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Floating wind farm proposed for Sardinia
A 975 MW floating offshore wind farm off the northeastern coast of Sardinia has been proposed by Falck Renewables and BlueFloat Energy. The developers have set up a series of...
Wärtsilä in green H2 blending trials
Wärtsilä is to collaborate with the Portuguese independent power producer Capwatt in the testing of a green hydrogen and natural gas blend fuel for Capwatt power plant located in...
EIA forecasts increasing share of renewables in the USA during 2022
In its ‘Summer Electricity Outlook’, a supplement to its May 2022 ‘Short-term Energy Outlook’, the US Energy Information Administration expects the largest increases in electric...
RWE issues €2 billion green bond
RWE has successfully issued a further green bond with a total volume of €2 billion. The bond was issued in two tranches of €1 billion each with maturities in 2026 and 2030. For the...
Hinkley Point C delayed and will overrun by £3bn
Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant developer EDF has announced that the plant is expected to begin operating a year later than planned in June 2027, at an estimated cost of £25 – 26bn.
Carbon sequestration project for Louisiana
Mitsubishi Corporation has signed a participation agreement with Sempra Infrastructure, TotalEnergies and Mitsui for the development of the proposed Hackberry Carbon Sequestration...
Drax to trial pioneering new carbon capture technology
Drax is collaborating with the University of Nottingham and Promethean Particles at its North Yorkshire power station in trials of an innovative new carbon capture technology. The...
RWE’s grand scheme for Hollandse Kust West
RWE is participating in the Dutch offshore wind tender for Hollandse Kust West (HKW), and company has submitted bids for HKW sites VI and VII. HKW is a major part of the...
Vestas introduces its V163-4.5 MW WTG
Vestas intends to take part in the expected expansion of renewable energy in the coming decade by improving the scalability of new wind power solutions and increasing business...
Russian oil supply could fall by 3 million barrels a day
Russia’s isolation following its invasion of Ukraine is deepening as the European Union and G7 nations contemplate tougher sanctions that include a full phase-out of oil imports...
GE secures first 9HA CCPP order in Vietnam
GE has secured an order from Samsung C&T Corporation, which is leading the EPC consortium that will provide power generation equipment for units 3 and 4 of PetroVietnam...
Energy storage for Côte d'Ivoire’s first solar plant
Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has won a major contract from Eiffage Energie Systèmes to deliver a 10 MW energy storage system (ESS) to help ensure smooth grid integration for...
Chornobyl safeguards resumed – IAEA Update
On 9 May the International Atomic Energy Agency issued the following statement, Update 75, from the director general, Rafael Mariano Grossi.
Hydrogen retrofit for Rotterdam Capelle
Thomassen Energy is to retrofit one of Uniper’s Rotterdam Capelle (RoCa) power plant’s gas turbines with its HyFlex LEC-III combustion system, which can be operated with a variable...
EU stumbles over plans to ban Russian oil
Discussions among the EU-27 states starting on 4 May had by 9 May still failed to reach a consensus on banning Russian oil. Although the G7 group of leading economies has undertaken...
Hydrogen fuel network trial gets underway
Building a UK-wide delivery network for hydrogen has taken a step forward with the start of an SGN trial at Grangemouth, UK, in partnership with INEOS.
El Algodon Alto wind farm has started operations
RWE Renewables’ El Algodon Alto, a 200 MW onshore wind farm located in San Patricio County, Texas, is now in operation. The project, which is part of the ERCOT (Electric...
Advanced storage project receives $500 m commitment from US DoE
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Loan Programs Office has issued a conditional commitment to Advanced Clean Energy Storage, Mitsubishi Power Americas, Magnum Development and...
German government charters four FSRUs via Uniper and RWE
In the effort to free Germany from its dependency on Russian gas, a significant milestone has been reached: on behalf of, and in the name of the German government, RWE and Uniper...