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China

First Taipingling unit enters commercial operation

On 19 April, unit 1 of the Taipingling nuclear power plant has entered commercial operation, China General Nuclear announced. The unit is the first of six Hualo…

Spain

GE Vernova to supply workhorse wind turbines for Santa Maria de las Fuentes Wind Farm in Spain

GE Vernova announced on April 20 that it has signed an agreement to provide 15 of its 6.1 MW-158m workhorse wind turbines to power the Santa Maria de las Fuente…

Indonesia

Italy's Eni makes major Indonesian offshore gas discovery

20 April – Eni announces a new giant gas discovery made by the Geliga‑1 exploration well, drilled in the Ganal block in the Kutei Basin, offshore Indonesia, a…

United States

Santa Fe County officials approve massive solar array near Stanley

One of the largest solar and battery energy storage developments proposed in New Mexico has won approval from the Santa Fe County Planning Commission.Thursday n…

Australia

Amazon signs first solar-plus-storage PPAs in Australia to power AI expansion

Tech giant Amazon has announced nine new renewable energy power purchase agreements (PPAs) in Australia totalling 430MW, with eight projects featuring solar gen…

Australia

Yancoal Strikes US$2.4 Billion Deal for Australia's Largest Underground Coal Mine

Yancoal Australia has agreed to buy an 80 percent stake in Queensland’s Kestrel coal mine for up to US$2.4 billion, securing one of the country's most…

United States

Nuclear reactor developer X‑Energy targets $7.5 billion valuation in US IPO

Amazon-backed X-Energy is targeting a valuation of up to $7.51 billion in its initial public offering ​in the United States, the nuclear reactor developer said…

South Korea

Hyundai Electric builds Korea’s largest eco-friendly transformer

The HD Hyundai subsidiary said on April 16 the accomplished product will head to a substation in the United Kingdom operated by National Grid, a local utility c…

Hydrogen Storage

Rostec plans to build hydrogen production facilities, fueling stations along roads between Russia, China

April 15, Rostec in cooperation with Chinese investors is preparing to implement a "cross-border hydrogen corridor" project, involving the construction of facil…

Greece

ExxonMobil, Energean to sign contract for first test gas drilling off Greece in years

U.S. oil major ExxonMobil, Energean and Helleniq Energy will sign ​a contract on April 14 with ‌Stena Drilling to start exploratory drilling in a western Gree…

South Korea

Hitachi Energy, Samsung C&T sign grid MoU

Hitachi Energy and Samsung C&T have signed a memorandum of understanding to expand collaboration on high-voltage alternating current grid infrastructure worldwi…

EU

EU signs off on €3.7bn Czech biomethane production subsidies

The European Commission has approved a €3.7bn ($4.36bn) Czech government funding scheme to scale sustainable biomethane production amid the net-zero emissi…

Germany

Sunfire Launches New 50-Megawatt Electrolyzer System for the Next Phase of Industrial Green Hydrogen Scale‑up

April 14 ,Sunfire has launched HyLink® Alkaline 23, a new outdoor pressurized alkaline electrolyzer system. The 50-megawatt electrolyzer module is designed …

United States

PowerBank Announces 5 MW AC Distributed Solar and Battery Energy Storage System Project in New York

PowerBank announced on April 13 that it has executed a lease agreement on a 5 MW AC hybrid solar plus battery energy storage project known as the NY-Conklin Hil…

Botswana

Botswana signs energy and mineral exploration deals with Oman

Botswana's president has clinched multiple ​agreements with Oman, including on mineral exploration, oil storage infrastructure and renewable ‌power, d…