear Crisis Rating Raised to Highest Level
The Nuclear Safety Commission (NSC) of Japan has said the crisis level at the Fukushima Daiichi plant has been raised to the highest level of seven. The decision to raise the threat level...
Oglethorpe Power Acquires KGen Murray
Oglethorpe Power has completed the acquisition of KGen Murray I and II, for $529m, and two natural gas-fired, combined cycle generating units in Georgia, US. The two units have a...
HHI Complete Power Plant Construction in Saudi Arabia
Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has completed the construction of a $1.1bn gas-powered power station in Jubail, Saudi Arabia. The power plant, said to be the biggest gas-powered station in...
Meyer Burger Acquires Stake in Roth & Rau
Meyer Burger Technology has acquired an 11.3% stake in German solar company Roth & Rau in a voluntary public takeover offer. Meyer Burger acquired all bearer shares in Roth & Rau at a price...
Sempra Signs Power Purchase Agreement with Maui Electric
Sempra Generation has signed a 20-year contract with Maui Electric Company to sell 21MW of the power generated from its Auwahi Wind project. The construction of the Auwahi Wind project in...
TOYO to Construct Song Hau 2 Thermal Power Plant
Malaysia-based TOYO has unveiled plans to develop a 2,000MW Song Hau 2 thermal power plant in Hau Giang, Vietnam. The company intends to invest about $2.5bn for the construction of the...
Siemens and Cobra to Set Up Power Transmission Grid
German firm Siemens and Spain's Cobra have been awarded a $116.4m contract to install a power transmission grid across Bangladesh and India by next year. Cobra has received a $9.4m contract...
GE to Build PV Panel Unit in US
General Electric (GE) plans to build a solar energy unit in the US, to produce its new range of thin film photovoltaic panels. The 400MW unit, set to be operational by 2013, will produce...
Vattenfal Unit to Delay Gasification at a Netherlands Power Plant
Vattenfal Group unit, Nuon, will delay plans for the gasification of biomass and coal at its new gas-fired power plant at Eemshaven, the Netherlands. The firm has now agreed not to bring...
Brazil's CPFL Acquires Jantus for Wind Power Assets
Brazil's CPFL Energia has acquired 100% of wind power firm Jantus from a group including Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and a unit of Citicorp. CPFL Energia purchased the firm for...
Siemens to Begin Cape Wind Project by Year End
Siemens is likely to begin construction of a controversial wind farm off Cape Cod in Massachusetts, US, later this year. Cape Wind is a 130-turbine project that would be spread across 25...
Techno Electric to Invest $2.2bn in Power by 2017
Techno Electric & Engineering plans to invest INR100bn ($2.27bn) in developing various power projects in India over the next seven years. Techno Electric & Engineering managing director PP...
Water Leaks at Onagawa Nuclear Plant after Fresh Japan Quake
Water has leaked out of spent fuel pools at the Onagawa nuclear plant after a second earthquake hit the north-east of Japan. According to plant operator Tohoku Electric Power, water leaked...
Scottish Power to Reduce Coal Power Plant Output by 50%
Scottish Power will cut the total output of its 1100MW Cockenzie coal power station by 50% from April 2012. With the cut in capacity, the power plant’s running time will be restricted to...
BlueChip Energy to Supply Power to Progress Energy Florida
BlueChip Energy has signed a power purchase agreement with Progress Energy Florida to supply renewable energy from the Sorrento Eagle Dunes solar farm in central Florida, US. The solar farm...
BlueChip Energy to Supply Power to Progress Energy Florida
BlueChip Energy has signed a power purchase agreement with Progress Energy Florida to supply renewable energy from the Sorrento Eagle Dunes solar farm in central Florida, US. The solar farm...
Smart Grid Federation Pushes for Global Collaboration
The Global Smart Grid Federation (GSGF) has called for an increase in collaboration between the private sector and global governments to attract more investments. Members of the GSGF,...
World Bank Approves Loan for Macedonian Transmission Project
The World Bank has approved a $19.1m loan, which will help the Macedonian Power Transmission System Operator (MEPSO) improve the energy infrastructure of the country. The financing will aid...
Toshiba to Supply Equipment for NZ Geothermal Project
Toshiba will supply geothermal power equipment for the Te Mihi power station in Taupo, New Zealand, under a contract with the McConnell Dowell, SNC-Lavalin, Parsons Brinkerhoff joint...
Tepco Resumes Operation at Oil-Fired Power Plant in Japan
Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has resumed operations at a 600MW unit of the Fashima oil-fired power plant, which was damaged by the earthquake in Japan. The unit, which operates on fuel...
Alstom to Supply Equipment for €1bn Malaysian Coal-Fired Plant
Alstom will provide key power generation equipment worth over €650m to TNB Janamanjung for a 1,000MW supercritical coal-fired power plant in Manjung, Malaysia. Under the contract,...
Tepco Plugs Radiation Leak from Japan’s Fukushima Plant
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) has plugged the outflow of radioactive water from the Fukushima nuclear power plant into the sea using sodium silicate. Tepco injected sodium silicate...
PSE Installs First Turbine at Lower Snake River Wind Project
Puget Sound Energy has installed the first wind turbine for phase 1 of its 343MW Lower Snake River Wind Project in Washington, US. The first of the project's 430ft tall turbines was completed...
Fluor Builds Arizona Solar Power Plant for SunPower
Fluor is building a 20MW Copper Crossing photovoltaic solar power plant in Pinal County, Arizona, US, for SunPower, under a new contract. The Copper Crossing project is being developed...
ContourGlobal to Begin Power Generation at Rwandan Plant
ContourGlobal will begin producing power from methane gas extracted at Lake Kivu in Rwanda after securing funding for the plant. ContourGlobal country manager Jarmo Gummerus told Bloomberg...
Syria to Receive $208m for Power Projects
The ministry of Syria will sign an agreement to receive $208m from the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) and the Saudi Fund for Development (SFD) to finance a power project...
KPTL Secures Contracts for Power Projects in India
Kalpataru Power Transmission has secured three contracts worth INR 5.36bn ($120.6m) from the Power Grid Corporation for power projects in India. The scope of work includes installing a...
B&W Wins Renewable Energy Contract in Sweden
Denmark-based Babcock & Wilcox Vølund received a $30m contract to supply components for the expansion of a waste-to-energy, combined heat and power plant in Lidköping, Sweden. ...
Entergy to Sign Power Purchase Contract with Vermont Electric
Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee will sell power from its Vermont Yankee nuclear plant in the US to Vermont Electric Cooperative, under a 20-year agreement. The agreement is subject to approval...
LDK Solar to Acquire 70% Stake in Solar Power
LDK Solar has finalised its acquisition of a 70% interest in Solar Power (SPI), valued at $33m. The firm has paid a second payment of $23m to finalise the deal followed by the $10m paid in...
Vestas to Supply Turbines for Brazilian Wind Projects
Vestas will supply 75 turbines amounting to 150MW to Energisa for five wind power projects in Rio Grande do Norte in Brazil. Turbines with 2MW unit capacity will be used for Ventos de Sao...
Malaysian Firm to Bid for $3bn Java Power Project
Malaysian firm, YTL Power, plans to bid for a $3bn coal-fired power plant in Central Java, Indonesia, in partnership with a number of Japanese firms. The consortium with the Japanese...
Radiation Leaks Continue from Fukushima Plant
Radioactive water is still leaking from Japan's Fukushima plant, which was damaged by the 9.0 magnitude earthquake that devastated the country last month. A steep rise in radiation was...
DTE to Install Smart Meters in US
DTE Energy is to install an additional 350,000 electric meters in 25 communities in Oakland County, Michigan, US, in April this year. The project comes in line with the company's...
Hightstar to Acquire Gas-fired Plants from LS Power
Highstar Capital is to acquire 100% of the equity interests in LS Power's Arlington Valley and Griffith power plants in Arizona, US. The Arlington Valley and Griffith plants are...
Sun Power to Provide Solar Systems to TEP
SunPower is to provide 11MW of solar power systems for Tucson Electric Power's (TEP) bright roofs programme. TEP will buy the SunPower T5 Solar Roof Tile that integrates a...
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GE to Acquire $3.2bn Stake in Converteam
GE's energy business will acquire about 90% of Converteam, a provider of electrification and automation equipment and systems for approximately $3.2bn. GE will purchase the stake from...
Andritz to Supply Turbines for Canadian Power Project
Andritz Hydro will provide two Francis turbines and generators to extend the Mica hydropower plant in British Columbia, Canada, for €110m ($155m). Andritz will provide installation...
UK to Own 10% of Global Offshore Wind Market by 2050
The UK is likely to have a 10% share in the global offshore wind market, expected to be worth £170bn, by 2050. The country's wind portfolio will include installation, operation and maintenance...
Alstom to Convert Kuwaiti Gas-Fired Unit to Combined-Cycle Plant
Alstom is to convert Kuwait's Az-zour gas-fired power plant into a combined cycle power plant for Al Ghanim International under a €170m ($239.5m) contract. Under the contract, Alstom...
PensionDanmark and PKA to Acquire Stake in Dong's Wind Farm in Denmark
A consortium of PensionDanmark and PKA will acquire 50% of the Anholt offshore wind farm in Denmark for Kr6bn ($1.13bn) from Dong Energy. PensionDanmark will acquire a 30% interest, while...
Alstom to Upgrade Steam Turbine for GDF Suez Polish Plant
Alstom Power is to retrofit a 200MW steam turbine for GDF Suez Energia Polska's Polaniec power plant in Poland. Under the terms of the agreement, Alstom will design, manufacture and...
TetraTech to Aid in Indonesian Clean Energy Programme
Tetra Tech will support the Indonesian Government to meet its clean energy needs and targets under a $16.2m contract from the US Agency for International Development (USAID). Under the 3.5...
China to Raise Wind Power Capacity to 13GW in Inner Mongolia
China will increase its wind power capacity to 13GW in Inner Mongolia, the country's top wind power region, by the end of this year. The capacity would be over half of China's total at...
MCT Applies for Approval for Tidal Array Off Wales
Marine Current Turbines (MCT), along with RWE npower renewable, has applied for approval to install a 10MW array of tidal stream turbines off the coast of Wales in 2015. The tidal power...
Siemens to Deliver Wind Turbines for Minnesota Power’s Bison 2 Project
Siemens Energy will deliver 35 wind turbines to Minnesota Power for its Bison 2 wind energy centre near North Dakota, US. The firm will provide transportation, erection and commissioning of...
Oil Falls to $103 on Libyan Tensions
The price of oil has fallen by 57 cents to about $103 a barrel as tensions continue in Libya with rebels gaining ground against Gaddafi, raising expectations of an accelerated supply...
Japan Seeks French Aid for the Nuclear Plant Crisis
The Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) has sought for help from nuclear power authorities in France to help them contain the crisis at the Fukushima power plant in quake-hit Japan. TEPCO...
Peru to See $1.8bn Investments in Hydropower
Peru has handed hydroelectric power concessions to firms including Grana y Montero, Odebrecht and Inkia, with government officials announcing a expected investment of $1.8bn on the...
ABB to Build Transmission Link in India
ABB will build an ultrahigh-voltage transmission system worth about $900m for Power Grid Corporation of India's (PGCIL) north-east Agra transmission project. The network will supply...
France to Conduct Safety Check on all Nuclear Plants
France's Nuclear Safety Authority has been asked by the French Prime minister François Fillon to inspect all of the country's nuclear power plants, as the Japanese nuclear crisis continues. ...
Chinese Electricity Sector to Receive $114bn Investment in 2011
Investment in China's electricity sector is expected to total CNY750bn ($114bn) for 2011, recording a 6% increase over last year's investment of CNY705.1bn ($107bn). Approximately...
SNC-Lavalin to Provide EPC Services for Nalcor Hydro Project
SNC-Lavalin will provide its engineering, procurement and construction management services for the Muskrat Falls Hydroelectric Development in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. The...
Wavebob, Abengoa to Collaborate on Wave Energy Research
Wavebob and Abengoa are to work together on the research, development and commercialisation of wave energy systems. The collaboration will last at least six years and will meet...
North Sea Tax Rise To Affect UK Field Sales
The UK Budget's increase in taxes from 20% to 32% is likely to affect investments in North Sea assets. The hike will lower the value of UK Continental Shelf fields, which are already...
Satcon to Supply PV Solutions to Solar Cells Hellas
Satcon Technology will install 20.5MW of ground-mounted PV inverter solutions to Solar Cells Hellas for projects in Southern Greece. Under the contract, Satcon will supply ten units of...
Doosan to Invest in Scottish Wind Industry
Doosan Power Systems is to invest up to £170m ($277.2m) in its Scottish operations over the next ten years, supported by Scottish Enterprise. Doosan and Scottish Enterprise signed a...
UK Carbon Tax to Affect Supply Security
The UK government plans to exercise a new tax on the carbon emissions of fossil fuel plants and heavy industries. Speaking on Budget day, the government announced that it will to introduce...
Restoration of Electricity Resumes at Japan Plant
Work to restore Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant resumed today, after being delayed by black smoke leaking from a reactor. Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) will continue to...
Juhl Wind Completes Wind Project in Minnesota
Juhl Wind has completed the construction of a utility scale wind power project and will begin commercial operation in Meeker County, Minnesota, US. With an investment of about $42m, the...
A-Power Secures Deal for Power Plant in China
China-based A-Power Energy Generation Systems signed a $19m contract to develop the first phase of a biomass power generation plant in Shandong province, China. As part of the first...
Gibraltar Awards Contract for New Power Station
The Government of Gibraltar has awarded a contract for the construction of a new power plant to a joint venture between ETDE and Volker Stevin Construction Europe for £122.8m. The...
US Firm to Slow Down Nuclear Power Project After Japan Crisis
US nuclear power developer NRG Energy has almost stopped work on a major nuclear power project in Texas, following the crisis in Japan. The decision will allow time for the US Nuclear...
Platina Partners Unveils First Wind Farm in Cyprus
Private Equity Fund Manager Platina Partners and developer Akis Ellinas have opened the Orites wind farm in Cyprus. The 82MW project is the country's first wind energy project and will provide...
Japanese Banks May Provide $25bn to Tepco
Japanese banks are set to provide emergency loans to Tokyo Electric Power (Tepco) valuing over ¥2 trillion ($24.6bn) to boost electricity supply, twice the amount reported in initial...
Tenaga to Build Gas-Fired Power Station in Malaysia
Tenaga Nasional is planning to build a 300MW gas-fired power station in Sabah state of Malaysia. The news comes after Malaysia's federal and Sabah state governments dismissed a plan to build a...
First Solar to Build Solar Module Manufacturing Unit
First Solar will invest $300m to build a manufacturing unit in Arizona, US. The unit will house four manufacturing lines with a capacity to produce more than 250MW of advanced...
Alstom Grid Opens New Technology Centre in China
Alstom Grid has opened its China Technology Center in Shanghai, which will develop solutions for smart electrical grids. An advanced centre for research, development and testing of...
Cavico to Make Tunnel Breakthrough in Vietnamese Hydropower Plant
Cavico subsidiary Cavico Bridge and Tunnel is set to make the third and final tunnel breakthrough at the A Luoi Hydropower project in Vietnam next month. Once complete, the 170MW...
Support for Nuclear Power Falls in the UK
More people in UK are likely to oppose building new nuclear power plants than last year in the aftermath of the Japanese crisis, according to a Friends of the Earth survey poll. Following...
Xcel Energy and SunPower Complete Solar PV Plant in Colorado
Xcel Energy and SunPower have completed and commissioned a 19MW photovoltaic solar power plant in Alamosa County, Colorado, US. The Greater Sandhill solar plant began operations in December...
IAEA Observes Improvements in Tackling Japan Nuclear Crisis
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has observed positive developments in tackling the nuclear emergency at three of the reactors at Japan's Fukushima power plant. Smoke or vapour...
GE Energy to Fund SustainX for Energy Storage Technology
GE Energy Financial Services and other investors have offered $14.4m to SustainX to help it continue to develop energy storage technology using compressed air. SustainX is working with AES...
PSE&G to File for Transmission Lines Upgrade Project
Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) plans to file for approval with the New Jersey Board of Utilities to upgrade transmissions lines in New Jersey, US, in May. Under the...
Scottish Power Renewables Set to Develop Tidal Energy Project Off Scotland
Scottish Power Renewables plans to develop a major tidal energy project in the Sound of Islay off the west coast of Scotland with an investment of £40m. The Scottish Government is expected to...
GE First Wind Turbine Commissioned in the Netherlands
GE's first 2.75-103 wind turbine has been commissioned at the Energy Research Center of the Netherlands wind farm in Wieringermeer, the Netherlands. The new turbine is based on GE's...
US EPA Reveals Mercury Pollution Standard for Power Plants
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first national standards for mercury, arsenic and other toxic air pollution from power plants. Many power plants would need to...
TEPCO to Restore Power to Japanese Power Plant
The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) workers are preparing to restore power at its Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in an effort to prevent a nuclear meltdown. TEPCO is set to...
Japan Intensifies Cooling Efforts for Nuclear Plant
Japan has intensified its efforts to cool the nuclear reactors at TEPCO's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. At present, Japanese army CH-47 Chinook helicopters have been spraying tons...
Iraq Looks for Power Imports Through Syria
Iraq has asked Syria to allow it to join a regional power grid so that it can import electricity from Turkey. The regional grid provides a power link between Syria, Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan,...
Germany Rethinks Nuclear Plant Life Extension Plans
Germany has temporarily shut down two of its oldest nuclear power plants for safety checks and is rethinking its plans to extend the life of 17 nuclear plants in the context of the Japanese...
MYR Group to Construct Transmission Line for Dominion
MYR Group plans to rebuild the Mt. Storm to Doubs Transmission Line in Virginia, US, for national energy firm Dominion. The firm will reconstruct about 96 miles of 500kV transmission line...
GE to Offer Assistance to Japan on Nuclear Crisis
General Electric plans to offer technical assistance to the Japan as it attempts to tackle the potential nuclear crisis, following three explosions at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. ...
Workers Return to Japan Nuclear Plant After a Fall in Radiation Level
Workers have returned to the Japanese Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant after Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) briefly withdrew them from the site due to a rise in radiation levels. About...
NV Energy Seeks Nevada Approval for Renewable Energy Projects
NV Energy is looking for approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, US, to sign long-term power purchase agreements for 50MW of solar energy and 51MW of geothermal energy. The...
