Power

Malaysia

Myanmar and Laos Sign Deal to Study 2,790MW Mekong Hydropower Project

Myanmar and Laos have signed a joint agreement to carry out a feasibility study for hydropower projects along the Mekong River on their shared border, marking a…

Gas turbine engine

Gas-fired power plant planned for Banana

Plans for a new Central Queensland gas turbine power station with a generation capacity of up to 850MW are moving through the approvals process.The gas-fired pl…

United States

Kempower, PowerUp America Open 800-kW EV Charging Site in Kentucky

Kempower and PowerUp America have opened a four-dispenser, 800-kW electric vehicle charging site in Manchester, Kentucky, marking the first location in the comp…

Philippines

Aboitiz Renewables launches 93-MWp solar farm in Philippines

Aboitiz Renewables, Inc., the renewable energy arm of Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower), officially inaugurated its 92.55-megawatt peak (MWp) San Manuel …

Spain

Statkraft wins over EUR 38m in aid for wind farm repowering in Spain

Norwegian power company Statkraft has secured more than EUR 38 million (USD 43.3m) in Spanish public funding to repower old wind farms with a combined capacity …

United Kingdom

Polish small nuclear plant developer SGE targets £35 billion fleet in Britain

Poland-based SGE ​plans to build a fleet of 14 small nuclear reactors at a ‌total cost of £35 billion ($46.5 billion), it said on July 2, targeting …

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…

Norway

Statkraft Seeks Licence for New Mår Hydropower Plant in Norway

Statkraft has submitted a licence application to the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate for a new Mår power plant in Rjukan, Tinn municipali…

Combined cycle power plant

Fermi taps Primoris for Texas power plant construction

Fermi announced on June 30 it selected Primoris Services Corporation to engineer and construct balance of plant infrastructure for six SGT-800 gas turbines at i…

United States

US drives rise in global emissions as utilities turn back to coal, report shows

The United States accounted for a significant share of the rise in global carbon dioxide emissions in 2025, as higher gas prices pushed power producers back tow…

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…

South Korea

SK, KKR to launch South Korea renewable energy venture valued at $1.3 bln

Private equity firm KKR and South Korea's SK Inc said ​on July 1 they will launch the ‌country's largest renewable energy platform, valued at 2 tr…

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…

United States

US announces $17.5 billion in loans for nuclear power supply chain

The ​U.S. Department of Energy announced on June 23 $17.5 billion in conditional loans for utilities and energy companies to purchase ‌parts needed to strengt…

Germany

PNE brings online 18-MW wind farm in Germany

The PNE Group has successfully commissioned the Gnutz Ost wind farm in Schleswig-Holstein. It comprises three modern wind turbines with a total installed capaci…