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Pumped-storage hydro plants offer the most technologically advanced and readily available facilities for stabilizing the grid as more intermittent renewable energy sources come online worldwide, which is prompting significant development of new plants and expansion work at existing facilities.
RWE has hailed a court ruling over payment of a €74m ($100m) nuclear fuel tax for its Gundremmingen power plant as a success in its legal campaign against the tax.
The role of coal fired plants in power generation is changing, with an increasing number covering peak demand, rather than baseload. This, combined with the pressure to reduce carbon emissions, is encouraging operators to introduce significant plant upgrade programmes so they can operate their ...
WindMW GmbH has awarded Siemens a contract for the Meerwind Sud/Ost project that will see the German power OEM deliver 80 wind turbines, each with a capacity of 3.6 MW.
The German government is keen to ‘phase out the phase-out’ of its 17 nuclear power plants. Chancellor Angela Merkel announced on 6 September that the nation’s nuclear power plant operations would be extended by an average of 12 years beyond a scheduled phase-out, but deep opposition remains.
The power industry suffered continued setbacks against a tumultuous economic backdrop. Several nations slashed their subsidies for renewable energy projects, while many carbon capture and storage projects were either delayed or scrapped. Gas fired generation continued to dominate conventional new
Duke Energy is awaiting regulatory approval for a $13.7bn deal to buy Progress Energy that would make it the largest power utility in the USA.
Italy will continue its solar subsidies until end-August, giving a reprieve to developers who had been told that the subsidy would end in end-May.
Proposals to extend the lifespans of Germany’s nuclear plants, while hitting their operators with high levies, won ministerial approval on 28 September.
In the early part of this year, Siemens Energy opened up its previously proprietary Distribution Line Carrier (DLC) communications protocol, which utilizes the low-voltage network as a metering communications channel. This give utilities the opportunity to also deploy meters produced by other ...
