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Floating solar plant set for Japan
10 September, 2014
Construction of two utility-scale floating solar platforms, including what the developers claim will be the world's largest output solar power generating system installed on water, are due to start construction in Japan in September 2014.

Andong, Korea’s second H class plant, goes commercial
10 September, 2014
Korea is proving to be a good market for advanced gas fuelled combined cycle technology. The country’s second Siemens H class based facility entered commercial operation in April, a record 24 months after groundbreaking. James Varley reports

Voith to equip Los Cóndores hydro project
09 September, 2014
Chile's largest electric utility Endesa Chile has signed a contract with Voith Hydro for the supply, installation, and commissioning of electromechanical equipment for the 150 MW Los Cóndores hydropower plant in the Maule Region of Chile.

AFC Energy signs Korean fuel cell agreements
18 July, 2014
Alkali fuel cell developer AFC Energy has announced two significant agreements that, pave the way for deployment of its fuel cells in South Korea.

NER-300 second-call funding
10 July, 2014
As well as up to 300 million euro to the proposed 426 MWe White Rose oxyfuel plant at the Drax site, the European Commission has awarded about 700 million euro funding to 18 renewable energy projects under the second call of the NER-300 programme

Siemens wins first wind order in Belgium
07 July, 2014
Siemens Energy has secured a 33 MW wind turbine order for the first phase of the Wind aan de Stroom project in Belgium. It is the company's first wind power order in the country.

The largest recip-based power plants worldwide
26 June, 2014
The top ten recip-based power plants worldwide by capacity, operating or under construction.

A flameless oxycombustion route to lower cost CCS?
24 June, 2014
Flameless pressurised oxycombustion, which has been demonstrated at pilot (5 MWt) scale in Italy, seems to offer a number of inherent advantages as a clean coal technology, promising benefits such as complete elimination of troublesome combustion byproducts, wide fuel tolerance and a high degree of operational flexibility. Massimo Malavasi, ITEA, Italy

Seacat Ranger embarks on new charters
12 June, 2014
One of the latest offshore energy support vessels is on its way to the Westermost Rough offshore wind energy project following an official naming ceremony on June 11.

Iberdrola and CFE to collaborate in Mexico
11 June, 2014
Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and Iberdrola have agreed to collaborate in the development of power projects in Mexico, and to exchange information on new technologies in the energy sector.

MHPS, Daelim to build 420MW coal plant in the Philippines
02 June, 2014
Mitsubishi Hitachi Power Systems, Ltd. (MHPS), working jointly with Korean firm Daelim Industrial, has received a turnkey contract to build a 420 MW coal-fired plant, Pagbilao Unit 3, in the Philippines. The value of the order from Pagbilao Energy Corp was not disclosed.

Solar flair – or solar eclipse?
26 May, 2014
The US solar industry has experienced a boom in installations as costs fall and revenue support continues to take effect. Deutsche Bank analysts predict that the accelerating level of installations experienced globally in 2013 will continue well into 2014 and beyond. But not everyone agrees that the portents are so good for the USA’s domestic market.

How “hot spotting” helps rotors get straight
23 May, 2014
What causes rotor bowing in steam turbines and how can it be corrected? Ansaldo has developed a process it calls “hot spotting” that is proving highly effective in the field.

Russia and China sign 30-year gas deal
22 May, 2014
Alexey Miller, chairman of the Gazprom management committee and Zhou Jiping, chairman of China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) have signed a contract (22 May) for the supply of pipeline gas from Russia to China.

UK MPs call for CCS to be fast-tracked after 'lost decade'
21 May, 2014
An influential cross-party committee of MPs have urged the UK government to fast-track final funding decisions on two proposed pilot carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, one at Peterhead (on an existing gas fuelled plant) and one at Drax (the coal fuelled White Rose oxyfuel plant). The Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) says it wants to see decisions by early 2015, following years of delay in the 'competition' launched to provide capital support for CCS.

White Rose: hoping to minimise CCS risks with oxycombustion
21 May, 2014
The oxycombustion technology proposed for the White Rose project, profiled here, may offer a possible way forward for pulverised coal power generation in the UK and elsewhere.

Siemens bags €1.5bn Gemini wind order
20 May, 2014
Siemens has secured an €1.5 billion order to supply 150 wind turbines for the 600 MW Gemini offshore wind project in Dutch waters.

Sea Challenger gets ready for Westermost Rough
20 May, 2014
A2SEA's new Chinese-built installation vessel, Sea Challenger, arrived at the Port of Esbjerg, Denmark, on 17 May, and is preparing to mobilise for its first project, Dong Energy's Westermost Rough offshore wind facility in the UK.

Torrefaction gives satisfaction
08 May, 2014
Topell Energy with a consortium of utilities has successfully trialled its torrefied biomass fuel at RWE’s Amer power plant at Geertruidenberg in The Netherlands.

Largest WTG yet makes its debut
01 May, 2014
In the endless leapfrogging to create the largest available wind turbine for offshore deployment Vestas seems to be inching ahead with its V164-8MW. After a successful run on test in Østerild the giant machine looks set to reach its next milestone – commercial deployment in the UK North Sea.