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South Africa needs major power plant construction drive, government report warns
South Africa is in need of a massive power plant construction programme if it wants to ensure adequate electricity supplies up to 2050.
€200m solar farm proposed for Ireland
German energy company GP Joule unveils plans for 190MW facility in County Meath
Video: Balfour Beatty installs six offshore liners at Hinkley Point C nuclear plant
UK-based civil engineering contractor Balfour Beatty has installed six offshore liners at the major new nuclear power station under construction at Hinkley Point C in Somerset.
Video: ‘Big Carl’ crane lifts dome for Hinkley Point C’s first reactor building into place
The world’s biggest crane, known as ‘Big Carl’ has lifted the dome for the first reactor building at UK nuclear power plant Hinkley Point C into place.
Offshore specialists make progress on major German wind farm
Borkum Riffgrund 3 set to add close to 1GW to Germany’s renewables Capacity
Building inside mountains: Global demand for pumped hydroelectric storage soars
How mountain lakes are being used to store the world’s excess renewable energy
Holtec wins £30m grant from UK government to advance small modular nuclear reactor
Energy technology company Holtec has won £30 million in grant funding from the UK government to take its small modular nuclear reactor concept through the first steps to assessing its suitability for construction.
Crane lifts crane: Big Carl bears the load
Installing a polar crane in the Hinkley Point C first reactor building was one of the project’s heaviest lifts for Sarens’ 5,000 tonner
John Kerry calls for nuclear fusion plant construction plan at COP28
US special climate envoy John Kerry has set out an international engagement plan to boost research into nuclear fusion ahead an eventual construction programme of a new generation of nuclear plants
Saudi fund loans $100m for construction of long-awaited Tajikistan hydropower project
The Saudi Fund for Development has signed a loan deal worth US$100 million with Tajikistan for the construction of the Rogun Hydropower project.
PP O’Connor takes down Fiddlers Ferry cooling towers
VIDEO: Massive implosion fells 110-metre-tall structures
Cimic Group wins US$930m electricity transmission contract in Australia
Hochtief company Cimic Group has won an A$1.4 billion (US$930 million) contract to deliver the western section of the HumeLink high-voltage electricity transmission scheme in Australia.
Poland approves second large nuclear plant project
Construction is expected to start in 2026
What now for small modular nuclear reactor construction after high-profile project’s failure?
What does the cancellation of NuScale’s Carbon Free Power Project mean for the future construction of small modular nuclear reactors (SMRs)?
Yanmar’s Himoinsa opens battery, lighting tower production center
The 5000-sq.-m. facility is Himoinsa’s fourth in Europe and ninth worldwide
Mott MacDonald and Kepco E&C to explore future large-scale nuclear construction in UK
Engineering consultant Mott MacDonald has signed an agreement with Korean power plant builder Kepco E&C to explore future large-scale nuclear projects in the UK.
RVA oversees Lucy III power plant blowdown
Double blast takes down 140-metre chimney and 100-metre cooling tower
Eiffage lands €4bn+ civil engineering works on new nuclear plant in France
French contracting giant Eiffage has won a contract worth in excess of €4 billion to carry out the main civil engineering works for the construction of a new nuclear power plant at Penly, Normandy, France.
Consortium green lights European small nuclear reactors
Romania, Italy and Belgium to participate in the development of small nuclear reactors
$1.35bn plan to build first US small modular reactor scrapped
NuScale Power has terminated the Carbon Free Power project to build a small modular reactor (SMR) in Utah.
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