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Russia to finance and build 1.4GW power station in southern Iran

Russia has signed a new agreement with Iran, worth €1.4bn, to build a 1.4GW thermal power plant near the Strait of Hormuz, restarting a project that was first agreed in 2016. Behnam Khaefinejad, Iran’s commissioner of steam power plant projects,...

India’s largest thermal power firm is moving away from coal

The state-owned utility NTPC’s recent announcement that it will stop pursuing new coal-fired power projects is part of an ongoing strategic shift into renewable energy by India’s largest thermal power generation company. NTPC’s long-term target of about 32 GW of...

CSE proposes new strategy to encourage coal-fired thermal power plants to meet environmental norms by 2022

With 65 per cent of India’s coal-fired thermal power plants not moving to meet environmental norms by the deadline year of 2022, it has become imperative to review and restrategise to push the sector towards implementation. And to do...

New Zealand and Caribbean to collaborate on geothermal

The Government of New Zealand and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Commission recently strengthened their collaboration on environmental sustainability to include the area of geothermal energy development. New Zealand and the OECS Commission will partner to deliver...

Rapid turnaround

Remote geothermal steam turbine inspection completed in record time Power generation sites provide one of the most important commodities, but this service can only be delivered if all of the equipment is operating reliably. Steam turbines need to be inspected...

Egypt to transform its national electricity grid into a smart grid

The national government of the Arab Republic of Egypt through the state-owned Egyptian Electricity Holding Company (EEHC), is set to transform its electricity grid into a smart grid with the help of the French industrial group Schneider Electric. The two...

British electricity network SSE announces £7bn low-carbon investment for Covid-19 recovery

British electricity network SSE has announced plans to invest £7bn into low-carbon energy sources over the next five years as the UK power sector looks to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic. The company aims to invest in a number of...

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