Power

A new IEA report says that transforming the power sector alone will only get the world one-third of the way to net-zero emissions.

Babcock & Wilcox has recently announced the appointment of three new independent members to its Board of Directors.

The EPA has announced the approval of Wyoming’s request for primary enforcement responsibility for Class VI wells under the Underground Injection Control Programme.

On 19 August, the new 275 m stack of the Krasnoyarskaya CHPP-1, completed in 2020, was run for the first time.

Bis has been awarded an extension to its long-term contract with AGL Macquarie to continue equipment hire and site services in New South Wales, Australia.

NTPC Ltd has developed an infrastructure at Rihand project in Uttar Pradesh, India, to transport fly ash in bulk to cement plants, located at distance, at a cheaper cost.

EIA has reported how, after reaching their lowest level in more than a decade in March 2019, US coal stockpiles steadily increased to 152 million t in April 2020, recovering to levels not seen in 3 years.

The US Department of Energy’s Office of Fossil Energy selected one additional project to receive approximately US$1.5 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development on ‘Crosscutting Research for Coal-Fuelled Power Plants’.

Bharat Heavy Electricals Ltd has commenced civil works at the 660 MW Sagardighi Supercritical Thermal Power Project in West Bengal, India.

The US Department of Energy has recently selected two projects to receive approximately US$2 million in federal funding for cost-shared research and development.

GE has recently announced that it is providing the Corporación Dominicana de Empresas Eléctricas Estatales (CDEEE) with a combined software and services package at the Central Termoeléctrica Punta Catalina power plant.

€2 million project to explore feasibility of injecting carbon dioxide underground at Polish laboratory.

Total installed capacity of NTPC Ltd, India’s largest power generation company has increased to 62910 MW.

NTPC Ltd has recently entered into an MoU with National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF) to explore opportunities for investments in areas like renewable energy in India.

Adani has recently started work at the opencast mine to remove the layers of overburden above the coal seams.