EU to Consider Nuclear Plant Closures as Japan Struggles
The EU is exploring the closure of nuclear plants as Japan struggles to contain a possible nuclear meltdown at its Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant following an earthquake. European...
Siemens to Supply Control Systems for OPC Power Plants
Siemens Energy has announced that its Instrumentation, Controls & Electrical (IC&E) business unit will supply the distributed control systems for five Oglethorpe Power Corporation (OPC)...
Kenersys Opens New Wind Turbine Plant
Kenersys has opened its wind turbine manufacturing plant in Pune, Maharashtra, India. The firm plans to produce 250 large turbines a year at the plant. Each turbine will have a 2MW...
Third Explosion at Japanese Nuclear Plant Increases Radiation Leak Risk
A third explosion at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan has increased the risk of nuclear meltdown. The container vessel of the plant's No 2 reactor was damaged by a blast...
Benham Constructors to Build Geothermal Plant for Gradient
Benham Constructors, a Science Applications International Corporation subsidiary, will build a geothermal power plant for Gradient Resources' Patua project in northern Nevada, US. Under...
Second Explosion Occurs at Japan Nuclear Plant
A second explosion has occurred at the Fukushima Daiichi atomic power plant in quake-hit Japan, officials have confirmed. The blast follows a similar explosion at the No. 1 reactor,...
SDG&E Signs Power Purchase Agreement for Tenaska's Solar Project
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Tenaska Solar Ventures subsidiary, CSOLAR Development for 150MW of solar power. Under the contract, power...
Black & Veatch to Design India's Largest Power Plant
Black & Veatch will design Reliance Power's $2bn Samalkot power plant in India. The combined cycle power plant, expected to become the largest such power plant in India, will produce energy...
PPL Sells Off Non-Core Power Assets
PPL Corporation has sold its interests in certain non-core power generating stations to LS Power Equity Advisors for $381m. The assets include two natural gas plants – a 244MW PPL...
Vestas to Repower Iberwind’s Portugal Wind Farm
Vestas will repower the Lagoa Funda Wind Power Plant in Portugal for Iberwind under a new agreement. The work includes engineering, procurement construction for six units of the...
Japan Declares Nuclear Emergency After Quake
Japan has declared a nuclear emergency after the operator of Fukushima No.1 nuclear plant reported an abnormality today, following a major earthquake, the industry ministry has announced. ...
Aboitiz to Raise $900m in Debt for Coal-Fired Plants
The Philippines' Aboitiz Equity Ventures is considering a total of about PHP39.5bn ($900m) from debt sales to fund capital expenditure on coal-fired plants and to refinance maturing...
Japan Earthquake Causes Major Blackout
11 nuclear power plants have been shut down in Japan after an 8.9 magnitude earthquake hit the country, causing a major blackout. Tokyo Electric Power Company said in a statement that 4...
Kenya's GDC Invites Tenders for Geothermal Power Plants
Geothermal Development (GDC), Kenya's state-owned power firm, has invited tenders for the development of eight steam power stations at the Bogoria-Silali block in north-western Kenya. The...
UK Unveils Carbon Action Plan Draft
The UK Government has brought out a draft carbon plan, which will aim to achieve the country's climate change goals and domestic carbon targets. The draft focuses on the need for a shift...
UK to Legalise Long-Term Power Contracts to Lower Costs
The UK is preparing ground for new rules that will include long-term power contracts from low-carbon generation to attract investors and lower cost for consumers. The new legislations will set...
SSE to Halve Power Plant Capacity
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) will scale back the production capacity of its proposed Abernedd power station, citing uncertain demand in the electricity market. SSE has reduced the...
ABB to Build Solar Plant for Phenix Renewables
ABB will build a 24.2MW photovoltaic solar power plant for Phenix Renewables in Lazio, central Italy. The solar plant will generate up to 35GWh of electricity a year and avert over 25,000t of...
India to Penalise Delays for Solar Start-Ups
The Indian Government plans to impose fines on solar firms that delay the commercial operations of their solar plants in an effort to accelerate growth in its solar energy sector. Gujarat...
NTPC Begins Commercial Operations on India Power Plant
India's National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) has begun commercial operations at a 500MW thermal power plant in the state of Haryana, India, this week. The plant is one of the three units...
WRG to Begin Work on Lincolnshire Plant Next Month
Waste Recycling Group (WRG) will begin building the energy-from-waste (EfW) plant for Lincolnshire Waste Partnership (LWP) in April this year. The plant will be built on 31,000m² of land...
Conifex to Build Biomass Plant in British Columbia
Conifex Timber will invest C$45m ($46m) to build a biomass energy facility, which will be connected to the saw mills in Mackenzie, British Columbia. The biomass plant that will feature a...
FPL Unveils the World’s First Hybrid Solar Energy Centre
Florida Power & Light Company has unveiled the world's first hybrid solar energy centre, which combines a solar farm with a natural gas power plant. The centre, situated in western Martin...
Echelon Wins Smart Grid Project from Denmark Utility
Echelon Corporation has won a contract for its Networked Energy Services (NES) smart grid control system for deployment in Denmark utility NRGi's services territory. The system includes...
UK Approves Gas Power Plant in South Derbyshire
The UK Government has given the go ahead for a gas-fired power station in South Derbyshire, UK. The plant, worth £1bn (1.62bn), will be located on the site of a former coal-fired power...
KEPCO to Invest $1.8bn on Smart Grid by 2015
Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) will invest KRW2 trillion ($1.8bn) until 2015 to develop a smart grid, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions. KEPCO head of strategy for...
Viet Lao Power Begins Work on Hydel Plant in Laos
Viet Lao Power has started constructing a 332MW hydroelectric power plant in Laos, which is expected to export part of its electricity output to Vietnam. The $441m Xekaman plant will be...
Australia to Negotiate Carbon Price with Energy Industry
The Australian Government plans to arrive at a carbon tax price decision after negotiations with electric generators are held in the coming weeks. Climate Change Minister Greg Combet told...
Pike Electric to Build Transmission Lines for Nuclear Station
Pike Electric will build transmission lines associated with the expansion of the VC Summer Nuclear Station in South Carolina, under an EPC contract SCANA. Under the $275m contract, Pike...
Viron Energy to Construct West Java Wind Power Plant
Viron Energy will begin construction of a 30MW wind power plant in Sukabumi, West Java, Indonesia, after having received an approval from its Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry. PLN...
ARB to Overhaul El Segundo Generating Station
ARB, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Primoris Services, has received a contract to overhaul the El Segundo Generating Station in El Segundo, California, US. The modernisation work is expected...
E.ON to Divest UK Power Assets to PPL Corporation
E.ON has announced that it will sell its UK electricity power distribution business, Central Networks, to US-based PPL Corporation for £4bn ($6.5bn). The purchase price includes an assumption...
PetroVietnam to Construct Thermal Power Plant in Vietnam
PetroVietnam Power and the PetroVietnam Construction have signed a contract to build a power plant in Vietnam's Thai Binh province. The 15MW Thai Binh Thermal Power Plant No 2 is expected...
AES Achieves Financial Closure on Mountain View IV Wind Project
AES has reached financial closure on the Mountain View IV wind project built in Palm Springs, California, US. The 49MW plant will increase AES’ total wind capacity to 200MW. The wind...
US to Provide Loan Guarantee for Maine Wind Farm
The US Department of Energy has offered a conditional commitment for a $102m loan guarantee to Wagner Wind Energy and Independence Wind for a proposed wind farm in Maine, US. The 50.6MW...
US DoE Selects Ascent for Loan Guarantee
The US Department of Energy (DoE) Loan Guarantee Programs Office (LGPO) has selected Ascent Solar's loan guarantee application, for its 150MW FAB3 project, to advance to the LGPO's due...
Contact Energy Secures Approval for New Zealand Wind Farm
Contact Energy has secured an inquiry draft permit approving the construction of the Hauauru Ma Raki wind farm. The 504MW wind farm will be developed along 34km of isolated Waikato...
Sembcorp to Build Cogeneration Plant in Singapore
Sembcorp Industries is set to build a 800MW cogeneration plant in Singapore to provide electricity and heat for its industrial customers. The S$900m ($707.8m) plant will be located on...
Delta to Boost Solar Cell Production Capacity Through Acquisitions
Delta Electronics has announced plans to boost its annual solar cell production capacity to 800MW and is looking for acquisitions to meet the target. Delta Electronics chief executive...
Solon to Construct Solar Plant for PG&E
Solon will construct a 15MW solar power plant in California, US, for Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E). The construction is scheduled to begin in April 2011 and is set to be completed...
Dubai Wastes 50% of Power Per Year
Dubai dissipates about 50% of its annually produced power through incorrect usage, according to the Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa). The country's average electricity usage...
SunEdison to Build Solar PV Projects for Ontario Power Authority
SunEdison will construct 31MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) projects for The Ontario Power Authority (OPA). The firm will build two 10MW projects in Rideau Lakes, one 10MW plant in South...
Ocean Power Completes Wave Power Device
Ocean Power Technologies has completed its largest and most powerful wave power device to date, the PB150 PowerBuoy. With a peak-rated power output of 150kW, equivalent to the energy...
Aboitiz Power to Expand Sibulan Hydroelectric Plant
Aboitiz Power plans to increase the capacity of the Sibulan hydroelectric plant in Davao del by 13.6MW from the existing 42.5MW. Plans cover the construction of the Tuduya Project, an...
Korean Firms to Build Transmission Lines for Kazakhstan
A Korean consortium of Korea Electric Power Corp (KEPCO), Hyundai Corporation and Hyundai Engineering, will build power transmission lines in Kazakhstan. Under a $46m deal with...
RMT to Build Wind Farm for Granite Reliable Power
US Geothermal has secured a $96.8m loan guarantee to construct the 23MW Neal Hot Springs in Eastern Oregon, US. RMT will build a 99MW wind farm for Granite Reliable Power, a partnership...
US Geothermal Receives Loan Guarantee for Oregon Project
The loan amount represents 75% of the total cost of the project and the remaining 25% being funded by Enbridge. US Geothermal has signed a 25-year power purchase agreement with Idaho...
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Sri Lanka to Add 350MW to National Grid
Sri Lanka plans to add 350MW of electricity to the national grid from small hydropower plant projects by 2020. At present, the small hydro projects generate power to meet 6.8% of Sri...
Contact Energy to Construct Te Mihli Geothermal Project
Contact Energy will build a $623m Te Mihli geothermal project for a consortium of McConnell Dowell Constructors, SNC-Lavalin Constructors, and PB New Zealand. Contact will be responsible for...
Sanan to Develop Photovoltaic Project in China
Sanan Optoelectronics has begun the construction of a photovoltaic project worth RMB8bn ($1.22bn) in Anhui Province, China. The project is being developed in partnership with EMCORE and will...
Alstom to Build Gas-Fired Plant for Sembcorp
Alstom will build a new 800MW gas-fired combined cycle cogeneration plant in Singapore's Jurong Island, under an engineering, procurement and construction contract from Sembcorp. As per...
UK Approves New Gas-Fired Plant for Wales
The UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has approved the construction of an 870MW gas-fired power station near Port Talbot in Wales. The Abernedd Combined Cycle Gas Turbine...
Indonesia Saves $38m for Geothermal Development
Indonesian Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry has set aside Rp350bn ($39m) to mitigate risks for the development of geothermal projects in 2011. Indonesian Minister Darwin Zahedy Saleh told...
Mitsubishi Acquires Stake in Spain’s CSP Plants
Mitsubishi Corporation has acquired a share in four concentrated solar power (CSP) generation plants with a total capacity of 200MW. Mitsubishi acquired a 15% stake in Acciona Termosolar...
OPDE Begins Construction on Six Solar Farms in Italy
OPDE ITALIA has begun the construction of six new photovoltaic solar farms in the region of Piedmont, Italy. The combined generating capacity of all farms is 26MW, and €120m ($165.4m)...
Japanese Utility to Invest in Thai Power Producer
Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) will invest JPY21bn ($254m) for a 12% stake in Thailand's Electricity Generating (Egco) to expand beyond the Japanese market. Tepco will purchase the stake in...
Indonesia Orders State-Owned Utility to Buy Geothermal Power
Indonesia has passed a ministerial decree, under which the state-owned utility PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN) will buy power from the country's geothermal plants to support investment in...
UK Wind Farm Reopens
The UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change Chris Huhne has opened the Delabole wind farm in north Cornwall following upgrades at the site. Work on the farm covered replacement...
Siemens to Supply Components for Combined Cycle Plant in Saudi Arabia
Siemens will supply components worth over $1bn for a combined cycle power plant to a Saudi Arabian-consortium. The consortium comprises Al Arrab Contracting Company, Saudi Arabia, and...
Iraq Power Plant to Begin Operations
The construction of the first unit at the 324MW Al Sadr power-plant in Iraq has been completed, the Iranian Deputy Energy Minister Mohammad Behzad has announced. The first unit is waiting for...
Protests Force Jordan to Suspend Power Supply to Lebanon
Jordan has been forced to suspend its power supply to Lebanon due to the disruption of regional gas pipelines caused by protests in Egypt. Before the supply cut, Lebanon received at least 100MW...
Vattenfall Signs Deal for Wind Turbine Installation Vessel
Vattenfall has signed contract with Swire Blue Ocean (SBO) for a vessel, which will transport 80 Siemens wind turbines to its DanTysk offshore wind farm in the North Sea. Vattenfall and...
SCE Completes Nuclear Plant Project
Southern California Edison (SCE) has successfully completed the replacement of steam generators for Unit 3 of San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station in California, US. The reconnection of the...
Pakistan to Complete Pilot Coal Gasification Power Plant
Pakistan is expected to complete a pilot project, which will generate electricity from the Thar Coal project through gasification this year. The project was launched in 2010 by the...
Wind Capital Group to Construct Wind Farm in Florida
Wind Capital Group has signed a contract for the construction of a $250m wind farm in Florida, US. The firm plans to lease around 10,000 acres of land from the sugarcane growers in the West...
Vietnam to Raise Power Prices to Attract Investments
Vietnam plans to raise power tariffs by 15.28% to aid in attracting investments in new power plants. The approved hike in prices will be effective from next month and follow price hikes...
Siemens to Build CCGT Power Plant for Minera Mexico
Siemens Energy plans to build a combined cycle power plant for Grupo Mexico subsidiary, Minera Mexico in Sonora State, Mexico. The 250MW La Caridad plant is scheduled to come onstream in 2013...
APS and First Solar to Build Solar Plant in Arizona
Arizona Public Service (APS) has selected First Solar to design and build the Paloma solar plant in Gila Bend in Arizona, US. The 17MW photovoltaic facility is expected to become operational...
Malaysia Looks to Utilise India’s Wind Expertise
Malaysia is exploring a tie-up with India's Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET) to utilise its technical expertise in the field. C-WET is a centre for wind-energy development that aims...
Dominion Looks to Close Massachusetts Coal Power Plant
Dominion is likely to decommission the Salem Harbor coal-fired power plant in Massachusetts in June 2014 to avoid investing in expensive equipment that meet environmental standards. ...
Babcock to Support Sellafield for Nuclear Waste Management
Babcock has won four contracts worth £86m ($139.4m) to supply radiometric services support at Sellafield nuclear waste management site. The Sellafield site comprises more than 1000...
Satcon Technology to Supply Solar Inverter Solutions for Tauberlandpark
Satcon Technology will supply 39 PowerGate Plus 500kW solar inverter solutions to Relatio for the new Tauberlandpark solar installation in Wertheim-Dorlesberg, Germany. Relatio Holding...
Finavera and GE Unit to Partner for British Wildmare Wind Farm
GE Energy Financial Services, a GE unit, will provide equity investment in a 77MW wind farm to be built by Finavera Wind Energy in British Columbia, Canada. GE Energy Financial Services will...
KEPCO Consortium to Build Thermal Plant in UAE
A Korea Electric Power (KEPCO) consortium will build a $1.43bn thermal power plant in the UAE for Abu Dhabi Water & Electricity Authority (ADWEA). Under the terms of the contract, the...
Eneco Confirms Location for Wind Farm Off UK Coast
Eneco, one of the firms that secured the right to develop wind farms from UK's Crown estate, has confirmed the location for its Isle of Wight wind farm. The wind farm will have a capacity...
Honduras Approves Sayab Wind Project
The Environmental Unit of the Municipality of San Marco de Colon in Honduras, Central America, has approved Minerco Resources's 100MW Sayab Wind Project. Once operational, the wind farm...
Construction of Belarus Nuclear Plant to Begin This Year
Work on the Belarus nuclear power plant (NPP) is slated to begin between August and September 2011, according to Belarus First Deputy Prime Minister Vladimir Semashko. The NPP will be built in...
India to Draft a Geothermal Energy Policy
India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is planning to draft a national geothermal energy policy by the end of March 2011. The ministry is currently consulting state officials on the...
Mitsubishi Electric to Build Transformer Facility in US
Mitsubishi Electric and Mitsubishi Electric Power Products will build a power transformer manufacturing unit in Memphis, Tennessee, US. The new 350,000ft² facility at the...
EPS and Seci Energia to Build Hydroelectric Projects in Serbia
The Electric Power Industry of Serbia (EPS) and Italy's Seci Energia have signed an agreement for the construction of hydroelectric power plants. Serbian Minister of Energy and Mining...
L&T to Build Gas-Based Power Plant for GSECL
Larsen & Toubro will build a gas-based power plant in Gujarat, India, under an INR11bn ($240m) EPC contract for Gujarat State Electricity Corporation (GSECL). The firm will design and...
Installation of Chinese Hydropower Turbines Begins
The installations of the world's largest hydroelectric turbine generators have begun at China's Xiangjiaba Dam. The turbines, 6.3m in diameter and weighing over 1,900t, have the capacity...
TBEU to Build Biomass Power Plant in Uganda
Taylor Biomass Energy Uganda (TBEU) will invest $160m to build a biomass power plant in Uganda. The 40MW plant will be the first major renewable energy project in Uganda that is suffering...
Azure Power to Construct Solar Plant in India
Azure Power plans to construct a 10MW solar facility in the state of Meghalaya, India, and has identified West Garo Hills and Ri-Bhoi districts as potential sites for the project. The...
Four Rivers Signs MoU with Noble Solar
Four Rivers has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to form a 50:50 joint venture with Noble Solar Industries. Under the terms of MoU, both the companies will develop solar facilities...
