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1.2TW: cost reductions, policy advances will drive 50% renewables growth to 2024, says IEA
Renewable sources of electricity are set for rapid growth over the next five years, which could see them match the output of the world’s coal-fired power stations for the first time ever.
read more... 28/10/2019
Endesa to close entire Iberian coal fleet
Endesa plans to close all its Iberian coal-fired power stations, ending production from two of Spain's largest power stations, the 1.4 GW As Pontes and 1.1 GW Litoral de Almeria plants, it said late Friday.
read more... 01/10/2019
Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear plant secures Russian financing
Sberbank, Russia's state-owned banking and financial services company will provide a $400 million loan for the construction of Turkey's Akkuyu nuclear power station, the bank announced on Wednesday.
read more... 22/08/2019
Japan's Tepco to decommission second, undamaged Fukushima nuclear plant: Kyodo
Tokyo Electric Power plans to scrap its Fukushima Daini nuclear station, located a few miles south of the bigger Fukushima Daiichi plant where three reactors melted down in 2011 after an earthquake and tsunami, Kyodo News reported on Wednesday.
read more... 24/07/2019
Developers of Viking Link award EUR 1.1bn worth of contracts
The developers of the 1,400-MW Viking Link interconnector between Denmark and the UK today announced they will award contracts worth a total of EUR 1.1 billion (USD 1.23bn) for the supply of cables and converter stations as part of the project.
read more... 24/07/2019