Electricity

Electricity Trade

Hut 8 Secures Five-Year Power Contracts in Ontario, Canada

Hut 8, a power generation company, has secured five-year capacity contracts with the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for 310MW of power g…

Wind Farm

Gulf of Suez Wind Farm II in Egypt Begins Operations

On July 4, 2025, the 650MW Gulf of Suez Wind Farm II in Egypt started commercial operations, delivering clean electricity to power approximately 1.1 million hou…

Solar project

Quinbrook’s Cleve Hill Solar Park in UK Commences Operations

Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners’ 373MW Cleve Hill solar park in Kent, UK, is now fully operational, exporting electricity as of July 2025. In May 2025, …

Solar Power Plant

UAE Launches 60 MW Solar Plant to Power Gas Complex, Grid

Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) has officially commissioned the first utility-scale solar power facility in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The 60 MWp SA…

Energy Storage Project

UK Grid Set for £8.9bn Expansion

Ofgem announced a provisional approval for a major investment programme to expand the UK’s electricity grid—the largest such initiative since the 1960s. …

Energy Storage Project

Globeleq and African Rainbow Energy Advance 612MWh BESS Project

Globeleq and African Rainbow Energy have finalized key agreements with South Africa’s Department of Electricity and Energy and the National Transmission C…

Electricity Transmission

SP Energy Networks Awards £1.4bn Contracts for Transmission Upgrades

SP Energy Networks has unveiled £1.4 billion in supply chain contracts to support vital onshore transmission projects across central and southern Scotland…

Wind Farm

Poland Advances Onshore Wind Farm Bill

Poland’s parliament has passed a new law to streamline the development of onshore wind farms, aiming to boost renewable energy production and address high…

Metal

Reed Advanced Materials Signs MoU With Rio Tinto for Eli Process Development

Reed Advanced Materials (RAM), a joint venture between Neometals and Mineral Resources, has signed a non-binding memorandum of understanding with Rio Tinto to d…

Power Construction

Syria’s Electricity Recovery Project Receives $146M Grant

The World Bank’s board of executive directors has approved a $146 million grant from the International Development Association to bolster Syria’s el…

Wind Farm

Polish Parliament Approves Liberalisation of Wind Farm Rules

On Wednesday evening, the Polish parliament approved new legislation to simplify regulations for constructing onshore wind farms. The government views this as a…

Power Construction

US DoE Issues Emergency Order in Southeast US to Prevent Blackouts

On June 23, 2025, the US Department of Energy (DoE) issued an emergency order to support Duke Energy Carolinas in managing potential electricity shortages in No…

Hydropower Plant

EVN Signs Main Construction Contract for Tri an Hydropower Plant Expansion

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has signed the main construction contract for the Tri An Hydropower Plant Expansion Project. The signing of Contract Package XL04 TAMR…

Germany

New Plant in Germany Produces E-methanol From Wastewater

In Mannheim, Germany, ICODOS GmbH, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), and Mannheim’s urban drainage company (EBS) have partnered to create a facilit…

Decarbonization

Scotland’s Largest Maritime Decarbonisation Project Goes Live

Scotland’s largest maritime decarbonisation project, Shore Power in Operation, began at Port of Aberdeen, supplying green electricity to vessels at eight …