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UAE-based energy company Masdar has launched four wind farms with a total capacity of 103.5MW, as part of the UAE wind programme. The project sites are Sir Bani Yas Island in Abu Dhabi with 45MW of wind capacity and a 14MW solar farm, two 27MW wind farms on Delma Island …

RAO Nordic, a subsidiary of Russian state energy holding Inter RAO, has suspended its electricity supply to Finnish electricity grid operator Fingrid, citing payment concerns. The company has been importing electricity from Russia to Finland and selling it on the Nord Pool exchange for several years. It stopped supplying power …

The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) has been notified by Ukraine that it is examining the possibility to resume regulatory control of the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (NPP), after the withdrawal of the Russian military from the site. Ukraine also informed IAEA that it is also planning to rotate staff …

Danish turbine manufacturer Vestas plans to stop four Russian wind projects in response to the country’s invasion of Ukraine, Danish newspaper Ekstra-Bladet reported citing company spokesperson. The four projects that are currently in the development phase include Novoalekseevskaya, Grazhdanskaya, Ivanovskaya, and Pokrovskaya. They have a combined capacity of 253MW, according …

Germany’s new coalition government has reportedly set a target of installing 30GW of offshore wind capacity by 2030, up from the country’s previous target of 20GW. The coalition agreement signed by the Social Democrats, Greens and Free Democrats pledges to install 40GW of offshore wind capacity by 2035 and 70GW …

The South Korean Government has announced plans to build a 6GW floating offshore wind farm off the coast of Ulsan by 2030. President Moon Jae-in said that the project would require a KRW36tn ($32.8bn) investment and would create 210,000 jobs in the region. The wind facility is planned for the …

An Indian state government has announced the world’s largest floating solar project will begin operations in 2022-23. The government of Madhya Pradesh made the announcement concerning the 600MW capacity facility on the Narmada river. The floating panels will be installed in the backwaters of the Omkareshwar dam and cover approximately …

Technology giant Apple plans to invest in the construction of two 200m-tall wind turbines in Denmark, some of the world’s largest onshore turbines. The turbines will be located near the Danish town of Esbjerg, and could produce 62GWh of clean energy per year. This would power 20,000 homes. The turbines …

Global nuclear power operating capacity reached 392.1GW(e) at the end of 2019, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency’s (IAEA). Data collected by collected by the Power Reactor Information System (PRIS) show this consisted of 443 operational nuclear power reactors in 30 countries. Since 2011, the overall nuclear power capacity …