JERA Nex BP halts US Beacon Wind Project as Costs Soar
JERA Nex BP is a joint venture formed by Japan's largest power generator JERA, and BP. It plans to halt the development of the U.S. Beacon off-shore wind power project, and layoff its U.S.
East Timor is expecting construction of the first large solar power plant to begin next year
East Timor's state utility chair said that construction on its first large-scale solar power plant will begin in 2026, and it should be operational a few months later.
Vistra signss deal to supply nuclear energy from Texas plant
Vistra Corp announced on Monday that it had secured a long term deal with an unnamed buyer to supply electricity from its Comanche Peak Nuclear Plant. In a regulatory filing…
Orsted Shares Drop as US Halts Offshore Rhode Island Wind Farm
Shares in Orsted plunged 17% on Monday after the U.S. halted the Danish company's Revolution Wind project off Rhode Island amid President Donald Trump's pushback on renewable energy investments.Orsted…
The industry in the breakaway Moldovan region shuts down due to lack of Russian gas
An official confirmed on Thursday that the cutoff of Russian gas supply to Moldova's Transdniestria region, which is a breakaway region of Moldova, has forced all industrial…
First Turbine Installed at Borssele III/IV Offshore Wind Project
The first offshore wind turbine has been installed at the Borssele III/IV wind project in the Dutch North Sea, the turbine builder MHI Vestas Offshore Wind has said."The…
Largest Wind Turbine Tested on Maasvlakte
The world’s largest wind turbine, Haliade-X, is being tested on Maasvlakte at Port of Rotterdam. This ‘test rig’ was realised via innovative cross-pollination between the American GE Renewable Energy…
Seaborne Nuclear Power Plant Docks in Russia
Russia's first-floating nuclear power plant has arrived to its permanent base near an isolated Russian town across the Bering Strait from Alaska, Russian state nuclear…
MHI Vestas Confirms Scotland Offshore Wind Order
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind will supply 100 turbines for the 950-megawatt (MW) Moray East offshore wind farm in waters off the northeast coast of Scotland.Under the contract…
Belgium's Northwester 2 Wind Project Gets $242 mln EIB Loan
Belgium's 219 megawatt (MW) Northwester 2 offshore wind farm project secured a 210 million euro ($242 million) loan from the European Investment Bank (EIB), the bank said on Friday.EIB said the project, es
Equinor Explores Floating Wind Turbines to Power N.Sea Oilfields
Norway's Equinor said on Tuesday it is considering whether to build a pioneering offshore wind farm with floating turbines to supply electricity to two North Sea oilfields…
Russia's First Sea-borne Nuclear Power Plant Arrives in Arctic
Russia's first-floating nuclear power plant arrived in the Arctic port of Murmansk over the weekend in preparation for its maiden mission, providing electricity to an…
E.ON, Statoil Start Construction of 385 MW German Wind Farm
German utility E.ON and Norwegian oil and gas firm Statoil have started construction of a 385-megawatt wind farm off the German coast, the firms said. The 1.2 billion…
California Wind Demand Energizes Transmission Firms
A firm controlled by Philip Anschutz, the billionaire entertainment and pro sports magnate, will soon build the largest wind farm in the United States to serve utilities in California…
Turkish Power Ship to Supply Electricity to Zambia
Turkey's Karadeniz will in the next two weeks begin supplying Zambia with electricity from a power-generating ship as it looks to take advantage of chronic shortages in Africa…
ABB to Cut Downtime for Ecuador’s Petroamazonas
ABB, the leading power and automation technology group, is supplying an integrated intelligent energy management solution to Petroamazonas EP, Ecuador’s state-owned oil company…
Minesto Announces Management Appointments
Minesto, developer of the Deep Green marine energy power plant, announced that Fredrik Ahlström has been named Minesto’s Chief Financial Officer, succeeding CFO Charlotta…
S.Africa Considering Ship-Based Power Generation
South Africa could deploy power barges using gas to generate electricity to help overcome chronic supply shortages, a senior government official said on Tuesday. Under the proposal…
S. Africa: Five-Year Reprieve to Worst Polluters
South Africa has given a five-year reprieve to some top polluters, including power utility Eskom, to meet new air emissions standards, the environmental minister said on Tuesday.
Gazprom to Float Company for TPP Construction
Tsentrenergoholding (part of Gazprom Energoholding Group) and NIS Novi Sad (Gazprom Neft Group) signed a Shareholders' Agreement today as part of the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum 2015.