SkyPower Signs Agreement with Fort Williams First Nation
SkyPower has signed an agreement with Fort Williams First Nation (FWFN) for the construction of a 10MW solar park on Fort Williams First Nation land in Thunder Bay, Canada. About 45,000...
Showa Shell Unit Begins Production at Solar Cell Plant
Japan's Showa Shell unit, Solar Frontier has begun commercial production at its third solar cell plant in southwestern Japan. The firm will bring the 900MW plant to full production in July...
Schott Solar Signs PV Contract with Premier Solar India
Schott Solar has signed a contract with Premier Solar, India, to deliver 200,000 Schott ASI photovoltaic modules. Schott said the contract comprises a total volume of 20MW, out of which it...
Marubeni Signs Construction Contract with Bangladesh
Marubeni has signed a contract worth JPY31b ($370m) with Electricity Generation Company of Bangladesh (EGCB) for the construction of a 400MW New Haripur Combined Cycle Power Plant. Under...
SCE Signs Power Purchase Agreement with First Solar
Southern California Edison (SCE) has entered into a power purchase agreement to buy 250MW of electricity from First Solar's new plant being constructed in Nevada, US. First Solar is...
Moser Baer to Procure Solar Modules from First Solar
Moser Baer Clean Energy (MBCEL) has selected First Solar to supply 25MW DC of First Solar's advanced thin-film modules for its solar power generation projects in India. The delivery of...
Kyocera to Supply 3MW Solar Modules to Tohoku Electric Power
Kyocera has signed an agreement with Tohoku Electric Power to supply 3MW of its multicrystalline silicon solar modules. The modules will be installed in the Sendai and Hachinohe plants,...
E.ON Gets Government Approval for Humberside Wind Farm
E.ON has received an approval from the Department for Energy and Climate Change to construct a 230MW wind farm off the coast of Humberside, England. The wind farm will be located 8km off...
Monnet Power to Augment Angul Power Plant Capacity
Monnet Power Company plans to invest around INR33bn ($724m) to augment the power generation capacity of its power plant being constructed at Angul in Orissa, India. Monnet...
Mighty River Power Gets Approval for New Zealand Wind Farm
Mighty River Power (MRP) has received permission to construct and operate a wind farm at Turitea, east of Palmerston North, New Zealand. The draft decision of the Board of Inquiry allowed MRP...
Tax Incentives Will Attract Geothermal Investments in Indonesia
The Indonesian Government's decision to provide tax incentives for investment in renewable energy will attract investments in geothermal power this year, according to research and consulting...
BHEL Partners with Abengoa for Solar Power Projects in India
India's Bharat Heavy Electricals (BHEL) has partnered with the Spanish firm Abengoa for the construction of Concentrated Solar Power projects in India. BHEL chairman and managing director BP...
SolarReserve Gets Approval for Crossroads Solar Energy Project
Arizona Corporation Commission has given unanimous environmental approval to SolarReserve for the construction of a 150MW Crossroads Solar Energy Project. The plant will have an operating...
Bent Tree Wind Farm Commences Wind Energy Production
Alliant Energy subsidiary Wisconsin Power and Light Company (WPL) has commenced commercial operations at its Bent Tree Wind Farm in Minnesota, US. The wind farm is WPL's second operated and...
USAID Grants $20m for the Gomal Zam Dam Project, Pakistan
The Pakistan Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) has received a $20m grant from the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) as the first tranche of payment to...
Russia to Assist Indonesia with Nuclear Plant
Russia is ready to assist Indonesia in building its own nuclear power plant, according to the Russian Ambassador to Indonesia Alexander Ivanov. Developing a renewable energy cooperation...
Sagardighi Thermal Plant Construction to Begin in Two Months
The construction of the 1,000MW Sagardighi thermal plant in West Bengal, India, is expected to commence in two months. West Bengal's principal secretary for power, Malay Kumar De, made...
UK Launches Comprehensive Review of Feed in Tariffs
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has launched a comprehensive review of the Feed in Tariffs (FITs) scheme, following evidence that large-scale solar firms could take in...
Suntech and Zachry Mesquite win Solar Project Contract
Sempra Generation has selected Suntech and Zachry to design and construct the Mesquite Solar 1 project in Arizona, US. Under the contract, Zachry will be responsible for the installation...
Australian Power Producers May Issue $13bn to Power Plants
Australian power producers may issue as much as $13.2bn in debt to finance new gas-fired plants and wind farms, according to global rating agency Fitch Ratings. The agency said that...
GE Energy Completes Construction of 183MW Wind Farms in Idaho
The construction of 183MW wind farms in Idaho, US, has been completed, GE Energy Financial Services has announced. The wind farms, capable of generating power to 39,700 average homes in Idaho,...
Wells Fargo Concludes $100m Financing for US Solar Projects
Wells Fargo has completed tax equity financing for solar photovoltaic (PV) projects at the University of San Diego and five high schools in the Antelope Valley Joint Union High School District,...
PG&E Gets Approval for Power Purchase Agreements
California Public Utilities has approved the three 20-year power purchase agreements (PPAs) for a total of 450MW in new wind energy generation between Pacific Gas and Electric Company,...
Environmental Review on Canada's First Commercial Tidal Project in Progress
An environmental assessment and review of the Canoe Pass Tidal Commercialization Project, Canada's first commercial tidal energy development, is in progress. Canoe Pass Tidal Energy...
Glow Energy to Invest $300m in Thai Wind Farms
Glow Energy, a Thai unit of GDF Suez SA, is planning to invest $300m to develop two wind turbines with a combined capacity of 100MW in Chaiyaphum, Thailand. Glow Energy vice-president for...
Kuwait Fund to Finance Dual Fuel Power Plant in Bangladesh
The Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development has signed an agreement with the Government of the Bangladesh to provide a loan of KD15m ($51m), to be used for the construction of Shikalbaha...
SSE to Resume Operations in Glendoe Plant
Power company Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) said that it will resume electricity generation at its Glendoe plant during the first half of 2012. The 100MW site was to be closed for a...
Five European Countries Resume Carbon Trading
Carbon trading has resumed in five European countries today, after the European Commission (EU) suspended all internal and international transactions within all the member states’ emissions...
EIB Grants Loan for Netherlands Grid Project
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has granted a loan of €450m ($620m) to TenneT Holding for the construction and operation of a 83km 380kV transmission connection between the Hague...
Work Begins on Diamer-Basha Dam Construction
Pakistani Minister for Water and Power Raja Pervez Ashraf has announced that the initial work for the construction of the Diamer-Basha dam with a reservoir capacity of 32,374 million square...
Forowatio Constructs Solar Plant for Colorado University
Colorado State University (CSU) has completed the construction of a 5.3MW solar plant near the university's Foothills Campus, in partnership with Forowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV). The...
World Energy Can Be 95% Renewable by 2050
The bulk of the world's demand for energy could be met through renewable sources by 2050, according to the Energy Report, produced through a collaboration between WWF and Ecofys. The report...
Celestica to Supply Solar Modules to Recurrent Energy
Celestica has entered into a multi-year supply agreement with Recurrent Energy to manufacture solar modules for its projects. Recurrent will purchase 180MW of solar modules from Celestica...
RMT Secures Contract from Western Wind Energy
RMT has been awarded a contract by Western Wind Energy for the construction of two wind energy facilities in the US. Under the contract, RMT has commenced the construction of a 120MW...
Bangladesh and India to Develop Coal-Fired Plant
India has signed an agreement with Bangladesh for the construction of a 2,600MW coal-fired plant in the Rampal area of the Bagerhat district, Bangladesh. Under the joint venture,...
Georgia Power to Build Solar Projects for Dalton Utilities
Georgia Power has acquired a series of solar projects of up to 1MW in Georgia, US, co-developed by United Renewable Energy and Mack Creek Energy. The company plans to lease the property for...
9REN to Build Photovoltaic Plant in Italy
9REN has been awarded a contract by Helios (OTT Group) for the construction of a 1MW photovoltaic plant in the province of Trapani, Sicily, Italy. Under the contract, 9REN will be responsible...
Alstom to Build Wind Farm in Germany
Trainel has awarded Alstom a $761m contract to build the 80-turbine Borkum West II wind farm, offshore Germany. The farm, located 45km offshore the island of Borkum, would use wind...
Joint Venture to Invest in Emerging Energy Technology Firms
GE Capital, NRG Energy and ConocoPhillips have formed a joint venture to invest in and partner with emerging and innovative energy technology firms. The new entity, Energy Technology...
Duke and Sun Edison Complete North Carolina Solar Farm
Duke Energy and Sun Edison have completed the final phase of the 17.2MW solar farm in North Carolina, US. Both firms have signed a solar energy service agreement to build the facility. ...
Queensland University to Develop Geothermal Power Technology
The University of Queensland (UQ) in Australia has entered into a collaborative project with clean technology manufacturer Verdicorp to develop next-generation geothermal turbine and power...
Brazil Approves Construction of Belo Monte Power Dam
Brazilian environment agency Ibama has approved the construction of the Belo Monte power dam in the Amazon that has been subject to controversy among natives and other conservationists. The...
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Italy's Solar Capacity to Reach 8,000MW by the Year-End
Italy's total solar power generation capacity may reach 8,000MW by the end of 2011, according to the country's state energy services agency GSE. GSE said that the new capacity will allow...
Ofgem to Provide Funds to Upgrade Scottish Grid
Ofgem has granted Scotland funds worth £95m ($150m) to upgrade its high-voltage power lines. The upgradation will help Scotland connect renewable energy generators and export power...
France to Invest $13bn on First Offshore Wind Project
France plans to invest €10bn ($13.6bn) to build its first offshore wind project. It will build a wind farm with 600 offshore wind turbines, with a total capacity of 3,000MW in the...
Green Future to Build Bioethanol Plant in the Philippines
Green Future Innovations (GFII) will build a PHP6bn ($140m) bioethanol plant in Isabela, the Philippines. The project will generate 54 million litres of bio-ethanol and produce 19MW of...
ADB Approves $240m Loan to China WindPower
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has agreed to lend China WindPower $240 million, which will be used to build and operate up to 800MW of new wind farms by 2013. The loan will be financed...
Scottish Power Receives Approval for Gas-Fired Station in England
Scottish Power has received an approval from the British energy ministry to build a gas-fired power station near Hoot St Werburgh in north Kent, England. The £500m ($790m) plant, Damhead...
ArcLight Teams Up with GE and GIC to Form IPP
ArcLight Capital Partners, GE Energy Financial Services, and the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, will become partners in five natural gas-fired power plants in Georgia, US. ...
ACCIONA Energy Builds Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm
ACCIONA Energy has started the construction of a 132MW Dempsey Ridge Wind Farm in Oklahoma, US. The farm will be located about 15 miles west of ACCIONA Energy's 123MW Red Hills Wind Farm in...
Korean Firm to Build Solar Power Projects in the Philippines
Youil Ensys subsidiary Youil Renewable Energy Corporation will invest around $160m to construct two solar projects in the Philippines. The solar projects comprise a 30MW facility near...
Metso to Build Biomass Boiler Plant
Metso will deliver a biomass boiler plant for combined heat and power production (CHP) to Porvoon Energia for Tolkkinen, Finland. The plant will produce 38MW of heat for the Porvoo area and...
Construction Begins on Vietnam Hydro-Power Plant
The construction of the Dakdrinh hydro-power plant in Quang Ngai province of Vietnam has begun. The 125MW plant, valued at VND3423bn ($170m), is being constructed by Vietnam Oil and Gas...
GCC Authority to Complete Gulf Power Grid by 2011
The GCC Grid Authority plans to complete the GCC power grid by the end of 2011, it was announced today. GCC Grid Authority chairman Isa bin Hilal Al Kuwari said that once the grid...
Pavilion Energy Begins Wind Farm Construction in Idaho, US
Pavilion Energy Resources has started construction work on a 12km² wind farm in Idaho, US. Foundations have been laid for the first wind turbine on the farm, which is located...
China to Invest $121bn in Ten Nuclear Power Stations
The Chinese Government will give the go-ahead to ten nuclear power projects during its 12th Five-Year Plan, ending 2015. China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC) plans to invest CNY800bn ($121bn)...
Cimarron Solar Facility Begins Operations
Cimarron Solar Facility in New Mexico, US, has begun commercial operations, the developer of the project has announced. The 30MW facility, constructed by Tempe and First Solar, will...
Toshiba, Westinghouse and Rolls-Royce to Bid for UK Nuclear Contract
Toshiba Corporation, Westinghouse Electric and Rolls-Royce Group will together bid for a nuclear power plant contract in the UK. BAE Systems, Doosan Power Systems, Shaw Group and Laing...
International Power to Build Pakistan Plant
International Power will build the Uch II, an extension of the existing 572MW Uch plant in Pakistan. The 375MW CCGT extension will be developed by International Power under an EPC contract...
SSE Forms Offshore Wind Energy Alliance
Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) has entered into an alliance with five firms to collaborate on its offshore wind programme. SSE has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with...
China Southern to Boost Investment in Chinese Power Grid
China Southern Power Grid Corp plans to increase investment in the country's grid networks by almost a third of its previous investment. The company is expected to invest CNY400bn ($61bn)...
First Solar to Construct $1bn Solar Plant in Vietnam
First Solar has received a licence to construct a thin-film solar panel plant in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The $1bn solar plant will break ground in February on a 440,000m² site in the...
European Offshore Wind Power Grows by a Record 51% in 2010
European wind power capacity witnessed an increase of 51% in 2010 over the previous year, with the installation of 308 new offshore wind turbines in Europe in 2010. In total, 883MW of...
Minerco to Acquire 100MW Wind Farm in Honduras
Minerco Resources will acquire a 100MW wind power project in Honduras, Central America, from Energia Renovable Hondurenas (ERHSA). As per the agreement, Minerco will acquire 100% of the...
Solon and Tucson Electric Complete Solar Power Plant in Tuscon, US
Solon Corp has completed a 1.6MW solar power plant in conjunction with Tucson Electric Power (TEP) in Arizona, US. The plant, located in the new Solar Zone at the University of Arizona...
Indian Kaiga Power Station's New Unit Connects to Grid
The fourth unit of the Kaiga power station in Karnataka, India, has been successfully connected to the power grid. With KGS-4 coming online, Tamil Nadu will gain a 54MW share that will help...
Brighton Energy to Open Indian Nuclear Equipment Unit
US-based Brighton Energy is to set up a nuclear power plant component facility near Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh, India. The firm will enter into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with...
Scotland Approves RWE Npower's Hydroelectric Power Plant
The Scottish Government has granted permission to RWE Npower Renewables to build a hydroelectric power plant near Kylestrome in Scotland. The power station, with a generating capacity of...
Shenhua Group Constructs Coal Power Plant in Mongolia
China's Shenhua Group has started the construction of a RMB10bn ($1.5bn) coal-power and coking project in Inner Mongolia. The plant is located in the industrial park of the Ganqimaodu Port...
REpower to Supply Turbines for SLE’s Canadian Wind Farm
REpower Systems will supply 150 wind turbines with a total capacity of 300MW for the Lac Alfred wind farm project in Canada to Saint-Laurent Energies Consortium (SLE). REpower will...
Iberdrola to Acquire Brazil's Elektro
Iberdrola plans to purchase Brazilian power distribution business, Elektro Electricidade e Servicos, for €1.77bn ($2.38bn). Iberdrola will own 99.68% of Elektro, which supplies...
WMECo to Construct US Solar Energy Facility
Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) has selected a site in Massachusetts, US, for the construction of a solar energy facility. The site in the City of Springfield will...
India to Receive ADB Loan for Power Upgrades in Assam
India will receive $89.7m under a loan agreement signed with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for the Assam Power Sector Enhancement Programme, Tranche-II. The tranche will be used to build...
Havana Energy to Construct Biomass Power Station in Cuba
Esencia Group company, Havana Energy, has teamed up with Zerus to develop a pilot 30MW biomass power plant at Ciro Redondo Sugar Mill about 400km from Havana, Cuba. The two firms also plan...
Nuclear Power Renaissance Underway in Europe
The European energy market is witnessing a revival of nuclear power, according to a survey by Nuclear Power Europe, a part of power industry networking event POWER-GEN Europe. At present,...
Vandanaa Power to Build $2bn Coal-Fired Plant in Gujarat, India
Vandanaa Power Infratech has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to construct a 2,400MW coal-fired power plant in Navalakhi port in Kutch district, Gujarat, India. The INR100bn...
Babcock & Wilcox to Retrofit Components for SaskPower Boundary Dam
Babcock & Wilcox's subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Canada (B&W Canada), will provide services for critical components of SaskPower's Boundary Dam Unit 3 in Saskatchewan, Canada. The firm...
OCI Enterprises Acquires CornerStone Power
OCI subsidiary OCI Enterprises has purchased solar energy developer CornerStone Power Development. OCI Enterprises president and CEO Kirk Milling said the acquisition fits with their strategy...
Mahagenco and MSETCL Sign Transmission Agreement for Indian Power Plant
Mahagenco and MSETCL have signed an agreement to transmit 613,000 units to be generated in a solar power project at the Chandrapur Super Thermal Power Station site in Maharashtra, India. With...
Boralex and Q-Cells Construct Solar Energy Park in France
Boralex and Q-Cells have started construction work on the Avignonet-Lauragais solar park, the companies have announced. The plant, expected to become operational in May 2011, will be equipped...
Walney 1 Offshore Wind Farm Begins Operation
The Walney 1 Offshore Wind Farm, off the shore of Cumbria, north-west England, has begun generating power for the UK's national grid. Electricity has been generated from the first of the...
PII to Provide Guarantee for Coal-Fired Power Plant in Indonesia
An infrastructure financing guarantee agency, PT Penjaminan Infrastruktur Indonesia (PII), will provide a guarantee for building a IDR30trn ($3.3bn) power plant in Central Java, Indonesia. ...
Here Enterprises to Receive A&C Green's Wind Turbines
Here Enterprises will receive A&C Green Energy's Talon variable pitch turbine systems for its Cycle Ranch development project in Texas, US. Cycle Ranch is the first wind energy development...
Atlantis Gets Approval for Tidal Power Project in Indian State
Atlantis Resources has received approval for a 50MW tidal power project in the Gulf of Kutch in Gujarat, India, from the state ministry. Atlantis will partner with Gujarat Power on the...
Toshiba and IHI Create JV
Toshiba Corporation and IHI Corporation have created a joint venture to manufacture steam turbine parts for nuclear power plants in domestic and overseas markets. The new firm, Toshiba...
