News

The latest news stories of the Repower initiative.

Accelerating Repowering Assessments with RepowerScore

August 8, 2024

In an era where phasing out coal is essential, RepowerScore serves as a straightforward and effective scientific decision-making tool. It enables quick assessments of which coal plants can be repowered by clean energy sources while still utilizing existing grids and infrastructure, thus preventing stranded assets.

Repowering to Accelerate the Global Energy Transition

June 6, 2024

Repower Initiative is focused on delivering tangible alternatives to coal fired power plants in Asia and across the globe. With philanthropic funding from HSBC, the Repower Initiative is undertaking research to explore the feasibility of repowering in Asia, including identifying potential sites for conversion.

Repower Initiative and ITB Begin Collaboration

February 21, 2024

Repower Initiative, a program established by Quantified Carbon, with the ambition to repower coal power plants with clean heat sources, proudly announces a partnership with Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB), the leading technical university in Indonesia. With this partnership, ITB will explore the feasibility of repowering Indonesian coal-fired power plants with low-carbon sources of energy, including nuclear reactors.

Repower Initiative and KAIST Begin Collaboration

December 11, 2023

We are proud to announce that the Repower Initiative began its collaboration together with a research team at the Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology.

Repower Xiamen Summit 2024

April 29, 2024

Late April, 2024, we gathered for a Repower Summit together with our brilliant partners. We’ve hit a new milestone at the 2nd Repower Summit in Xiamen, China! Co-organized by QuantifiedCarbonand Xiamen University, we saw our participant numbers soar to double the initial count – a clear signal for the growing interest and momentum for repowering globally.

First international repower partner conference in Indonesia

November 28, 2023

This was the first international Partner Conference hosted by the Repower Initiative. We shared progress amongst our partners and even had the pleasure to visit a coal power plant to get insights on the upcoming challenges.

Coal to Nuclear Repowering for a Just Transition

February 7, 2024

This talk foces on the intersection between policies to decarbonize our energy system and efforts to ensure a just transition for fossil-fuel workers and dependent communities. One opportunity that has emerged is the potential to repower retiring coal power plants with small, modular nuclear reactors. Such projects could leverage existing infrastructure and workforce. This video explores some of first coal-to-nuclear projects underway, along with state and federal policies to aid such efforts.

U.S. and International Partners Eye $275M Support for Romania’s SMR Project

May 26, 2023

The United States and Multinational Public-Private Partners Look to Provide Up To $275 Million to Advance the Romania Small Modular Reactor Project; United States Issues Letters of Interest for Up To $4 Billion in Project Financing

KHNP <> DEsire Project Meeting

July 4, 2023

On Friday, April 7, Professor Lukasz Bartela and Dr. Eng. Pawel Gladysz had the opportunity to represent the DEsire project at a meeting with representatives of Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power.

How can we repurpose the stranded assets? – The Drop’22

September 21, 2022

Staffan Qvist took the stage at The Drop conference in Malmö to talk about Repowering Coal. Repowering coal plants could avoid the release of 200 billion tons of CO2 emissions by 2070.

PIVOT22. Converting Coal Plants to Geothermal: On the Horizon or Science Fiction?

July 25, 2022

On July 25th, 5 Geothermal panelists gathered at PIVOT22 to discuss the feasibility of the Coal to Geothermal repowering pathway.