Electricity

United Kingdom

Sumitomo Acquires 33.3% Stake in UK Floating Offshore Wind Project

Sumitomo has acquired a 33.3% equity stake in the Gwynt Glas Offshore Wind Farm, a floating offshore wind project being developed in the Celtic Sea off the coas…

Eswatini Launches 10 MW Nsoko Solar Power Plant to Boost Renewable Energy Supply

Eswatini has launched the 200 million Malangeni Nsoko Solar Power Plant, marking another important step in the country’s efforts to strengthen its renewab…

United States

Texas Halts Data Center Grid Connections Pending Statewide Audit

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered a temporary halt to data center connections to the state’s power grid as officials review the sector’s growing im…

South Africa

Malawi Switches On 20-MW Battery Storage System to Stabilize Power Supply

July 27 — Malawi has completed the installation of a 20-megawatt utility-scale battery storage system, the only facility of its kind in southern Africa outside…

Power Construction

Egypt Secures $391 Million Grid Investment to Support Renewable Energy Projects

Egypt has secured a $391 million investment from an Egyptian-Emirati consortium to strengthen its electricity transmission infrastructure and connect renewable …

Pakistan

KP Completes Two Mini-Micro Hydropower Projects in Upper Dir

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has completed two mini-micro hydropower projects with a combined capacity of 342 kilowatts in Upper Dir district, providing lo…

Germany

Hitachi Energy to Deliver Advanced Grid Connection for Kauri CAB Data Center in Frankfurt

July 13, 2026 — Hitachi Energy has been awarded an order to provide an advanced grid connection solution for a new data center developed by Kauri CAB Digital I…

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan Says Around 50 Hydropower Plants Are Under Construction

July 13, 2026 — Around 50 hydropower plants are currently under construction in Kyrgyzstan, according to a report released by the press service of the Presiden…

China

Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 Connected to Grid for First Time

Unit 2 of the Taipingling nuclear power plant in Guangdong province has supplied electricity to the grid for the first time, China General Nuclear announced.(Im…

Poland

Uniper and Respect Energy Sign Six-Year Solar Power Purchase Agreements in Poland

Uniper and Respect Energy have signed six-year Power Purchase Agreements for electricity and Guarantees of Origin generated from four new Uniper photovoltaic as…

United Kingdom

UK's National Grid bets $1.75 billion on AI power boom with Joulent investment

Britain's National ‌Grid said on July 1 it will invest $1.75 billion for a 35% stake in Joulent, a U.S. energy platform developing power infrastructure…

United States

Commonwealth Fusion Joins UK Program to Demonstrate Fusion Fuel Production

Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a U.S.-based company working to generate electricity by replicating the process that powers stars, said on July 1 that it is joinin…

Electricity Transmission

Türkiye inks 3 deals to steer Pakistan's power privatization

Türkiye signed three agreements on June 25 with Pakistan, expanding cooperation on electricity distribution, transmission, and market operations as Islamab…

Venezuela

Venezuela, GE Vernova sign cooperation agreement on power supply

Venezuela's government and electricity supply company GE Vernova signed ​a memorandum of understanding on June 15.Interim ⁠President Delcy Rodriguez said …

United States

GM to offer EV owners ability to sell power to US electricity grid

General Motors is releasing a software update that allows some U.S. electric-vehicle owners ​to pipe power back to the electric grid, another example ‌of …