Fotowatio Renewable Signs Power Purchase Agreements with SCE
Fotowatio Renewable Ventures (FRV) has signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for four solar photovoltaic (PV) projects with Southern California Edison (SCE). FRV plans to finance,...
Gamesa to Supply Wind Turbines to Western Wind
Gamesa will supply wind turbines, with a total capacity of 10MW, for a wind farm being constructed by Western Wind Energy in Arizona, US. Under the contract, Gamesa will be responsible for...
TRUenergy Receives NSW State Approval for Power Plant
TRUenergy Holdings has received approval from New South Wales, Australia, to build a second gas-fired power plant in the state. The firm is yet to make a final decision on developing the...
Energy Firms to Merge to Become Largest Utility in US
Duke Energy will merge with Progress Energy to form the US's largest utility at a transaction value of $26bn. The combined entity, to be called Duke Energy, will have a combined enterprise...
CNPV Completes Solar Power Project in China
CNPV Solar Power has completed a 7MW solar power project in Shandong Province, China. CNPV designed, constructed and implemented the $25m project as part of the National Golden...
OPT Receives Certification for Utility-Scale, Wave-Power Device
Ocean Power Technologies has achieved independent certification for its utility-scale PowerBuoy, PB150, from Lloyd's Register. The certificate confirms that the PB150 design is in line with...
SunPower Signs PPAs with Southern California Edison
SunPower will deliver a total of 711MW of solar power to Southern California Edison (SEC) under three power purchase agreements signed by the firms. SEC estimates that the 711MW of...
Vestas to Supply 19 Turbines for German Wind Farm
Vestas will supply 19 of its V90-2.0MW wind turbines to BOREAS Energie for a wind farm in Germany. The turbines, with a hub height of 125m, will be installed at the plant with a total...
Alstom to Sign $1.2bn Power Plant Deal with Estonia
Alstom is to sign a deal with Estonian state power firm Eesti Energia this week to build a new power plant in the country. Eesti Energia spokeswoman Marina Bachmann told AFP that the new...
NorthWestern Energy to Buy Invenergy Wind Project
NorthWestern Energy will purchase a 24MW wind project to be developed by Invenergy Wind in north-central Montana, US, under a memorandum of understanding. The project will be constructed on...
KDC Solar to Build New Jersey Solar Facility
KDC Solar has partnered with United Stationers Supply and The Sudler Companies to design, install, own and operate a 3.25MW roof-mounted solar installation. The installation will be situated...
LEEDCo, Freshwater Wind Lease Acreage for Wind Project
Lake Erie Energy Development (LEEDCo) and Freshwater Wind will lease acreage for developing an initial offshore wind project in Lake Erie, US, as per an agreement with the state of...
South Korea Seeks to Reduce Power Consumption
South Korea has called for a reduction of power consumption because a recent increase in demand has depleted its power reserves. The country's power reserve rate fell to 5.7%, or...
Southwest Windpower Unveils Small Wind Turbine
Southwest Windpower has unveiled its new and efficient small wind turbine, Skystream 600, with the support of GE. Skystream 600 produces 74% more energy for commercial and residential...
GT Solar Receives First Solar Wafer Components Order
GT Solar International has received the first order, worth $37.5m, for its new DSS650 multicrystalline ingot growth system from Korea's Nexolon Company. Nexolon CFO Gene Kim said that as...
India Completes Solar Project Auctions
India has completed the auctioning of 620MW of solar projects to 37 firms to boost the country's solar programme, which aims to develop a 20GW solar capacity by 2022. India will have a...
Hindustan Zinc to Expand Wind Power Generation Capacity
Hindustan Zinc, a subsidiary of India-based Sterlite Industries, plans to invest Rs8.6bn ($190.78m) in expanding its wind power generation capacity. The firm will add 150MW to its current...
Benga to Fully Acquire Benga Power Plant
The Benga joint venture plans to fully acquire the Benga Power Plant (BPP), which is under construction in Mozambique, through the purchase of Elgas SARL's 50% interest in the project. ...
Skanska to Construct Power Transmission Tunnel in London
Skanska has received a contract worth £92m ($143m) from Costain for the construction of a tunnel for power transmission in London, UK. The contract includes the construction of 33km...
LDK Solar to Acquire 70% Interest in Solar Power
LDK Solar is to acquire a 70% interest in Solar Power (SP), a manufacturer of multicrystalline solar wafers, high purity polysilicon and PV products, for $33m. LDK Solar will also...
San Miguel Power Subsidiary to Issue $500m Debt Offering
San Miguel Corp's power subsidiary San Miguel Energy is to issue $500m in a maiden debt offering. San Miguel president Ramon Ang told Reuters that San Miguel Energy, the holding firm for...
Iraq to Expand Power-Generation Capacity
Iraq is to construct more power plants to enhance its power-generation capacity by 2,750MW. Iraq Electricity Ministry spokesman Masaab Serri told Bloomberg that the government has plans...
GE, Gama Energy to Build Akenerji CCGT Plant
GE and Turkish firm Gama Energy are to construct a 900MW gas-fired, combined-cycle power plant (CCGT) for Akenerji in Hatay, Turkey. The CCGT plant will be equipped in accordance to the...
India's National Aluminium Seeks Uranium Mines for Nuclear Power
India's National Aluminium is looking to buy uranium mines in Canada, Mongolia and Namibia to secure supplies to boost its nuclear energy sector. National Aluminium finance director BL...
Babcock is UK's Largest Civil Nuclear Services Firm
Babcock International has become the UK's largest nuclear site management, engineering and support services organisation following a series of acquisitions. Babcock's nuclear business...
UBA to Build Gabon Hydropower Plant
United Bank for Africa is partnering with Company for the Development of Renewable Energy and Gabon's Ministry of Energy to build a hydropower plant in the country. The estimated budget for...
Progress to Restart Crystal River Nuclear Plant
Progress Energy is preparing its Crystal River nuclear plant in Florida, US, to resume operations by the end of March 2011. The firm will begin to tighten tendons in a repaired section of...
ASMC to Provide Doosan's Wind Turbine Control Systems
American Superconductor Corporation (ASMC) is to provide wind turbine electrical control systems for South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries & Construction, under a $10m initial order. ...
Suzlon to Work with Hindustan Zinc on Indian Wind Projects
Suzlon Energy has signed a pact with Hindustan Zinc to set up, operate and maintain 150MW of wind power projects in India with a total investment of Rs8.65bn ($191m). The projects will be set...
Vestas to Supply Turbines for Italian Wind Farm
Vestas has secured an order from Winbis through Ansaldo Energia to deliver 22 wind turbines for the Italy-based Bisaccia Wind Farm. The V90-3.0MW wind turbines for the Bisaccia Wind Farm...
Pakistan Unveils Gujranwala, Narowal Power Plants
Gujranwala Electric Power Company (GEPCO)'s recently constructed thermal power plants in Pakistan are to begin operations from this month. GEPCO built a 425MW power station...
Daewoo Engineering to Construct Coal-Fired Plant in Nigeria
Daewoo Engineering & Construction has secured a contract worth N828bn ($733m) to construct a coal-fired power plant in Nigeria. The plant will be situated in the south-east where coal...
South Korea to Develop Renewable Energy Sectors
South Korea plans to strengthen its new and renewable energy sectors including solar power, wind power and nuclear power, according to the country's president Lee Myung-bak. The country plans...
Spain Approves Nuclear Power Project for Capacity Increase
The Spanish Government has given power firms permission to expand the capacity of two nuclear reactors, as the country struggles to pay for its electricity. The capacity of the reactors at...
Constellation to Sell Texan Natural Gas Plant to HPDEC
Constellation Energy is to sell the Quail Run natural gas plant in west Texas, US, to High Plains Diversified Energy Corporation (HPDEC) for $185.3m. The 550MW plant had been acquired...
MidAmerican Energy Orders Siemens Wind Turbines
MidAmerican Energy has signed a contract with Siemens to build 258 wind turbines with a 593MW capacity in western and central Iowa, US. The wind turbines will be installed in Cass,...
Vestas Secures Contract from Windpark Groß Eilstorf
Vestas Central Europe has received an order from Windpark Groß Eilstorf for 17 V112-3.0MW turbines to be installed at the Groß Eilstorf Wind Farm in Lower Saxony, Germany. ...
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US Approves SolarReserve's Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project
SolarReserve has received approval from the US Secretary authorising the construction of the Crescent Dunes Solar Energy Project in Nye County near Tonopah, Nevada, US. The construction of...
Natural Power Secures AES's Wind Farm Support Contract
Natural Power will provide construction hydrological support for the Drone Hill Wind Farm in Scotland for AES Wind Generation. The wind farm will comprise 22 turbines with 76m of maximum height. ...
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Veolia Energy to Build First Gas-to-Energy Project
Veolia Energy North America will build its first landfill gas-to-energy project (LFGTE) in the US at eastern Wisconsin. The 4.8MW generation facility will include three landfill...
Aggreko to Provide Energy Services for the 2012 Olympic Games
Aggreko will be the exclusive supplier of Temporary Energy Services for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Under the £37m ($57m) contract by the London Organising Committee of...
Conduit Capital Constructs New Power Plant in Jamaica
Conduit Capital is building a $127m power plant in West Kingston, Jamaica, to be operated and managed by Conduit’s Jamaica Energy Partners on behalf of its sister company West Kingston...
US Files Wind Power Complaint Against China
The US has filed a trade complaint against China over its support for its wind-energy manufacturers, at the World Trade Organization in Geneva. The case is the first filed by the US on...
North Investors to Fund Hydropower Plants in the Philippines
Swedish firm North Investors AB plans to fund the construction of hydropower plants in Nueva Ecija and Mindoro in the Philippines, with a combined capacity of 71MW. North Investors AB...
MYR Group to Rebuild Transmission Lines in Maine
MYR Group will construct and rebuild transmission lines throughout northeastern Maine in the New England region of the US for Central Maine Power Company, an Iberdrola USA subsidiary. The...
PLN to Build Steam Power Plants in Indonesia
Indonesian state-owned utility PLN plans to build two large-scale steam power plants in Pekanbaru and East Kalimantan in Indonesia. The two power plants will have a capacity of 2x110MW...
OG&E Files for Smart Grid Deployment Approval
OG&E is seeking approval from the Arkansas Public Service Commission to recover costs for the installation of smart meters and related smart grid technology in the area. If the...
Work Begins on Bulgaria Solar PV Project
The construction of a 45MW solar photovoltaic project in Bulgaria has started as the result of a partnership between NEOptions, the Bulgarian Development Collaborative, and SDN. The...
China Signs Agreements for Power Projects in Pakistan
Pakistan and China have signed power project agreements totaling 2.3GW through wind turbines and solar panels, during Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao's recent visit to Pakistan. Pakistan's Board...
Huaneng Power Gets Phase III Approval for Qinbei Power Plant
Huaneng Power International has received approval to build a coal-fired generating unit for Qinbei Power Plant from China's National Development and Reform Commission. The 1,000MW...
A-Power Begins Construction of Heat and Power Generation Plant
A-Power has begun the construction of a new heat and power generation plant for Jinzhou Mengguzhen Thermo Electric. The plant is being constructed under an engineering, procurement,...
SunEdison Begins Work on PV Solar Deployment
SunEdison and Southwestern Public Service Company have started building a photovoltaic solar deployment in New Mexico, US. The site is one among five separate sites in Lea and Eddy counties...
Work to Begin at Pakistan’s Thar Coal-Power Project
Civil work on Pakistan's Thar coal power project has been accelerated in preparation for construction work. The Thar project will involve the development of a 100MW coal-power plant, which...
Northern Pass Files Transmission Agreement with FERC
Northern Pass Transmission has filed a transmission service agreement (TSA) with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). The TSA was signed by Northern Pass Transmission (Northern...
India to Drop Coal Import with Higher Hydro Output
India's coal imports needed for power stations are likely to fall by 24% from previous estimates, following higher output from hydropower generation due to high rainfall in the last three years. ...
Solar Millennium Receives Approval for Palen Solar Power Project
Solar Trust of America subsidiary, Solar Millennium, has received approval from California Energy Commission (CEC) for its Palen Solar Power Project in Riverside County of California, US. ...
Twin Creeks Begins Work on Ipoh Solar Cell Manufacturing Plant
Twin Creeks Technologies has begun work on a new 100MW solar cell and panel manufacturing plant in Perak High Tech Park in Ipoh, Malaysia. The 23,225m² facility, named the Twin...
SolarReserve Gets Approval for Rice Solar
SolarReserve has received the final approval for the construction of the Rice Solar Energy Project in California, US, from the California Energy Commission (CEC). The 150MW solar power...
$171bn Needed for Green Power Plants
Energy companies in the UK will need to invest more than £110bn ($171.6bn) in new power stations and grid upgrades over the next decade, Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne has said. ...
ABB to Build Substations for Qatar
ABB will build substations for Qatar under a $140m contract from the Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation, Kahramaa. ABB Power Systems division head Peter Leupp said that...
SolarReserve Receives Permissions for Solar Project in Arizona
SolarReserve has received two Certificates of Environmental Compatibility (CEC) from the Arizona Power Plant and Transmission Line Siting Committee, approving the Crossroads Solar Energy Project. ...
UK to Subsidise Nuclear Power Prices
The UK Government will today reveal plans to subsidise the price paid to nuclear power for generating electricity. As a result of the subsidies, firms planning to build Britain's new...
Nexan Norway to Lay Under-Sea Power Link for Malta
Nexans Norway will lay a submarine power cable linking Malta to the European power grid in Sicily, under a €180m ($240m) contract with the Maltese Government. The link will have a...
Abound Solar to Build Solar Module Manufacturing Plant in Indiana
Abound Solar will set up an 8.4 million square-metre solar module manufacturing plant in Tipton, Indiana, US. The manufacturing plant will produce solar modules with a total capacity of...
Exelon Completes Acquisition of John Deere Renewables
Exelon has completed the acquisition of John Deere Renewables, a wind power operator and developer for $860m. The purchase will add 735MW of renewable energy to Exelon's generation...
NRG Solar to Break Ground on Solar Facility in New Mexico
NRG Energy subsidiary, NRG Solar, will start work on its first power generation project, the Roadrunner Solar Electric Facility in New Mexico, US, by the end of the year. Power from the...
Covanta to Divest Philippines Project Interests to EGCO
Covanta has entered into an agreement with Electricity Generating PCL (EGCO) to divest all of its interests in the Quezon coal-fired electric generation project. Under the agreement,...
TRUenergy to Acquire $2bn Energy Assets in Australia
TRUenergy has signed an agreement with the New South Wales (NSW) Government, Australia, to acquire energy assets in the state for $2bn. The firm will buy EnergyAustralia Retail, the...
Lao PDR Unveils New Hydro Power Project
Lao People's Democratic Republic's (Lao PDR) has unveiled its largest hydropower facility, Nam Theun 2, which will aid in the Southeast Asian country’s growth and development. Over 90% of...
Wood Group GTS to Maintain Gas Turbines for SWM
Wood Group GTS will provide maintenance services for GE gas turbines for Germany's largest municipal gas and electricity firm, Stadtwerke München (SWM), over the next five years. ...
Taiwan to Cut Feed-In-Tariffs for Solar Power Generators
Taiwan is likely to cut the feed-in tariffs it pays to solar power generators when the revised rates for 2011 are announced by end of the year. Taiwan's Bureau of Energy director...
Iberdrola Renewables Begins Biomass Project in US
Iberdrola Renewables has begun work on its 26.8MW Lakeview Biomass Cogeneration Plant in Oregon, US. The biomass plant will be a combined heat and power or cogeneration facility using...
Recurrent Energy Begins Solar Facility Operation
Recurrent Energy has started the commercial operation of a 5MW solar power system in San Francisco, California, US, atop the Sunset Reservoir. Power from the solar facility is being supplied...
Indian Nuclear Power Plant to Become Operational Next Year
Russia's state-run nuclear firm Atomstroyexport has completed the construction of India's first large nuclear power plant at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, which will be connected to the grid early...
Vestas to Supply Turbines for Oak Glen Wind Farm in US
Vestas will supply 24 V90-1.8MW turbines for Oak Glen Wind Farm in Minnesota, US. Oak Glen Wind Farm is a subsidiary of the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA) and Avant Energy is...
NTPC Signs PPA for Thermal Power Project in India
Punjab State Power Corporation (PSPCL) will purchase power from National Thermal Power Corporation's (NTPC) proposed thermal power project in Punjab, India. The coal-fired power plant...
Pakistan to Save Through Turkish Power Ship
Pakistan will save over PKR10bn ($115m) in power transmission and fuel transportation through the KARKEY’s Power Ship docked at Karachi over a five-year contract period. The Power Ship,...
Western Massachusetts Begins Work on Switching Station Upgrade
Western Massachusetts Electric Company (WMECo) has begun work on the new Cadwell Switching Station in Springfield and upgrades at the existing Agawam Substation in Massachusetts, US. The...
Westinghouse to Build Nuclear Power Plant for Axpo
Westinghouse Electric Company will build two new buildings for Axpo AG's 730MW two-unit, Beznau Nuclear Power Plant in Dottingen, Switzerland for €130m ($172m). The...
Clean Global Energy to Provide Coal Gasification for Power Plants
Clean Global Energy has established a new US entity, Clean Global Energy Inc. (CGEI), to target Underground Coal Gasification (UCG) projects throughout North America. CGEI plans to acquire...
NextEra Energy to Purchase 40MW Solar Projects in Canada
NextEra Energy has signed agreements with First Solar to purchase four solar photovoltaic (PV) projects in Ontorio, Canada, from First Solar. Under the terms of the agreement, NextEra...
Indonesia Needs to Boost Investment in Power
Indonesia needs to invest $227bn in its power sector to ensure supply for all by 2029 as mandated by the General Plan for National Electricity. Energy and Mineral Resources Ministry...
Duke Energy Secures Finance for Wyoming Wind Farm
Duke Energy Generation Services (DEGS) has secured around $231m finance for the Top of the World Windpower Project in Casper, Wyoming, US. The financing was arranged by Bank of...
Enel Begins Operation of First Romanian Wind Farm
Enel Green Power began operation of its first wind farm in Romania, the Agighiol plant located near Tulcea city. Agighiol features 17 turbines of 2MW each, for a total installed capacity...
First Wind Receives Financing for Rollins Wind Project
First Wind has received $98m in financing for its 60MW Rollins Wind project in Maine, US, including a $81m non-recourse construction loan and a $17m letter of credit facility. Key Bank...
