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Turkish power generation ship arrives in Guyana to combat blackouts

  • 16 hours ago (2024-05-06)
  • David Flin

A 36 MW power generation ship has arrived in Guyana to help alleviate blackouts in that country. The Guyana Power and Light (GPL) company will connect the Turkish ship to the Demerara-Berbice Interconnected System (DBIS).

Pakistan’s Neelum-Jhelum hydropower plant shut down due to safety concerns

  • 3 days ago (2024-05-03)
  • David Flin

The Water and Power Development Authority (Wapda) of Pakistan has announced that the 969 MW Neelum-Jhelum hydropower plant has been completely shut down for inspection.

Dubai seeks developers for landfill gas power plant project

  • 4 days ago (2024-05-02)
  • David Flin

Dubai Electricity & Water Authority (DEWA) has started a competitive tender process to select a developer to build and operate the Al Qusais Landfill Gas Power Generation plant on an IPP basis.

ADB to provide $120 million financing for Bangladesh solar power generation

  • 5 days ago (2024-05-01)
  • David Flin

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a $121.55 million financing package with Dynamic Sun Energy to build and operate a 100 MW grid-connected solar PV plant in Pabna, Bangladesh.

G7 to agree end date for coal-fired power plants

  • 6 days ago (2024-04-30)
  • David Flin

Energy ministers at the G7 meeting in Turin have agreed on a time frame for phasing out coal-fired power plants, committing to shutting down these plants by the first half of the 2030s.

Qatar plans to generate 4 GW renewable electricity by 2030

  • 7 days ago (2024-04-29)
  • David Flin

Qatar General Electricity and Water Corporation has launched the Qatar National Renewable Energy Strategy (QNRES) which plans to increase renewable power generation to 4 GW by 2030.

South Korea faces looming nuclear waste crisis

  • 10 days ago (2024-04-26)
  • David Flin

South Korea is facing the issue of saturation of its capacity to store spent nuclear fuel by 2030.

Eskom has 29 days without load-shedding

  • 11 days ago (2024-04-25)
  • David Flin

Eskom has announced that it has gone more than 29 days without load-shedding, which it attributes to sustained electricity generation capacity and sufficient emergency reserves.

Azerbaijan launches first renewables auction

  • 12 days ago (2024-04-24)
  • David Flin

Azerbaijan’s Ministry of Energy, with the support of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), has announced the country’s first renewable energy auction for a 100 MW solar power plant project in Gobustan.

US EPA to drop hydrogen from power plant rule

  • 13 days ago (2024-04-23)
  • David Flin

Sources close to the Biden Administration have said that it is likely green hydrogen will be dropped from the plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions from the power sector.