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anticipating. However, they point out that
India's car manufacturers aren't equipped
for such a radical change, nor does India
have enough time to set up infrastructure
to support electric vehicles. A number of
industry stakeholders have urged the government
to promote more research and
development on electric vehicles.
German Court Rules Nuclear Fuel
Tax Is Unconstitutional. The German
Federal Constitutional Court in early June
upheld a 2014 ruling of the Financial
Court of Hamburg that held the nuclear
fuel tax levied to German nuclear generators
despite the country's announced
nuclear phase out in the aftermath of the
Fukushima disaster is unconstitutional.
The ruling means that nuclear generators
will receive a refund of about $7 billion
they have paid between 2011 and 2016.
The tax was levied every time the nation's
three nuclear plant owners, E.ON, RWE,
and EnBW changed a fuel rod.
Eskom Synchronizes Medupi Coal
Plant to Grid. Unit 4 of South African
state-owned utility Eskom's Medupi Power
Station Project in Lephalale, Limpopo,
was synchronized to the national power
grid on May 31, becoming the third of
the plant's six units to come online. Once
completed, Medupi will be the fourth-largest
coal-fired power plant, and the largest
dry-cooled power station in the world. It
will consist of six supercritical units with
an installed capacity of 4,800-MW. The
planned operational life of the power station
is 50 years.
GE Inks Major Agreement for Vietnam
Power Facilities. GE and Vietnam
Oil & Gas Group (Petrovietnam) on May
31 signed a memorandum of understanding
to cooperate on the development of
two 750-MW combined cycle gas turbine
power plants-Mien Trung I and II. If
built, the plants will be fueled from natural
gas from the Blue Whale Gas Field, which
is the country's largest to date, having an
estimated 150 billion cubic meters of reserves.
The Mien Trung I Plant is expected
to begin operations in 2023 and Mien Trung
II in 2024. GE will help Vietnam identify
the latest technology solutions to provide
higher efficiency, lower fuel consumption,
and lower emissions. GE's development
partner International Mainstream Renewable
Power also signed a joint development
agreement with Phu Cuong Group to
develop an 800-MW wind farm in Soc Trang
province. That deal follows a 1-GW initiative
signed with the Ministry of Industry
and Trade last year.
Siemens to Deliver Equipment for
Significant Plant in Jordan. Siemens
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will supply two SST5-5000 steam turbines,
two air-cooled SGen5-1200A generators,
and the turbine control system
for the 470-MW Attarat steam power
plant in Jordan, which is being built
by China
Energy Engineering Group
Guangdong Power Engineering Co. as
general contractor for the operator of
the plant, the Attarat Power Co. When
it begins operation as expected in mid2020,
the plant will supply enough power
to cover up to 15% of Jordan's power demand.
Because Jordan is one of the driest
countries in the world, and the power
plant will be built in the desert at Attarat
Um Ghudran, 100 kilometers southeast
of the Jordanian capital Amman, one of
the plant's unique features is that its aircooled
condensers will save up to 90%
of the water needed for the plant's operation
compared with the use of a wetcooling
system. ■
-Sonal Patel is a POWER
associate editor
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