Bord Gáis Unveils New Gas-Fired Power Plant in Ireland
Bord Gáis has officially unveiled its first power generation station, the Whitegate Power Plant in Cork, Ireland. The firm has invested €400m ($536m) in the 445MW gas-fired...
US Energy Sec Urges for Nuclear, Coal as Clean Energy Sources
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu has urged Congress to consider nuclear power and cleaner-burning coal in a mandate for utilities to use more clean energy to generate electricity. ...
Solar Power and JCM Unveil Fund for Solar Projects in Canada
US-based Solar Power Partners (SPP) and Canada-based JCM Capital have developed a fund to finance, construct, own and operate 200MW of photovoltaic solar projects in Ontario, Canada. The...
UK Climate Committee Urges for Power Sector Reforms
The UK needs to overhaul its power industry and lean towards clean power generation to meet its climate change laws, according a Climate Change Commitee (CCC) report. According to the CCC's...
Aquamarine Power Selects BiFab to Build Wave Energy Device
Aquamarine Power has selected Burntisland Fabrications (BiFab) to build its next-generation Oyster wave energy device in Scotland. Oyster 2, will be fabricated by BiFab over six months at...
UK Climate Committee Urges for Power Sector Reforms
The UK needs to overhaul its power industry bending towards clean power generation to meet its climate change laws, according a Climate Change Commitee (CCC) report. According to the...
Wood Group to Build CCP Plant Worth $875m in Israel
John Wood Group subsidiary Wood Group has received a $875m engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract from Dorad Energy to build an 800MW power plant in Israel. Under the...
Wind Works Receives Financing Offers for Wind Park Burg I
Wind Works Power has received offers for debt and equity components for its 4MW Wind Park Burg I project, which forms the first phase of a 10MW energy project in Germany. Ad vis Projekt...
Grupo Bimbo Begins Work on Piedra Larga Wind farm
Grupo Bimbo has begun work on the Piedra Larga wind farm in Mexico, which will have an installed power of 90MW. The $200m plant, to be built in Union Hidalgo, Oaxaca, will generate almost all...
Detroit Edison Commissions Solar Facility in Michigan
Detroit Edison has announced its plans to invest $100m to construct a second-generation solar energy facility in Michigan, US. The installation of 270 solar panels, including 60 that...
US Power Grid Operator Approves Transmission Upgrades
PJM, which operates the biggest power grid in the US, has approved $1.25bn in transmission upgrades including rebuilding heavily-used transmission lines from West Virginia to Maryland. The...
India to Sign Pact with France for Nuclear Reactors
India's Nuclear Power Corporation of India (NPCIL) expects to sign a framework agreement with France's Areva for building nuclear reactors at Jaitapur, western India, during French...
Russia's VEB Upholds Gazprom Stake
Russia's Vnesheconombank's (VEB) is reiterating its recent acquisition of a 2.7% stake in Gazprom as a long-term strategic investment, according to VEB head Vladimir Dmitriyev. VEB has...
NRG Solar and SunPower to construct California Valley Solar Ranch
NRG Solar and SunPower will build a 250MW California Valley Solar Ranch in San Luis Obispo County, the US. Under the agreement, NRG will assume ownership and financing responsibilities,...
Sempra Generation Completes Nevade Solar Power Facility
Sempra Generation, a Sempra Energy subsidiary, has completed construction on the 48MW Copper Mountain Solar facility in Boulder City, Nevada, US. The plant will feature about 775,000...
Russia and Bulgaria to Collaborate on Belene Nuclear Power Plant
Russia's ROSATOM State Atomic Energy Corporation and Bulgaria's Natsionalna Elektricheska Kompania (NEK EAD) will develop the Belene nuclear power plant in Bulgaria. The authorities have...
Wood Group to Build Israel’s Dorad Power Plant
Wood Group GTS will build the Dorad Power Plant for Israel's Dorad energy under a $875m EPC contract. The 800MW natural gas-fired plant is expected to come onstream in three years and...
ADB Approves Investments into Clean Energy Funds
ADB has approved total equity investments of $40m in two new private equity funds, which will invest in green firms and projects in Asia. Around $20 million has been injected into the...
Filasa International to Build Wind Farms in Ukraine
Filasa International is planning to build wind power stations with a total capacity of 1.6GW in Ukraine by the middle of 2016. As per the plan, the firm intends to construct the Tylyhulska...
UK Requires Emissions Standard to Meet Climate Change Targets
The UK will need emissions performance standards to meet its climate change targets, according to a new Energy and Climate Change Committee report. The report, released this week, states...
India Calls for Competitive Bidding for 2011 Thermal Power Projects
Indian power sector regulator Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC) has announced that from 2011 all thermal power projects and transmission systems will be awarded on competitive...
India and Bangladesh Sign MOU to Facilitate Logistics to Indian Power Plant
India and Bangladesh have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to allow transport of equipment for a power plant in India's north eastern state, Tripura. For Tripura's 726MW Palatana...
Austria to Invest in Pakistan’s Power Sector
Austria is planning to extend cooperation to the hydel power and alternate energy development projects in Pakistan. Austrian Minister for Economy Reinhold Mitterlehner said that many...
E ON Commissions New Gas Turbine Plant in Russia
E ON has built and commissioned a new combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant at Shatura, about 150km east of Moscow, Russia. The 400MW capacity power station has lower carbon dioxide...
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India Approves Construction of 9,900MW Nuclear Power Project
India has approved the construction of a 9,900MW Jaitapur nuclear power project in the Ratnagiri district of Maharashtra, to resolve the power crisis prevailing in the state. the Nuclear...
GMR to Divest InterGen Stake to China Huaneng for $1.23bn
India's GMR Group plans to divest its stake in the Netherlands-based power generation company InterGen to China Huaneng Group for $1.23bn. GMR is selling its 50% shareholding interest that...
NTPC to Order Generators to Accelerate Power Generation
India's largest power producing company, National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC), plans to buy 18 generators worth $7.2bn by 31 March. The equipment includes nine generators of 660MW and...
NINA Contracts an EPC Consortium for South Texas Project
Nuclear Innovation North America (NINA) has awarded an EPC contract for South Texas Project Units 3 and 4 to a restructured EPC consortium formed by Toshiba America Nuclear Energy (TANE) and...
ABB Receives a Wind Farm Contract From C-Power NV
ABB has received an order worth $125m from the Belgian company C-Power NV to link a wind farm, 30km off the coast of Belgium to the mainland grid, as a part of an expansion of the Thornton...
Westinghouse Expecting Additional Chinese Reactor Orders
Westinghouse Electric is expecting additional orders for its third-generation AP1000 reactors from China, following the sale of four such units three years ago, to the country. ...
India and Sri Lanka to Sign MOU for Cross-Country Transmission Link
India and Sri Lanka are set to sign a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in December 2010 to develop a high capacity power transmission link between the two countries. The INR25bn ($543.3m)...
REpower Systems to Supply 6M Type Power Turbines to C-Power
REpower Systems has received a contract from C-Power to supply 48 wind turbines of the 6M type for the Thornton Bank offshore wind farm, located 30km in the North Sea off the Belgian cost. ...
Vestas Selected as Technology Partner for Spanish Wind Projects
The regional Government in Galicia, Spain, has selected Vestas as the preferred technology partner for wind projects in the region. The wind projects have a total capacity of 1,655MW...
SunEdison Interconnects Rovigo Solar Plant
SunEdison has interconnected a 70MW photovoltaic (PV) power plant in Rovigo, north-east Italy. The plant, which is the largest single-operating PV solar power plant in Europe, has been...
Sea Level to Affect Indian Nuclear Power Plant
An anticipated rise in sea level is likely to affect the Madras Atomic Power Station in Kalapakkam, and a plant under construction in Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu, India. According to a Centre...
South Australia to Get New Gas-Fired Power Plant
South Australia will get a new $750m gas-fired power station to meet its demand in peak summer. The Cherokee Power Station will be built in Riverland by Tungkillo Power Company, a subsidiary...
PGE to End Coal Use at Oregon Power Plant by 2020
Portland General Electric (PGE) plans to stop burning coal at the Boardman power plant in Oregon in the US by the end of 2020 to comply with Regional Haze rules under the Clean Air Act. ...
Westinghouse Wins Spanish Nuclear Contract
Westinghouse Electric Company will provide engineering services to Asociacion Nuclear Asco Vandellos (ANAV) nuclear plants in Spain, under a new contract. Westinghouse will provide...
Cameco to Supply Uranium to China Guangdong Nuclear Power
Cameco will supply 29 million pounds of uranium concentrate to China Guangdong Nuclear Power Holding (CGNPC) until 2025. CGNPC has 14 nuclear power plants under construction with a...
EnerSys Sells Hydrogen Fuel Cell System to Time Warner Cable
EnerSys has sold the Extended Run Time Solution hydrogen fuel cell system to Time Warner Cable's Southern California facility. The 30KW fuel cell system, also installed by EnergySys at...
Bangladesh to Lease Power Units from UK's Aggreko
Bangladesh's Power Development Board (PDB) has signed a 150MW rental power agreement with UK firm, Aggreko. The contract includes orders for two gas-fired power plants – an 80MW station...
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities Approves Cape Wind Agreement
Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) in the US has approved a 15-year power purchase agreement that will allow National Grid to buy Cape Wind's energy, capacity and renewable...
AEP Ohio to Purchase Power from Horizon Wind
AEP Ohio, an American electric power unit, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement for wind energy with Paulding Wind Farm II, a Horizon Wind Energy subsidiary. Under the...
GE to Supply 9E Gas Turbines to Nigeria
GE will supply four gas turbines for the Omotosho Phase 2 Power Plant in Ondo State, south-western Nigeria. GE will provide four Frame 9E gas turbines, generators, accessories,...
China Utilises Renewable Potential to Boost Economy
China has increased its wind power capacity 100% per year since 2006, a new report has revealed. The Annual Report on Actions to Address Climate Change, published by the Social Sciences...
Verso Paper to Begin on Biomass Power Project
Verso Paper has launched a $40m biomass power project at its mill in Bucksport, Maine, US. The project will provide a 43% increase in thermal energy production from biomass at the mill...
China National Nuclear Begins Work on Hainan Reactor
China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC) has begun building a 650MW reactor in the southern island province of Hainan, China. The reactor, the second of the two to be built in the first...
Undersea Survey for Egypt-Saudi Power Grid to Begin
An undersea survey for a joint power grid between Saudi Arabia and Egypt will begin this month. The survey will be completed in the Gulf of Aqaba region in 20 days and the consultancy...
China to Build 10.8 million KW Wind Farm in Five Years
China is all set to build a 10.8 million KW wind power farm in Hami in the far western Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region within five years. The local environmental protection bureau has...
Exelon to Invest $5bn in Affordable Clean Energy Projects
US-based Exelon has plans to invest $5bn in affordable clean energy projects in support of its Exelon 2020 strategy, aimed to eliminate the equivalent of its 2001 carbon footprint by 2020. ...
SCE's Third Rooftop Solar Plant Comes Onstream
Southern California Edison's (SCE) third solar power plant, built on top of a 40,505m² facility in Rialto, California, US, has come onstream. Power from the 16,300 advanced solar...
Energy Matters to Purchase REC Solar Panels
Australia's Energy Matters will purchase 20MW of REC Peak Energy solar panels under a new agreement. The purchase represents an output capacity to power over 5,000 Australian homes and...
Ofgem Launches Second Tender for Transmission Links to Offshore Windfarms
Ofgem has launched the second tender round for high-voltage transmission links worth £1.9bn for six wind projects of the coast of England and Wales. According to the terms of the...
Venezuela in Talks with China on New Power Projects
Venezuela is in talks with China to develop 3,000MW of new electricity projects to boost production capacity after power shortages. Electricity Minister Ali Rodriguez said Chinese companies...
India's ONGC to Invest in Renewable Power Research
India's Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) will invest INR5bn ($109.4m) on research and development of non-conventional energy sources. ONGC chairman and managing director R S Sharma...
FirstEnergy Calls off Biomass Conversion Plan
FirstEnergy has decided to scrap plans to repower its RE Burger plant in Ohio, US, which would have generated electricity using biomass. The firm will permanently close down units 4 and 5 of...
World Bank Approves Loan for Kazakhstan's Power Transmission Project
The World Bank has approved a $78m loan for the Kazakhstan Alma Electricity Transmission Project. The project will expand the capacity of the Almaty Oblast transmission network to...
Etrion and SunPower to Build Solar Plants in Italy
Etrion and SunPower will partner to build two solar power plants totalling 10MW in Puglia, Italy. Etrion take ownership of the power plants, while SunPower will design, construct and...
Foster to Supply Solar Steam Generator System to UAE Plant
A Global Power Group subsidiary has been awarded a contract to design and supply a solar steam generator system for a solar thermal power plant located in Abu Dhabi, UAE. The company will...
IBM and IIT Team Up to Make Power Grids Smarter
IBM has signed a research collaboration agreement with the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Madras and IIT Kharagpur to develop open system designs for smarter power grids. The open...
NTR Energy Group's Losses Increase
NTR, a renewable energy group, has posted an increase in its losses to €210.6m in the year to end of March 2010, up from €22.4m in 2009. The rise in losses is due to €106.5m...
Australia Needs Certainty Over Carbon Price
Australia is mulling over the introduction of a price on carbon to avert shrinking power supplies, declining industry investment and surging electricity costs. Australian Prime Minister...
Solar Trust's Amargosa Solar Project Secures Federal Approval
Solar Millennium has secured a Record of Decision (ROD) from the Department of Interior’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM), approving a right of way grant for the Amargosa Farm Road Solar Project. ...
NRG Energy Acquires Cottonwood Power Station
NRG Energy has completed the acquisition of the Cottonwood Generating Station in East Texas, US, from Kelson Limited Partnership. Initially, the 1,279MW natural gas-fuelled plant will...
Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Plant to Come Onstream in January
Iran's first nuclear power plant, the Bushehr plant, will connect to the national power grid by January 2011. The west has imposed sanctions on Iran, fearing that nuclear power plant...
Chinese Wind Power Producers to Raise $2.5bn
Two Chinese power producers, Huaneng Renewables and China Datang Corp. Renewable Power, will plan to raise $2.5bn by listing their wind-power units in Hong Kong. Huaneng Renewables, a...
SDG&E to Purchase Power from CSolar
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) has signed a 25-year power-purchase agreement with a Csolar subsidiary for up to 130MW of renewable power. The solar photovoltaic energy will come from...
FuelCell to Provide Renewable Electricity for Wastewater Plant
FuelCell has announced the sale of a 1.4MW DFC1500 power plant to UTS Bioenergy to be installed at the Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant in San Jose, California, US. Santa Clara...
Alstom to Retrofit 6 Belchatow Fossil Power Plant
Alstom will retrofit six units of the 4,460MW Belchatow power plant, the world's second-largest fossil power plant. The two contracts worth €140m were signed with PGE Gornictwo, which...
Bangladesh Cabinet Approves Eight Projects
The Bangladesh cabinet committee on government purchase has approved eight power projects including three big plants to generate 1,232MW of electricity. Of the eight projects, five power...
South Korea Named World's Leading Nuclear Power Plant Exporter
South Korea has become one of the leading nuclear power plant exporters in the world after being awarded a $40bn contract with the UAE to construct four 1,400MW nuclear reactors in the region...
Iberdrola Renovables Builds Lakeview Biomass Power Plant
Iberdrola Renovables has begun building its first forestry biomass power plant in the US, which will have a capacity of 26.8MW. Lakeview cogeneration plant is due to be commissioned by the...
UK's Power Plants to Commence Operations Within One Year
The UK's new power projects will start producing electricity within the next 12 months, suggesting the need to replace its ageing coal-fired and nuclear power plants over the next decade. ...
Sempra Gets Approval for California Solar Plant
Sempra Generation has received approval from the Kern County Board of Supervisors to build a new photovoltaic solar power plant in California's Antelope Valley, US. Rosamond Solar will...
Al-Arrab and Sepco III Win Saudi Arabian Power Plant Deal
Al Arrab and China's Sepco III Electric Power have won the SAR9bn ($2.4bn) contract to build a power generation plant at Ras Al Zour, Saudi Arabia. Minister of Water and Electricity...
NTPC to Commission Thermal Power Unit in India
India's National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) will commission the first unit of the stage-II expansion project of Simhadri Super Thermal Power Station by March 2011. NTPC regional...
Eletrobras to Invest $27bn by 2014
Eletrobras, Brazil's power holding utility, will be investing $27bn between 2010 and 2014 to improve the nation's ageing electricity grid and expand overseas, CEO Jose Antonio Muniz Lopes...
DTE to Convert California Coal Plant to Biomass
DTE Energy Services (DTEES) is acquiring a significant interest in the 49.5MW Mt. Poso Cogeneration Company power plant in California, US, to co-lead its conversion to biomass fuel. The Mt....
Vestas to Expand in US Despite Turbine Market Forecast
Vestas is planning to increase its production in the US despite forecasts of a cut in installations in the region. Chief executive officer Ditley Engel told Bloomberg that the cheapest way...
Suntech to Supply Solar Panels for Thai Plant
Suntech will supply 9.43MW of solar panels and technical support for the second phase of a 44MW solar power plant in Thailand. The solar plant, owned by Bangchak Petroleum Public and...
BP Seeks Funding for Australian Solar Project
BP has estimated that its new solar energy project in New South Wales will cost more than US$600m and is seeking funding from the Australian Government. The company will submit a plan for...
UK to Provide CCS Funding for Gas Power Plants
The UK Government will open its carbon capture and storage demonstration programme, an initiative to capture CO2 from power plants and other industrial sources, to projects on gas-fired...
L-3 to Install Technology for Nuclear Plant Simulator
L-3 MAPPS will update the full scope simulator at the Fort Calhoun Nuclear Station in Nebraska, US, for Omaha Public Power District (OPPD). The firm will use its Orchid simulation products...
Wells Fargo to Invest $100m in US Solar Projects
US bank Wells Fargo will invest $100m by the end of 2011 to finance the development of solar photovoltaic power projects throughout the US by GCL-Poly subsidiary GCL Solar Energy. The...
Global Firms to Produce Hydrogen Through Wind Power
A Japanese company and a Russian institute will start a feasibility study to produce hydrogen through wind-power generation. The project will involve producing hydrogen from water...
