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Alstom awarded by RheinEnergie with transformer supply contract
Alstom has been awarded with a contract from RheinEnergie for providing the combined-cycle heat and power plant (CHP) in Niehl, Germany, with a 560 MVA, 410/21kV transformer.
read more... 19/03/2014
Poland: a coal-fired unit of about $1 billion to be built by Hitachi-led consortium
Hitachi-led consortium won a contract of about 3.25 billion zlotys ($1 billion dollars) from Poland’s main utility group PGE to build a coal-fired unit of a capacity of 430-450 MW, according to a member of the conglomerate. The unit is likely to be constructed at PGE’s Turow plant in south-eastern Poland.
read more... 19/03/2014
E.ON, ENEL to close more plants because of European power crisis
Two of Europe's major power companies, E.ON and Enel, declared on Wednesday they intend to close more plants and reduce costs, joining competitors in warning that the industry crisis will influence profits in the years to come.
read more... 14/03/2014
Britain: 12 GW of power plant capacity to be taken offline by the end of 2023
About 12 GW of power plant capacity might be taken offline in Britain by the end of 2023, because of tougher European Union pollution laws, according to Reuters estimates published on Wednesday. Britain’s main goal is to ascertain a varied, low-carbon and efficient energy mix so as to cut emissions and offer consumers the best transaction, as stated by a spokeswoman from the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change.
read more... 13/03/2014
Italy: shutdown of 2 Vado Ligure coal units
Tirreno Power, an Italian electricity generation company, owned 50% by France’s GDF Suez, has received an order from an Italian judge to shutdown two coal-fired units at its Vado Ligure plant because of ecological concerns, as stated by a spokesman for the Italian firm.
read more... 12/03/2014