Power

LONDON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- France's state-owned nuclear power giant is having new safety instrumentation, control, technologies and systems by Rolls-Royce installed on 20 reactors.

Areva said the instrumentation and systems to be provided by Britain's Rolls-Royce under a $325 million contract are part of a third round modernization program that involves 20 nuclear reactors managed by Electricite de France.

Each reaction is has a capacity of 1,300 megawatts.

Turkey on Wednesday agreed to let Russia build and own a $20 billion nuclear power plant in a deal that opens a new page in Russia’s global expansion in the industry.

Sergei Kiriyenko, head of Rosatom, the state nuclear corporation, signed the agreement to build four reactors on Turkey’s southern Mediterranean coast during a visit by President Dmitry Medvedev to the country.

TAQA Arabia, an Egyptian firm, has signed a $1b, deal with Chui, a local firm to develop hydropower projects in Uganda.

Taqa Power Africa, a partnership between Taqa Arabia, a subsidiary of Citadel Capital and Chui, owned by businessman Charles Mbire, will design, construct, operate and maintain small-and-medium size power plants that will add about 200MW to the power grid in the next five years.

However, Taqa Power has not yet identified the sites for the projects, nor received operating licences.

ENER1, Inc. (Nasdaq: HEV), a leading manufacturer of automotive and utility-scale lithium-ion battery energy storage systems, has signed a strategic cooperation deal with a division of the Russian Federal Grid Company (FGC) to co-develop storage systems under a nation-wide grid modernization program. An equipment-supply, business and technical consulting contract has been signed for $40 million.

Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has signed a $91.86 million contract with the Montenegro government for the construction of a 50-megawatt wind park in the Adriatic state.

The planned 50-megawatt wind park at Krnovo, west of Podgorica is also been considered for expansion. The government hopes to add 22 megawatts to its present capacity.

Montenegro has reportedly stated that it will issue licenses for wind farms with a total capacity of 100 megawatts by 2025. Montenegro has imports one third of its annual power needs and has not invested much in power generation.