NAES to Provide Maintenance Services for Sandy Creek Station
NAES Corporation will perform operations and maintenance services for the Sandy Creek Energy Station in the US. The station is a nominal 900MW supercritical power plant designed to burn...
Bangladesh to Generate 7,000MW of Power by 2013
Bangladesh aims to generate an additional 7,000MW of electricity by 2013 by setting up new power plants in the country, the country's Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina said. "I know the...
Zions Bancorp and National Bank of Arizona Launch Finance Division
Zions Bancorporation and its subsidiary National Bank of Arizona (NBA) have launched a new division that will specialise in the sustainable energy finance sector. Zions Energy Link will...
EIB to Finance Transmission Network in Dominican Republic
The European Investment Bank (EIB), the long-term lending institution, has agreed to finance high-voltage electricity transmission networks across the central and southern regions of the...
E.ON to Sell £3.5bn Distribution Network in UK
E.ON, the German utility group in the UK, is preparing to sell a business unit with nine million customers for up to £4bn. The company is in an advanced stage of negotiations with a consortia...
Russia to Build its First Solar Power Station
Rusnano and Renova, Russia's high-tech companies, have revealed plans to build the country's first industrial solar power station near the Black Sea. The companies joint venture, Khevel,...
GDC Invites Bids for 400MW Kenyan Power Project
Kenya-based Geothermal Development Company (GDC) has submitted a tender for the development of a 400MW underground stream power project that will help supply around a quarter of the...
Finland to Build Massive Undersea Electricity Cable
Fingrid and Elering have signed an agreement to construct a second direct current link – EstLink 2 – between Finland and Estonia. The submarine cable, valued at €320m ($455m), will...
Arizona to Develop Mile-High Solar Tower
The first large-sized solar tower will be developed in Arizona, US, following the Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) approval of the purchase agreement for power from the...
Indian Nuclear Power Firm to Increase Capacity by 33%
India's Nuclear Power Corporation (NPC) aims to produce 24,000 million units before March 2011 compared with 18,000 million units in the last financial year. The NPC executive director S....
Vestas Receives First Turbine Project in the US
Vestas has received a 57.6MW order for 32 V100-1.8MW turbines for the Horse Butte Wind project near Idaho Falls, US. Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems (UAMPS) will develop the project...
Shepherd to Turn Fife Plant into a Renewable Energy Plant
Shepherd Offshore has paid an undisclosed sum, estimated to be tens of millions of pounds, to buy a microchip factory in Scotland and develop it into a wind turbine blades manufacturing facility. ...
CLP to Reduce Dependence on Gas
Hong Kong's largest electricity supplier CLP Holdings may increase fuel oil and coal consumption next year as it has been receiving insufficient gas from the Yacheng onshore field in the...
Calpine to Sell Stake in a Gas-Fired Plant
Calpine will sell a 25% undivided interest in the 1,038MW Freestone Energy Center in Texas, US, to Rayburn Country Electric Cooperative for $215m. Calpine remains the majority owner and...
Dominion to Advance its Solar Power Station Project in Canada
US-based Dominion Virginia Power is set to proceed in developing a solar power facility in Halifax County, Canada, after the approval of a $5m grant from the Virginia Tobacco...
South Korea to Build $8.2bn Offshore Wind Power Project
South Korea is to build its largest offshore wind project in the Yellow Sea with an investment of 9.2tn won ($8.2bn) to generate 2,500MW. The three-phase project is expected to help the...
University of Nottingham to Build Three Wind Turbines
The University of Nottingham in the UK has revealed plans to build three wind turbines near Clifton Bridge in a move to reduce its carbon emissions. The 125m-long turbines will supply...
Dong Energy to Shut Down Danish Power Station Units
Dong Energy will phase out Unit 3 at Ensted Power Station near Aabenraa and Unit 2 at Stigsnæs Power Station near Skælskør in Denmark. The planned phasing-out is partly due to...
Intel Retains Top Spot in Purchasing Clean Energy
Intel Corporation, a US-based computer-chip manufacturer, has been named the biggest buyer of renewable power by volume for the third consecutive year. The company has purchased more than...
Shanghai Electric Strikes $10bn Deal with Reliance
China's Shanghai Electric has signed a $10bn contract to supply coal-fired generators to India's Reliance Power. Shanghai Electric will provide 42 coal-fired thermal-generation units, each...
GE Hitachi, Savannah River Nuclear to Work on Reactor Technologies
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and Savannah River Nuclear Solutions will work together under a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore the potential of deploying a prototype of...
CEZ Suspends Chvaletice Steam-Gas Power Project
CEZ has suspended its plan to construct a steam-gas power plant in Chvaletice, eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic, according to sales division director Alan Svoboda. The suspension decision is...
TransCanada's Halton Hills Generating Station Comes Onstream
TransCanada Corporation's $700m Halton Hills Generating Station (HHGS) in Canada has become operational. The $700m station will operate under a 20-year power purchase arrangement with...
Joint Research Projects Revealed to Improve Ocean Renewable Energy
The Department of Energy (DOE), Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have announced eight joint...
EDF to Acquire Constellation's UniStar Interest
EDF will acquire Constellation's 50% ownership in UniStar Nuclear Energy for $140m to become Unistar's sole owner. The comprehensive agreement restructures the firms' partnership,...
NRG, BrightSource Partner on Ivanpah Solar Electric Project
NRG Energy has signed a letter of intent with BrightSource Energy to construct, finance, own and operate the 392MW Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System in the Mojave Desert, California, US. ...
CKI, Hong Kong Electric Acquire EDF's UK Assets
A consortium of Cheung Kong Infrastructure (CKI) and Hongkong Electric has bought Electricite de France's (EDF) UK electricity distribution networks for £5.78bn ($9.6bn). CKI and...
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New Fund for Energy Saving and Renewable Energy Projects
The European Energy Committee has approved an agreement to use €146m ($201.7m) of unspent funds to finance energy saving, energy efficiency and renewable energy projects. The...
DTE's Stoneman Station Biomass Plant Comes Onstream
DTE energy Services' Stoneman station biomass power plant has become operational. Dairyland Power Cooperative at Wisconsin is purchasing the entire 40MW output of the biomass facility to...
Pakistan to Increase Power Tariff
The Pakistan Government is planning to increase its power tariff by 2-3% each month, in compliance with conditions set by the IMF and World Bank. The monthly increase will result in a...
Vestas to Shutdown Five Wind Turbine Plants
Vestas, the Danish wind turbine manufacturer, will be closing five production plants across Scandinavia and will cut 3,000 jobs. The company will close four plants in Denmark and one in...
South Africa Reveals Big Plans for Solar
South Africa has unveiled plans for one of the world's biggest solar power plants worth R200bn (£18.42bn) in the Northern Cape province. The project aims to achieve an annual output of...
BGR Energy Wins Thermal Power Project
BGR Energy Systems has been awarded a balance of plant (BOP) contract for two 660MW supercritical thermal power projects from Thermal Powertech Corporation India. Under the Rs21.6bn...
US Approves World's Largest Solar Power Plant
The US Interior Department has approved plans to build a 1,000MW solar power plant in California. The $6bn project will be jointly developed by Solar Millennium and Ferrostaal and located...
UK Nuclear Plan a Sham, Says E3G Boss
Plans to rebuild nuclear power plants in the UK sparked a huge debate in London today, with one company executive describing what has been heralded a nuclear renaissance as a "nuclear...
Delayed Carbon Price in Australia to Affect Investment
Lateness in setting of the proposed carbon price will further delay investments to increase Australia's power supply. ANZ Banking Group global head of utilities infrastructure and...
New Solar Product to Revolutionise Green Energy Space
Wipro has developed a unique hardware product that can improve the power generation in a solar plant by up to 20%. The product has both hardware and software components and tracks critical...
Coal Prices to Hit Chinese Power Plants
Chinese power generators are expected to face losses in 2010 as higher coal prices continue to reduce profit margins. China's largest electricity provider, Huaneng Power International,...
Venezuela Signs Green Energy Deal with Portugal
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has signed agreements with Portugal to develop renewable energy projects aimed at replacing the country's dominant oil industry. "This type of energy is...
GE to Supply Components for Gas Plant in India
GE will supply equipments for a 2,400MW expansion of the Samalkot gas-fired combined-cycle project in the state of Andhra Pradesh, India, for Reliance Power. Under contracts amounting to...
Iran Injects Fuel into its First Nuclear Power Plant
Iran is set to load fuel into the core of its first nuclear power plant, the Bushehr power plant. Iran had begun fuelling the plant in August, however the spread of computer virus, Stuxnet,...
Alstom to Build Gas Power Plant in Singapore
Alstom will build a new gas-fired combined cycle power plant for Tuas Power Generation (TPG) in Singapore. The €260m ($365m) order includes an EPC contract for the new 400MW...
Greece's PPC to Invest €2bn Annually by 2015
Greece's dominant electricity producer PPC plans to invest about €2bn ($2.8bn) per year by 2015 to cut carbon emissions, and is in talks to build Greece's biggest solar park. PPC...
TECO Guatemala Sells Interest in Electric Distribution Firm
TECO Guatemala, along with Iberdrola Energia and Energias de Portugal, (EDP) has sold its interest in Distribucion Electrica Centro Americana II (DECA II) to Empresas Publicas de Medellin (EPM)...
Tennessee Valley to Purchase Wind Power from Enel
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) will purchase the annual output of the 200MW wind farm to be built and operated by Enel Green Power in Kansas, US. Enel will purchase the Caney River...
GE Unveils New Gas Engine
GE's Jenbacher has unveiled a new power-generation gas engine, the J920 engine in Austria. With electrical efficiency of 48.7% and an output of 9.5MW, the new J920 is the most efficient in...
China's Energy Demand to Slow Down
China's energy demand is likely to slacken as the country's government is implementing steps to meet conservation targets. Energy consumption gains may be curbed in the fourth quarter...
Vestas to Supply Turbines for US Utility Project
Vestas will supply 24 V90-3.0MW and 31 V90-1.8MW turbines for Sacramento Municipal Utility District's (SMUD) Solano 3 project in California, US. The 128MW order includes delivery...
Victoria Approves Permits for Wind Farm
The Australian state of Victoria has approved two planning permits for the use and development of a $326m wind energy facility at Ararat. The Ararat Wind Energy Facility would house up to...
Tenaska to Sell Interest in Five Power Plants
Tenaska will sell portions of its interest in five of its power plants to a company jointly owned by Tyr Energy (Tyr) and Chubu Electric Power (CEPCO). The five plants include the 945MW...
Iberdrola Renewables to Supply Power to Texan City
Iberdrola Renewables has signed a power purchase agreement with the city of Bryan, Texas US, that will purchase 30MW of power from Iberdrola Renewables' Peñascal 2 Wind Project. The...
SCE to Receive Grant for Wind Energy Storage Device
Southern California Edison (SCE) will receive a $25m stimulus grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to develop and demonstrate lithium-ion battery storage for energy generated by...
Fluor to Design Two New Solar Power Plants in Spain
Fluor Corporation has been awarded an engineering services contract by Elecnor SA for two new 50MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in Alcazar de San Juan, Spain. Under the terms of...
Arab Countries Invest Over $2bn in Power Grids
Gulf oil producers and other Arab countries are investing over $2bn in projects to link their electricity networks for stable power supplies and to reduce operational costs. About 60% of...
Egypt to Award 1,000MW Power Project to Kharafi
The Electricity Ministry of Egypt will sign a deal with Kharafi Group of Kuwait to build two power pants in Egypt with a cumulative capacity of 1,000MW. Egypt's Electricity Ministry...
BP Awards Subsea Umbilicals Contract to Nexans
BP Exploration Operating Company of Aberdeen has awarded a contract to Nexans to deliver a subsea umbilical system for the Devenick gas field in the North Sea. The system will comprise...
KenGen Earnings Drop After Drought
KenGen, Kenyan electricity producer, has posted a 47% drop in its full-year pretax profit to SOS2.41bn ($29.9m) after a drought hit its hydropower production. The company said that...
Alstom to Build Control System for SA Coal Power Plant
Alstom has won a €160m ($222.7m) contract to build South Africa's first wet flue gas desulphurisation (FGD) system at the Kusile power plant. Under the terms of the contract, Alstom...
Sheffield Varsity Researchers Win Innovation Award
A research team from the University of Sheffield in the UK has won the Royal Society Brain Mercer Award for Innovation after developing a bioreactor that will replace fossil fuels. Lead by...
India Receives ADB Loan for Power System Upgrade
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $132.2m loan for electricity system upgrades to the Indian state of Bihar. The Bihar Power System Improvement Project aims to alleviate...
UAE's Masdar City Completion Deadline Postponed
Abu Dhabi's Masdar City completion date, the first city to be powered entirely by renewable energy, has been postponed. Construction of the city, which began in early 2008, was due to...
UTC Buys Clipper Windpower
Clipper Windpower has been bailed out by its US backer, United Technologies Corporation, in a £70m ($111.3m) deal after reporting significant liquidity strains. "The global economic and...
Tenaska Carbon Projects Receive Global Recognition
Tenaska's two US-based projects, aimed at capturing carbon dioxide (CO2) from power generating plants, have received international recognition in the form of grants from the Global Carbon...
UK's Severn Estuary Tidal Project Scrapped
Plans to build the "high risk" Severn Estuary barrage tidal energy project in the UK have been scrapped. The 10-mile dam, valued at £30bn ($47.6bn), would have harnessed water power using...
Dubai's Five-Year Energy Requirements Met by Dewa
Dubai's energy requirements for the next five years have been met due to sufficient electricity and water, Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) director and CEO Saeed Mohammad Al...
Investment in Australia's Gas Power Plant Could Double
Investment in Australia's new gas-fired power generation may double to A$14.7bn ($14.5bn) in the next six years, if prices on carbon emissions are imposed. According to the Fitch Ratings...
Chinese Government to Hike Power Prices
China's economic planning body has proposed graduated tariffs on residential electricity use in an effort to save energy, the National Development and Reform Commission said. Residential...
US Department of Energy to Support 845MW Wind Project
US Energy Secretary Steven Chu will provide a partial guarantee for a $1.3bn loan to support Caithness Shepherds Flat wind project, an 845MW wind-powered electricity-generating facility located...
Bergamo Plans Solar Power Plant in India
US-based Bergamo Acquisition Corp has formed a joint venture with Esoft Informatics to set up a 100MW thermal power plant worth $400m in India. The plant, to be built in the state of...
ADB Funds Solar Power Plants in Thailand
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has sanctioned a loan of THB4.2bn ($138.5m) to The Bangchak Petroleum Company (BCP) to build two solar power plants in Ayutthaya, central Thailand. The 8MW...
Iraq Awards Power Turbine Contracts to Turkish Firms
Iraq's Ministry of Electricity has awarded contracts to install 20 gas-based turbines at three power generation plants to three Turkish companies. The Ministry will be signing the contracts...
Suzlon Receives New Orders in India
Suzlon Energy, India's largest wind turbine manufacturer, has received new orders of 168.5MW. The biggest order is from Gujarat State Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited for 33MW along with...
US Approves Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating
The US Bureau of Land Management has issued a Record of Decision for the construction of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System located in San Bernardino County, California, US. The...
Jamaica to Procure 480MW of Power
The Cabinet of Jamaica has approved the procurement of 480MW of power, incorporating natural gas, to boost the country's energy capacity. The plan calls for the construction of a 360MW plant...
South Korea to Invest $35.4b in Renewable Energy
South Korea will spend KRW40tn ($35.4bn) in renewable energy by 2015. Of the total proposed investment, KRW33tn will come from the private sector, while the remaining KRW7tn will be funded...
Saudi-Egypt Power Grid Link to Reduce Power Cuts
The Ministry of Electricity and Energy in Egypt has invited tenders for the construction of power grid link to connect the country to Saudi Arabia . The project, valued at around $1.5bn,...
Slow Progress in Climate Talks, According to EU
The progress on climate talks in China has been slow and patchy according to an EU official. There has been insufficient progress in translating key elements of the Copenhagen Accord into...
EON Opens Wind Farm in Poland
EON has commissioned the €100m ($139m) large wind farm, Wielkopolska, with a generating capacity of 52.5MW near Poznan in Poland. About 21 turbines located at seven sites around Poznan...
Ontario Cancels Planned TransCanada Power Plant
Ontario has cancelled a C$1.2bn ($1.18bn) natural-gas-fired power plant to be built by TransCanada Corp in Toronto because of adequate power supplies in the region. Ontario Ministry of...
North-West Signs Deal to Develop 150MW Plant
North-West Power Generation of Bangladesh has signed an agreement with China National Machinery Import and Export Corporation (CMC) to develop a 150MW power plant at Soydabad in...
CEZ Utility Cancels Polish Power Plant Tender
CEZ AS, the Czech Republic's largest utility, has cancelled a tender to build a 430MW gas-fired power plant in Skawina, Poland. CEZ spokeswoman Eva Novakova has stated the restrictions on...
AEP Signs PPA with Turning Point Solar
AEP Ohio, a unit of American Electrical Power, has entered into a memorandum of understanding to negotiate a long-term power purchase agreement for solar energy with Turning Point Solar. ...
EPA Proposes Pollution Controls for US Plant
The US Environmental Protection Agency has proposed additional pollution controls for the Four Corners Power Plant in New Mexico, US to improve visibility and human health. The proposal...
Wind Energy to Contribute 5-22% of World Power
Wind energy will contribute about 5 to 22% of world power by 2030, according to a Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and Greenpeace report. Latin American and African countries, along with...
Soitec and Johnson Initiate Alliance for Solar Plants
Soitec Group's division Concentrix Solar has entered into a global alliance with Johnson Controls to tap utility-scale solar energy projects. Under the alliance, the partners will identify...
E.ON Completes Haswell Moor Wind Farm
Green power company E.ON has completed the development and connection of its newest wind farm at Haswell Moor in County Durham, UK. The wind farm houses five 2MW turbines that measure 110m...
JPMorgan to Finance US Solar Projects
JPMorgan Capital Corporation will fund SunEdison's photovoltaic power projects for deployments across the US. The solar deployments for both commercial and government projects will be...
Egypt Receives World Bank Fund for Solar Project
Egypt has obtained a $270m fund from the World Bank for the development of a solar power plant in the country. The Kom Ombo Solar Power Plant in southern Egypt will supply 100MW of...
Origin Unveils a Combined Cycle Power Station
Origin Energy has opened the new Darling Downs Power Station in Queensland, Australia. The 630MW combined cycle power station is powered by coal seam gas piped from the Australia Pacific LNG...
