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Author: Derek Michalski, Chief Editor. Europe is committing billions to new reactors as data centres, electrification and AI drive electricity demand higher. But most of the new nuclear…
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Statkraft has submitted a licence application to the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate (NVE) for a new Mår power plant in Rjukan, Tinn municipality, Norway. The…
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Stadtwerke München has emerged as one of Germany’s most structurally significant municipal energy and infrastructure companies, not through a single technology bet, but through the deliberate construction of…
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Voith is modernizing two additional pump-turbines at the Torrejón hydroelectric power plant in Spain. The contract from Iberdrola Generación S.A. builds on an ongoing modernization project and…
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Statkraft has decided to build the Blåfjell Pump, which will channel more water directly into Blåsjø, Norway’s largest hydropower reservoir. This will increase production in the Ulla-Førre…
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Statkraft and Elkem ASA have signed a new long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) that secures competitive and predictable electricity supply for Elkem’s plant in Bjølvefossen, Norway. The…
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Statkraft announces updated estimates for investments in Norwegian power generation and plans to invest around NOK 80 billion over the next ten years. This positions the company…
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Vattenfall and SSAB have signed a new agreement for the delivery of 120 tonnes of fossil-free steel for what will be the world’s first fossil-free dam gate.…
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Cool and overcast weather last week increased electricity consumption and led to low solar power generation. Calm weather on Sunday evening and this morning caused electricity price…
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Green Highland, a Voith Company, has signed a long-term agreement to provide full operational support and maintenance services at the Kinlochleven hydropower plant, which is one of…
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Savannah Energy PLC, the British independent energy company focused around the delivery of Projects that Matter in Africa, announces that its wholly owned subsidiary, Savannah Energy EA Limited (“Savannah Energy…
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Voith has successfully completed two major Factory Acceptance Tests (FATs) for the large-scale pumped storage project Snowy 2.0 – nearly simultaneously and across two continents. Generator key…
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Lithuanian electricity TSO Litgrid reports that electricity prices fell 11 percent as wind speeds increased last week. After wind power generation tripled last week, wholesale electricity prices…
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Voith has successfully commissioned the second upgraded turbine unit at New Zealand’s Roxburgh Hydropower Station, advancing its modernisation initiative for the 1950s-era facility. Owned by Contact Energy,…
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