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Wärtsilä’s New 100 MW Energy Storage Project In South East Asia To Boost Regional Grid Stability
1/22/2020
The technology group Wärtsilä has signed an Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) contract for a new 100 MW/100 MWh total capacity energy storage project in South East Asia.
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Total To Develop Qatar’s First Large-Scale (800 MWp) Solar Plant
1/20/2020
Total has entered into agreements for the development of the Al Kharsaah Solar PV IPP Project, a 800 megawatt-peak (MWp) solar plant that will be located 80 kilometers west of Doha, Qatar. The project was awarded to a consortium of Total (49%) and Marubeni (51%) as the result of the country’s first solar tender.
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Vestas To Produce Zero-Waste Wind Turbines By 2040
1/20/2020
At Vestas, enabling a more sustainable future has always been at the core of what the company does. Now, Vestas is expanding its sustainability focus beyond the positive contribution of its products to also address waste generated in the value chain. Vestas is excited to announce its intention to produce zero-waste wind turbines by 2040, further underlining our commitment to make sustainability part of everything we do.
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Nuclear Waste Could Be Recycled For Diamond Battery Power
1/20/2020
A team of physicists and chemists from the University of Bristol hope to recycle radioactive material directly from a former nuclear power plant in Gloucestershire to generate ultra-long-lasting power sources.
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Massive Battery Proposed Near Retired Navajo Coal Plant, Reports Daybreak Power
1/17/2020
Daybreak Power Inc., a developer of gigawatt-scale energy storage projects, announced today that the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has accepted the company’s application for a preliminary permit for its proposed 2,200 megawatt Navajo Energy Storage Station near Page, Ariz.
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Germany Launches One Of Europe’s Most Modern Gas-Fired Power Plants Replacing Coal-Fired Power Station
1/17/2020
German municipal utility, Stadtwerke Kiel, launched one of Europe’s most modern and flexible gas engine-based combined heat and power (CHP) plants on the eastern shore of the Kieler Förde inlet in northern Germany
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B&W Subsidiary Awarded Retrofit Boiler Equipment Installation Contract For U.S. Power Plant
1/16/2020
Babcock & Wilcox Construction Co., LLC (BWCC), a subsidiary of Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises, Inc. (B&W), has been awarded a contract for more than $5M to install retrofit boiler equipment at a U.S. coal-fired power plant.
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Westinghouse Wins Ovation™ I&C Modernization Project At Kozloduy Units 5&6
1/16/2020
Westinghouse Electric Company today announced that it has signed a contract with Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) in Bulgaria to migrate the current Ovation™ platform-based information and control (I&C) systems at units 5&6 to its latest standard, bringing even more competitiveness and efficiency in the way these plants are operating.
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Plant-Powered Sensor Sends Signal To Space
1/15/2020
The device can inform farmers about the conditions of their crops to help increase yield, and enable retailers to gain detailed information about potential harvests.
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Duke Energy Renewables Acquires 20 MWac Of Solar Projects In Georgia
1/15/2020
Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Duke Energy (NYSE: DUK), today announced that it has completed the acquisition of the final project in a portfolio developed with Inman Solar Inc., totaling 20 megawatts (MWac).