California to Receive Two Solar Power Plants
The US has approved the construction of the first two solar-power facilities, proposed by Chevron and Irish renewable-energy developer NTR PLC, to be built on federal public land in California. ...
South Korea and South Africa Sign Nuclear Power Pact
South Korea and South Africa have signed a nuclear power agreement paving way for South Korean firms to explore the African nation's nuclear power potential. The countries will cooperate on...
Siemens to Build Two Power Plants in Oman
Siemens Energy will build two turnkey combined cycle power plants in Oman for OR654m ($1.7bn). The two 750MW plants, Barka III and Sohar II, will be built by the firm along with its...
AREVA to Provide Services for Bellefonte Nuclear Plant
The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has awarded a contract to AREVA to provide engineering and development services for Bellefonte Unit 1 nuclear power plant in northern Alabama, US. Under...
Borolex Opens Three Wind Farms in France
Borolex has commissioned three wind farms in France with a total combined capacity of 50MW. With the addition of the new sites: Ronchoism, Le Grand Camp and Chasse-Marée, Boralex's...
GE to Supply Equipment for Saudi Power Plant
GE will supply power generation equipment and long-term services for a new gas-fired, independent power plant in Saudi Arabia, under agreements worth SR2.5bn ($700m). Riyadh PP11 will add...
First Reserve Acquires SunEdison's Solar Plant
Private equity firm First Reserve has acquired a 70MW photovoltaic power plant from SunEdison for about €276m ($382m). Once completed in the fourth quarter of 2010, the plant, located...
Bahrain to Power Street Lighting with Solar Energy
Bahrain has begun a pilot project to install solar powered streetlights around the country. Oil and Gas Affairs Minister and National Oil and Gas Authority chairman Abdulhussain Mirza told...
Etrion Acquires Italy Solar Plant
Swiss company Etrion has completed the last portion of its acquisition of the 33MW Montalto solar power plant from SunPower. The acquisition is valued at €49m ($67.1m) along with...
Kuwait to Help Upgrade Bahrain Power Network
Bahrain has won a BD19.8m ($52.5m) deal with the Kuwait Fund for Arab Economic Development to upgrade its electricity network. Works Minister in charge of Electricity and Water Authority...
GE to Help Indonesia Develop Renewable Energy
Wind and power specialist GE and Indonesia's Agency for the Assessment and Application of Technology (BPPT) have signed a deal to develop the country's renewable energy capacity. The deal...
ABB to Serve Kuwait Power Project
ABB will provide maintenance services for Doha East power station and the Shuwaikh desalination plant, under an agreement with Kuwait's Ministry of Electricity and Water. The five-year...
EDF Signs PPA for Wind Farm
EDF Energies Nouvelles has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with Pacific Gas and Electric Company to generate power from the Shiloh III wind farm. Under the agreement, EDF...
A-Power to Build Chinese Power Plants
A-Power Energy Generation Systems has been awarded a CNY242m ($36m) contract to build thermal power plant projects in Liancheng, China. Under the EPC contract, A-Power will to build two 12MW...
Lithuania to Sign Nuclear Plant Contract
Lithuania is looking to sign a contract with the winner of a bid to build a nuclear power plant in the country next year. Prime Minister Andrius Kubilius told Bloomberg that in the first half...
ABB to Build Solar Plants for Gestamp in Italy
ABB has received orders to supply four solar plants for Gestamp Solar in Sicily. The plants will have a total power capacity of over 17MW. The main 7.7MW plant will be built in Duccotto...
UK Government Challenges Departments to Cut Energy Use
UK Prime Minister David Cameron has challenged Whitehall Ministries to compete to reduce energy consumed in their departmental headquarters over the next month. The challenge aims to...
Palamon Acquires Stake in Eneas Energy
Palamon Capital Partners, a European mid-market private equity firm, has acquired a majority stake in Eneas Energy for NOK375m ($63m). Eneas is a supplier of corporate energy services in...
BG Group Sells Stake in Philippines Power Stations
BG Group plans to sell its 40% interest in the Santa Rita and San Lorenzo power stations in the Philippines to Korea Electric Power Corporation for $400m. The 1,000MW Santa Rita power...
Germany and Namibia to Cooperate on Namibian Hydro Plant
Germany and Namibia will cooperate in the expansion of the Ruacana hydropower plant in Namibia, southern Africa. With the agreement, the German Development Bank (KfW) will lend N$375m ($51m)...
Scottish & Southern to Restart Glendoe Plant in 2012
Scottish & Southern Energy (SSE) intends to restart production at its Glendoe hydroelectric plant in the first half of 2012, following its shutdown in August 2009 due to rock falls. ...
Iberdrola Opens US Wind Energy Facility
Iberdrola Renovables has opened its Portland Oregon National Control Centre (NCC), which has operational control over 800,000 inputs from 2,500 wind turbines across the US. The...
Siemens to Supply Gas Turbines for Ontario Plant
Siemens Energy will supply two SGT6-PAC 5000F gas-turbine generators and supporting gas turbine auxiliaries for the York Energy Centre power plant in the township of King, Ontario, Canada. ...
Japan Likely to Loan $4bn for Texas Power Plant
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) is likely to lend about $4bn for a $10bn nuclear plant project in Texas, to be developed by NRG Energy. The loan would mark Japan's...
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JBIC and Mitsubishi UFJ to Fund Mitsui's Mexican Projects
The Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC) and three of the country's largest banks will loan $750m for a $1.2bn acquisition of power-plant and natural-gas pipeline assets in Mexico...
Wärtsilä to Provide Gas Turbine for Turkish Power Plant
Wärtsilä will give Aksa Samsun power plant in Samsun, Turkey, an engine to provide the most powerful generator in the world. The engine, with an electrical output of 18,321KW, is...
GE and Harbin Electric Form JV to Supply Wind Turbines to China
GE and Harbin Electric Machinery (HEC) have formed a joint venture to produce and supply wind turbines to China. The JV will manufacture GE-designed wind turbines for near-shore and...
E.ON Welcomes Germany's Energy Plan
E.ON has welcomed a new energy plan launched by the German Government, describing it as an important step for the country. The framework aims to transform energy supplies over the next...
Korea's Doosan to Build Saudi's Rabigh-6 Power Plant
South Korea's Doosan Heavy Industries and Construction will build a SR12.75bn ($3.4bn) power plant for the Saudi Electricity Company (SEC). The new 2,555MW power plant, to be run with...
OPT Completes Grid Connection to Wave Energy Device
Ocean Power Technologies has completed the first-ever grid connection of a wave energy device in the US at the Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH) in conjunction with the US Navy. The...
Stuxnet Computer Worm Targets Bushehr Nuclear Plant
A new computer worm, Stuxnet, has infected staff computers at Iran's first nuclear power station. The operating system at the Bushehr plant, which is to become operational, has not been...
Russia to Begin Work on Phase II Chinese Nuclear Plant in 2011
Russia will start work on two new reactors at the Tianwan nuclear power plant in China next year, according to Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko. Russian nuclear power equipment and service...
Power Plant from Food Waste Begins Operation
Scottish Water has opened a new plant that converts food waste into electricity in Cumbernauld, UK. Deerdykes, Scotland's largest organic recycling facility, will generate enough energy to...
Global Wind Capacity to Hit 200GW Mark in 2010
The world's installed wind power capacity is expected to reach about 200GW by end of 2010, according to the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC). About 40GW has been added to the total capacity...
BrightSource Energy Receives Approval for Ivanpah Solar Project
BrightSource Energy has received approval for development of the Ivanpah Solar Electric Generating System project by California Energy Commission. The Ivanpah project, to be built by...
Thai Electricity Authority to Build Gas-Fired Plant
The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (Egat) plans to build a new THB20bn ($485m) gas-fired power unit at its existing North Bangkok plant this year to help meet growing demand. ...
Eurus Energy and NRG Solar to Build California's Largest Solar Project
Eurus energy is partnering with NRG Energy subisdiary NRG Solar to build California's largest solar photovoltaic power plant. The project, comprising three solar farms in Avenal Park, Sun...
Scottish Wind Project Gets $79m financing
Scottish wind developer e-Gen has received funding up to £50m ($79m) from Rockfield Energy Investments for developing a cluster of small-scale wind projects. Rockfield Energy Investments is...
GSE to Build AP1000 Nuclear Plant Simulator in US
GSE Systems will design and build Westinghouse AP1000TM nuclear power plant simulator models for SCANA Corporation's VC Summer Plant site in South Carolina, US. Last year, GSE signed a...
Enertrag Orders Vestas Turbines for Uckermark Wind Farm
Enertrag has placed orders for seven units of Vestas' V112-3.0MW wind turbines for its Uckermark wind farm in Germany. For the inland site, Enertrag needs a productive turbine with an...
Suncor Signs JV with Teck for Wind Project
Suncor Energy has signed a joint venture agreement with Teck Resources for the Wintering Hills Wind Power Project in Alberta, Canada. Under the agreement, Suncor will own a 70% interest...
Iberdrola, Constellation and BPA Launch Pilot Project to Raise Clean Energy Mix
Iberdrola Renewables, the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) and Constellation Energy have launched a new pilot programme to include non-wind resources for better wind energy integration in...
US NRC Signs Nuclear Safety Cooperation Agreements with Seven Nations
The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has signed agreements with seven countries for "peaceful cooperation" in nuclear safety matters. The NRC has renewed four technical...
SunPower to Build Delaware Solar Park for LS Power
SunPower will develop the 10MW Dover Sun Park in Delaware for LS Power Group subsidiary, White Oak Solar Energy. The firm will design, build, operate, and maintain the solar power...
GDF Suez and Solar Power Group to Develop Chilean Solar Project
GDF Suez and Solar Power Group will jointly develop a 5MW thermal Concentrated Solar Power (CSP) plant in the North of Chile. The CSP plant will supply superheated steam to the 150MW...
Vestas to Supply V112-3.0MW Turbines to Prokon
Vestas will supply 17 of its V112-3.0MW turbines to Germany's Prokon Group. Prokon will use the turbines for the Krackow project, a medium-wind site in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. ...
Sri Lanka to Build First Nuclear Power Station by 2030
Sri Lanka plans to develop its first nuclear power plant by 2030 to generate cheap electricity. Ministry of Power and Energy secretary MMC Ferdinando told Reuters that they have...
Sharp to Acquire Recurrent Energy
Sharp plans to acquire Recurrent Energy, a solar project developer and generating firm with a 2GW pipeline for $305m. Once the transaction is complete, Recurrent will retain its name and...
Wärtsilä Signs Equipment Supply Agreement with KVK Energy
Wärtsilä has signed an agreement with KVK Energy Group to supply power generating equipment and engineering for a gas power plant to be built at Rajahmundry in the state of...
Kenya Plans to Build Nuclear Power Station by 2017
Kenya plans to build its first nuclear power plant by 2017 in an effort to find cheaper alternatives to thermals fuels such as oil and gas. Energy Ministry Permanent Secretary Patrick...
PGE to Negotiate Wind Farm Purchase Rights
Portland General Electric (PGE) has signed a deal with Renewable Energy Systems Americas (RES Americas) to buy the development rights for the Rock Creek Wind Farm in Oregon, US. The...
Q-Cells and ATS Partner to Develop Renewable Energy Projects in Ontario
Q-Cells and ATS have set up a joint venture to develop large-scale renewable energy projects in Ontario, Canada. Q-Cells North American chief executive officer Marc van Gerven said Ontario...
Beacon Power to Connect Frequency Regulation Plant to Grid
Beacon Power has signed an agreement with the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) and NYSEG, a local utility, to connect its Stephentown frequency regulation plant to the grid. ...
NRG Energy to Acquire Green Mountain Energy
NRG Energy will acquire Green Mountain Energy for $350m, under a definitive agreement. Aligning Green Mountain's green retail franchise with NRG's portfolio of renewable power assets...
Wind Works and Energy Farming to Develop German Wind Farm
Wind Works and Energy Farming International will together develop a 20MW wind farm in Germany. The joint venture project, Wassertrudingen, is located in an area of high wind resource in...
Korea and Argentina to Cooperate on Nuclear Project
Korea and Argentina have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to support Argentina's nuclear power projects. Under the MoU, the two countries will cooperate in nuclear power plant...
Eskom to Buy Power-Saving Bulbs
South African power utility Eskom has signed its first emissions credits purchase agreement (ECPA) with BNP Paribas bank as part of power-saving plans. The utility will purchase...
Chevron to Power US Solar Project
The US-based California Energy Commission (CEC) has approved $6bn in funding for the Blythe solar power project being jointly developed by Chevron Corporation and Solar Millennium AG. The...
Huaneng Group to Inject Shandong Energy Assets
China's Huaneng Group plans to induct Shandong-based and other energy business assets into the company within five years to support business development, Huaneng Power International said. ...
Renewables Capacity to Dominate EU Energy Generation
Renewable energy will make up two-thirds of new electricity generation capacity installed in the European Union over the next decade, it has been revealed. The EU update on energy trends to...
Taiwan Semiconductor Starts Work on Solar Research Centre
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (TSMC) broke ground on its first Thin Film Solar R&D Center and Fab in Taichung's Central Taiwan Science Park. The centre marks TSMC's entry into the...
Vestas to Supply Turbines for Italian Wind Farm
Vestas will supply 18 V90-3.0MW wind turbines for the San Giorgio la Molara wind power plant in Campania, Italy. The deal, signed with Italy's second largest electric utility Edison,...
ABB to Provide Solution for Eskom's Ingula HydroPower Plant
ABB will supply an electrical balance of plant (eBoP) solution for the Ingula hydropower plant being developed on the border of the Free State and KwaZulu-Natal provinces in South Africa. ...
B&W JV to Build Coal-Fired Boilers in China
The Babcock & Wilcox Beijing Company (BWBC) will build two 1,000MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired boilers for a large power plant project in Zhoushan, Zhejiang province, China. BWBC is a...
Papua New Guinea and Australia Team Up on Hydropower Project
The Governments of Papua New Guinea and Queensland, Australia, along with PNG Energy Developments (PNG EDL) and Origin Energy, are to support the development of a hydro electricity...
DECC Opens Second Round for Deep Thermal Energy Fund
Flintshire County Council in Wales has introduced a hidden camera pilot scheme around schools to protect school children and help with prosecutions. Under the scheme, hidden cameras...
Gamesa to Supply 1,315MW in Wind Turbines to China
Gamesa has signed strategic agreements with China's Guangdong Nuclear Wind and Datang Renewable Power to develop and supply 1315.3MW of wind capacity between 2010 and 2013. Under the...
ESBI and MCT to Develop Tidal Energy Project in Northern Ireland
ESB International (ESBI) and Marine Current Turbines (MCT) will together develop an initial phase of a 100MW tidal energy project off the Antrim coast in Northern Ireland. ESBI and MCT plan...
SSE Renewables Wins Approval for Kildermorie Hydropower Station
SSE Renewables, a Scottish and Southern Energy division, has received approval from the Scottish Government to develop a new 7.5MW hydro electric power station at Kildermorie, Ross-shire...
TEPCO to Invest $42bn on Low Carbon Technologies by 2020
Tokyo Electric Power plans to spend 3.5tn ($42bn) on low-carbon technologies by 2020 to meet domestic and overseas demand for cleaner power generation. The utility will invest...
Schneider Builds Photovoltaic Power Plant in Italy
Schneider Electric is building a 43MW photovoltaic power plant in the Puglia region of Italy, under a EPC contract from AES Solar Energy. The power plant will have a yearly power output of...
Iberdrola to Invest $6.9bn in UK
Renewables giant Iberdrola plans to invest €5.4bn ($6.9bn) in the UK over the next couple of years. Two-thirds of the total investment will be in Scotland, primarily to develop wind...
Tampa Electric to Build CO2 Demonstration Project
US-based Tampa Electric will partner with RTI International to build a pilot project to demonstrate carbon capture technology. The project will involve technology to remove sulphur and...
Lithuania Seeks Bidders for Nuclear Power Plant
Lithuania is inviting investors to bid for a new nuclear power plant to cut down the country's dependence on energy imports from Russia. Lithuania wants to replace the Soviet-made...
Sinohydro to Build Hydropower Plants in Honduras
SinoHydro will build three dams on the Patuca river in Honduras to generate up to 524MW of power under an agreement with the Honduran Government. Work on the project, which will include...
SunEdison to Build Solar Plants in South Korea
SunEdison and Gyeongsangnam-do (GSND), a provincial government in southeastern Korea, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to develop 40MW of solar plants in South Korea. According...
Maine Approves Power Supply Deal with Verso
Maine Public Utilities Commission (MPUC) has approved a long-term contract with Verso Bucksport for an energy supply package composed of capacity and renewable energy credits (RECs). The...
BP Wind Ramps Up Construction of Colorado Wind Farm
BP Wind Energy has ramped up the Cedar Creek II wind farm in Colarado to full construction. The 250.8MW project will generate electricity for about 75,000 homes and is expected to be...
MHI and Marubeni Receive Order for Korea Power Plants
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and Marubeni have jointly received an order for two sets of 1,000MW steam turbine and generators for Korea East-West Power's (EWP) power plants. The two...
California Approves Mojave Solar Project
The California Energy Commission has approved the development of the Abengoa Mojave Solar Project. Energy Commissioner Anthony Eggert said that the facility's 250MW of clean, renewable...
Indonesia Calls for Cash Injection to Meet Surging Power Demand
Indonesia requires investments worth $9.74bn to generate an additional 6,248MW for 2011, according to state utility firm PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (PLN). The investment amount is required...
JGC and Abengoa Solar to Partner on Solar Projects in Spain
JGC and Abengoa Solar have formed a partnership to own two 50MW concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in El Carpio, Spain. Abengoa will also operate both facilities and retain control of...
UK Wind Generates Record Output
Britain's wind farms generated record power output levels on 6 September and at its peak period, was generating power equivalent to the output of four nuclear power stations, it was revealed. ...
RWE, BASF and Linde Unveil New Carbon Capture Technology
RWE, Linde and BASF have unveiled the results of testing on a new carbon capture technology for flue gas in a pilot plant at RWE's Niederaussem power station near Cologne, Germany. The...
Uzbekistan Commissions New Hydropower Plant
Uzbekistan has commissioned the Andijan Hydro Power Station (HPS) with a total capacity of 50MW. Work on the power plant was completed earlier in the year and has been operational in test...
MIT Develops Self-Repairing Solar Cells
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) scientists have developed self-assembling photovoltaic technology that can repair itself to avoid loss in performance, it has been...
Alstom to Supply Turbines for Whitelee Wind Farm Extension
Alstom will supply wind turbines for a 217MW extension to the Whitelee wind farm in Scotland to be built by Spain's Iberdrola Renovables. Under the €200m ($257m) contract, Alstom...
Gamesa to Supply Wind Turbines to Brazilian Wind Farms
Gamesa will supply wind turbines totalling 258MW of installed capacity for nine Iberdrola Renovables wind farms being developed in Brazil. The firm will provide 129 wind power generators...
LDK Solar Opens New Solar Cell Production Unit
LDK Solar has started operations at its new solar cell production facility in Xinyu Cityi in Jiangxi province, China. The firm has successfully completed installation and trial runs of the...
USEC Gets First-Stage Investment from Toshiba and B&W
USEC has closed on the first phase of a strategic investment in the firm after receiving $75m from Toshiba Corporation and The Babcock & Wilcox Company. The investment will mainly be used...
E.ON Welcomes German Compromise on Nuclear Energy
German energy giant E.ON said it has welcomed the agreement reached by the German Government on a compromise on the extension of the operating lives of nuclear power plants in Germany. ...
Carbon Energy and Arcadia Energy to Build Australian Power Station
Carbon Energy has signed a Power Station Development Agreement with Arcadia Energy Trading to develop a 25MW and a 300MW power station fuelled by syngas in Queensland, Australia. Arcadia...
Tata Consortium Wins Geothermal Bid in Indonesia
A consortium comprising Tata Power, Origin Energy and Supraco Indonesia has won the bid for the Sorik Marapi geothermal project in Northern Sumatra, Indonesia. The Sorik Marapi project...
Sanyo Participates in PV Cycle Contract
Sanyo Component Europe has signed a binding participation agreement with PV Cycle, an organisational structure for common collection and recycling of end-of-life photovoltaic modules. PV...
Alerion to Increase Wind Power Portfolio
Alerion Clean Power plans to focus on increasing its wind power portfolio and expand abroad to become a leading wind power operator in Europe. Alerion said it plans to more than double its...
Zambia's CEC Sanctions Hydropower Plant
CEC, Zambia's main distributor of power to the country's mines, has sanctioned the development of a hydropower plant after completing a feasibility study. The study involved a...
Eurus Energy Begins Work on Norway Wind farm
Eurus Energy Group has begun work on a wind power station in Norway after obtaining all necessary approvals and licences. The wind farm, with a total generating capacity of about 60MW,...
Uganda Seeks Contractors for New Hydropower Plant
Uganda is inviting bids from contractors to build a hydropower plant that will produce up to 700MW and cost about $900m, according to the country's energy ministry. The Karuma Falls...
AEG Power to Supply PV Equipment for European Solar Plants
AEG Power Solutions will provide utility scale equipment for 13 solar photovoltaic plants in Eastern Europe with a total generation capacity of 260MW. Starting December 2010, over a period of...
Fortum to Acquire Stake in Blaiken Wind Project
Finnish energy company Fortum plans to acquire a 40% stake in the Blaiken wind power project in Sweden. The remaining 60% share of the project, which is due to start construction in 2011,...
Kyrgyzstan Unveils Hydroelectric Power Plant
Kyrgyzstan has unveiled the first unit of its $200m Kambarata-2 hydro project. The construction of Kambarata-2 resumed three years ago after it was abandoned in the 1990s. Russia lent...
Shaw to Build Boilers for UK's Pembroke Power Plant
The Shaw Group will build five heat recovery steam generator boilers for the 2,160MW Pembroke power plant in Wales. The company will build boilers for Alstom Power, the main...
Mustang to Support Vista's Projects
Renewable energy firm Vista International Technologies has signed a joint development agreement with Mustang Consulting to facilitate the development of Vista's future projects. With...
Schott, Solland to Partner on Solar Technology
Schott Solar and Solland Solar have agreed to partner on technology license agreements, joint R&D efforts and production for back-contacted solar modules. Under the agreement, Schott...
NorskHydro Begins Work on Holsbru Hydro Project
NorskHydro has begun blasting new feeder tunnels from the two lakes Holsbruvatn and Rausdøla to the old hydropower station at Tyin in Norway. The blasting marks the start of the Holsbru...
Exelon Acquires Deere Renewables' Wind Power Assets
Exelon Corporation plans to acquire John Deere Renewables, which will add 735MW of renewable energy to Exelon's generation portfolio. The $860m deal has a provision for another $40m upon...
Sinovel Wind to Build Wind Turbine Facility in Shanghai
Sinovel Wind plans to build a wind turbine manufacturing unit in Shanghai, China, with an investment of CNY3bn ($441m). The plant will have an annual capacity of 1.5GW and will be built...
Evolution Solar Builds Solar Demonstration Project at TSU
Evolution Solar has begun work on the development of a solar demonstration project at Texas Southern University's Houston campus. In partnership with the university, Evolution Solar will...
California Energy Commission Approves Solar Thermal Project
The California Energy Commission has licensed the production of a proposed Beacon Solar Energy Project, the first solar thermal power project permitted in 20 years. Beacon Solar will build,...
First Energy Seeks to Continue Davis-Besse Nuclear Plant Operation
FirstEnergy has applied for Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) approval for renewal of the Davis-Besse Nuclear Power Station operating licence. The 908MW facility near Toledo, Spain,...
Vietnam Firm to Build Hydropower Project in Laos
Vietnam's V&H Corporation plans to build the Lower Sekong Hydroelectric-Power Plant with a generating capacity of 80MW in Laos. The firm has signed a memorandum of understanding for the...
GCL-Poly to Supply Solar Cell Wafer to DelSolar
GCL-Poly Energy subsidiary GCL (Nanjing) Solar Energy Technology has signed a second long-term wafer supply contract with DelSolar. Under the contract, GCL-Poly will provide high-quality...
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Eskom to Continue on Kusile Power Project
Eskom said it remains committed to building a second new coal-fired power plant in South Africa to help counter power blackouts. The firm is in discussions with the government on various...
Cavico Makes Breakthrough at Vietnam Hydropower Project
Infrastructure development company Cavico, and its subsidiary Cavico Bridge and Tunnel, has successfully broken through a sub-tunnel at the A Luoi Hydropower project in the Thua Thien Hue...
Suntech to Build Solar Power Plants in Africa
Suntech Power Holdings will develop solar plants in South Africa with a total capacity of up to 100MW, under a new agreement. Suntech's director of investor relations Rory Macpherson...
Siemens to Supply Gas Turbines for IGCC Plant
Siemens Energy will supply two SGT6-PAC 5000F gas turbine packages to Mississippi Power Company for a 582MW Kemper County power plant in Mississippi, US. The turbines will be installed in...
Enviva to Supply Wood Pellets for Electrabel Biomass Units
Enviva and GDF Suez subsidiary Electrabel have signed a long-term contract for the supply of wood pellets for biomass power plants. Under the contract, Enviva will supply 480,000mt of...
AMSC to Supply Wind Turbine Components to Inox Wind
American Superconductor (AMSC) will supply 17 wind turbine electrical control systems to India's Inox Wind under a new agreement. The control systems will be deployed in 2MW doubly-fed...
China to Add 100GW of Hydropower Over Ten Years
China plans to add another 100GW of hydroelectric power capacity across the country over the next ten years. China's National Energy Administration head Zhang Guobao told Sina Finance that...
Siemens to Link Georgia Power Grid to Turkey
Siemens Energy will install two high-voltage direct current (HVDC) back-to-back links in Georgia to connect the Georgian power supply network with Turkey's grid system. The two HDVC links...
Egypt Boosts Capacity to Meet Summer Power Crisis
Egypt plans to increase its power capacity by 550MW to tackle summer outage problems. Cabinet Spokesman Magdy Rady told Reuters that a new 375MW power unit in Nubaria province, north of...
EnergySolutions to Decommission Nuclear Plant for Exelon
EnergySolutions has announced plans for Exelon Nuclear to transfer Zion Station licences to the firm to begin the accelerated decommissioning of the Zion Station in Utah, US. The Zion...
Tokuyama to Build Solar Cell Silicon Facility in Malaysia
Tokuyama Corporation will build a new facility to manufacture polycrystalline silicon for solar cells in Sarawak, Malaysia. With an investment of 65bn yen ($762m) on the development of...
ABB Opens Wind Power Generator Unit in India
ABB has opened its fourth global wind power generator factory in Vadodara, India. The manufacturing facility will supply wind power generators, an important component in wind turbines, for...
Far East to Acquire Rights in Chinese Wind Farm
Far East Wind Power will acquire rights to a wind farm located in Yunnan Province, China, under a letter of intent (LOI). Initially, a 49.5MW wind farm will be developed and will...
Lahad Datu to Submit Report for Indonesian Coal Plant
Lahad Datu Energy will submit an environment impact assessment (EIA) report to the Indonesian Department of Environment (DOE) for a proposed 300MW coal-fired power plant in eastern Malaysia. ...
Iran's First Nuclear Power Plant Goes On Stream
Iran has unveiled its first nuclear power plant, which will be operated by Russia, on the Persian Gulf in south-western Iran. Iran has started loading nuclear fuel supplied by Russia into...
Bosch Solar Opens New Solar Cell Unit
Bosch Solar Energy has unveiled its new crystalline solar cell production plant, the first phase in the extension of its solar production facilities in Arnstadt, Germany. The new facilities...
China and SA Banks to Fund Expansion of Zambian Plant
The Export and Import bank of China (EXIM) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) will lend $430m to Zambian power utility Zesco to expand the capacity of its hydropower...
Idaho Power Closes RFP for Wind Power Projects
Idaho Power has closed a request for proposals (RFP) seeking to purchase about 150MW of wind-powered generation by 2012. The RFP generated considerable interest from wind developers and...
Trina Solar to Provide Solar Modules to SunEdison
Trina Solar will provide solar modules to SunEdison, an MEMC subsidiary. Under the agreement, Trina Solar is expected to supply SunEdison with about 35MW of photovoltaic (PV) modules over...
Wärtsilä to Supply Equipment for Four Bangladesh Plants
Wärtsilä will supply equipment for four power plants generating a combined 300MW in Bangladesh, under four orders received by the firm worth a total of over €100m. In July...
Vestas to Supply Wind Turbines to China's CGNWP
Vestas will supply a total of 87 units of its V52-850KW turbines to China Guangdong Nuclear Wind Power (CGNWP) for two orders. 74MW of the turbines will be situated near Taishan City,...
OCI and BESIX to Build Offshore Power Plant in Egypt
An Orascom Construction Industries (OCI) and BESIX joint venture will provide the offshore works for an offshore oil and gas-powered power plant in Ain El Sokhna, Egypt, for $60m. Work on...
GE Hitachi and Tata Consulting to Team up on Nuclear Projects
GE Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GEH) and India's Tata Consulting Engineers (TCE) will together explore potential project design opportunities for GEH's future nuclear projects in India and the rest...
Mozambique Hydropower Project Gets Green Light
The Mozambique Government has approved the construction of a $2bn hydropower plant on the Zambezi River. Mozambique Energy Minister Salvador Namburete told Bloomberg that the facility...
NRG to Acquire US Energy Assets
NRG Energy plans to acquire 5,163MW of energy assets in Maine, California and Texas in the US. The firm will acquire 3,884MW of Dynegy's assets in California and Maine for $1.36bn from...
ADB Grant to Boost Tajikistan Power Transmission Grid
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has approved a $122m grant to expand and modernise Tajikistan's electricity transmission system. The grant will aid the country in boosting energy trading...
Shaw to Support Chinese Nuclear Power Plants
The Shaw Group will provide technical support services for additional AP1000 nuclear power plants in China for the State Nuclear Power Technology Corp (SNPTC). Beginning with two new units...
LDK Solar to Build Solar Cell Manufacturing Plant
LDK Solar will invest in a solar cell and module facility in Hefei High-Tech Industrial Development Zone to establish a renewable energy manufacturing hub in China. The facility will have...
Corus to Build Wind Turbine Components Plant
Steel producer Corus will build a £31.5m ($49.2m) manufacturing plant in Teesside, England, to produce monopiles used to secure offshore wind turbines to the seabed. Corus long products...
First Saudi National Company to Build Solar Plants
Vision Electro Mechanical has formed a new company with a capital of $150m for the development, manufacture and operation of solar power plants to generate electricity. The firm started...
Vermont Utilities and Hydro-Québec Sign Energy Deal
Two Vermont utilities, Central Vermont Public Service (CVPS) and Green Mountain Power (GMP), have signed a deal with Hydro Québec to provide renewable low-emission energy. Under the...
Solar Power to Sell Off Residential Business
Solar Power has reached an agreement to sell its residential business serving Sacramento to Paramount Energy Solutions. The firm's residential business, Yes! Solar Solutions, serves...
Xcel Energy Plans to Cut Emissions at its Plants
Xcel Energy intends to spend $1.3bn to convert coal-fired power plants to natural gas and close a plant to comply with a new Colorado law aimed at cutting pollution from power plants. The...
Vestas to Supply Wind Turbines to Chinese Power Producer
Vestas has received two orders totalling 74MW from an undisclosed Chinese independent power producer. The firm will supply 37 of its V90-2.0MW wind turbines for the project. The...
Atlantis Resources Unveils World's Largest Tidal Turbine
Atlantis Resources has revealed the new AK-1000, claimed to be the world's largest tidal power turbine of its type. The 1MW turbine weighs 1,430t and stands about 75ft tall with six...
FirstEnergy to Reduce Operations at Small Coal Plants
FirstEnergy will reduce operations at some of its smaller coal-fired units to cope with the continued slow economy and lower demand for electricity. Operational changes made to its Bay...
Hyundai to Build Solar Plants in US
Hyundai Heavy Industries will build 175MW of solar power plants for Matinee Energy for $700m. By the end of 2012, HHI will build two solar power plants, a 150MW unit in Dragoon and a...
MAN Diesel to Supply Equipment for California Plant Extension
MAN Diesel & Turbo will supply its equipment for the extension of a diesel power plant in La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The order will be a 42.3MW extension to the two existing...
AES Acquires Premier Power
AES Ballylumford Holdings, an AES Corporation subsidiary, has acquired Premier Power (PPL) for £102m ($160m). PPL's assets include a 1,246MW natural gas-fired Ballylumford Power Station...
Siemens to Supply Wind Turbines to Samsung
Siemens Energy will supply wind turbines generating a total of 600MW of power to Samsung C&T for selected wind projects in southern Ontario. Siemens Wind Power Business Unit CEO Jens-Peter...
Vestas to Supply Turbines for Australian Wind Project
Vestas will deliver 140 of its V112-3.0MW turbines for AGL Energy and Meridian's 420MW Macarthur wind project in Australia. The Macarthur Wind Farm is to become the largest wind farm in...
Japan to Offer Subsidies for Carbon-Offset Projects
The Japanese Government has selected 15 Japanese firms including Toshiba, Tokyo Electric Power and Mitsubishi, to carry out feasibility studies for pollution-cutting projects to earn carbon...
E.ON Posts Increases for First Half 2010
E.ON has recorded significant increases in its key financial figures for the first half of 2010. The firm's sales were up about 7% year-on-year to about €44bn and its earnings...
China Receives Bids to Expand Solar Projects
China has received bids for solar projects from 50 firms in an effort to double the country's solar energy capacity. Astronergy vice director Qiu Zhanwei told Bloomberg that the tender...
GDF Suez to Merge with International Power
GDF Suez will merge with International Power to form a new entity called New International Power. The new firm will be a global leader in independent power generation and is expected to...
Constellation to Bid for Boston Generating Assets
Constellation Energy has signed an asset purchase agreement with Boston Generating to acquire its 2,950MW fleet for approximately $1.1bn. The transaction is expected to be completed through...
Russia's E4 Group to Build Power Unit at Cherepovetskaya
E4 Group will build a 400MW combined-cycle power plant in the territory of the currently operating Cherepovetskaya GRES for RUB17.8bn ($592m). Under the contract, E4 will provide...
US Power Demand to Increase in 2010
US power demand is projected to rise to 4% in 2010, according to the Energy Information Administration's new Short-Term Energy Outlook. The outlook predicts a rise in demand from 3.6% a...
Gaza Power Plant Shuts Due to Lack of Fuel
Gaza City's sole power plant was shut down recently because of a lack of fuel. The fuel supply for the plant, supplied by the Palestinian Government in the West Bank, was reduced as Gaza's...
Siemens to Provide Wind Turbines to OG&E
Siemens Energy has won an order to provide 98 wind turbines for the Crossroads wind power plant in Oklahoma, US. Siemens will supply 95 units of SWT-2.3-101 and three units of the...
Cogentrix Finalises World's Largest Solar Project
Cogentrix has finalised a solar generating contract with Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo), an Xcel Energy company, to construct the world's largest solar plant. The facility will...
Sterlite Energy's First Power Plant Unit to Go Onstream
The first 600MW unit of Sterlite Energy's 2,400MW power plant with independent power producer (IPP) status in Orissa, India, is expected to go onstream shortly. This will be the first...
Thai Bangchak to Invest in Solar Power
Thailand's Bangchak Petroleum PCL plans to invest over THB10bn ($312m) to build solar power plants for 120MW as part of a drive to expand into green energy. Bangchak has not disclosed any...
Etrion to Acquire Stake in SunPower's Italian Power Plants
Etrion will acquire a €48m ($63m) equity stake in the first two phases of the Montalto di Castro solar photovoltaic (PV) power park, developed by SunPower. The 28MW project comprises a...
Hitachi and BGR to Form JVs to Exploit Indian Power Plant Market
Hitachi Power Europe, a Hitachi Subsidiary, and BGR Energy Systems will establish two joint ventures to design, manufacture, sell and service steam turbines/generators and boilers in the...
Turkey Auctions Power Grids
Turkey has raised $5.76bn from auctions of four electricity grids, including the network on the European side of Istanbul. The auction was won by a venture between Iskaya Insaat and MMEKA...
Russia Extends Uranium Deal with South Africa
Russia will supply more low-enriched uranium to South Africa's Koeberg nuclear power plant under a new contract extending an agreement from the 1990s. Russia's state uranium...
UK's Ofgem Selects Bidders for Offshore Wind Transmission Links
The UK's Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) and Ofgem have selected three bidders for operating the first £70