Power

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

EDF to Spend Estimated $7 Billion on Extending Life of Nuclear Plants

On July 3, 2025, French utility EDF announced plans to invest 6 billion euros ($7.05 billion) to extend the operational life of 20 nuclear reactors. This follow…

Virtual power plants

AGL Energy Buys South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant From Tesla

On July 4, 2025, AGL Energy, an Australian power retailer, announced its acquisition of the South Australia Virtual Power Plant (SAVPP) from Tesla. This move st…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Dominion Approved to Expand VC Summer Nuclear Station Operations

Dominion Energy’s VC Summer nuclear station in Fairfield County, South Carolina, has been granted a 20-year operating license extension by the U.S. Nuclea…

China

BHP Signs Charters With COSCO for Ammonia-Powered Newcastlemax Newbuilds

BHP has entered into five-year charter agreements with COSCO Shipping Bulk for two new ammonia dual-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carriers. Each vessel will have a …

Solar Power Plant

RWE to Build Solar Plant for Kronos

RWE is set to construct a ground-mounted photovoltaic solar plant for Kronos Titan in Nordenham, Lower Saxony, Germany. The 24.7 MWp facility will be built on a…

Wind Power Project

Enova Acquires German Wind Portfolio

Enova Value has acquired a portfolio of six onshore wind farms in Germany, with approximately 100 MW of repowering potential. The wind farms, which currently ha…

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…

Nuclear Fusion

Westinghouse Secures ITER Fusion Reactor Assembly Contract

Westinghouse Electric has been awarded a $180 million contract by ITER to assemble the vacuum vessel for a nuclear fusion reactor located in Saint-Paul-lez-Dura…

Nuclear Fusion

Google to Buy 200MW of Fusion Energy From MIT Spinoff CFS

Google has made its first commercial commitment to fusion energy by agreeing to purchase 200 megawatts of power from Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS), a compan…

Norway

$75 Million Earmarked to Level up Norwegian Emission-Free Shipping Game

Norwegian state-owned enterprise Enova has granted approximately NOK 763 million (around $75.5 million) to support the development of hydrogen- and ammonia-powe…

Hydrogen Project

GSE Solutions Supports NuScale’s Hydrogen Simulator Project

GSE Solutions has developed a hydrogen fuel cell generation and storage plant simulation model to support NuScale Power’s hydrogen simulator project. This…

Power Construction

Construction Begins on Chinese Section of China-Laos 500-KV Power Interconnection Project

On June 30, 2025, construction began on the Chinese section of the China-Laos 500-kV power interconnection project, marking another significant step in bilatera…

Wind Farm

Greater Changhua 2B & 4 Foundation Installation in Home Stretch

Ørsted’s Greater Changhua 2b and 4 offshore wind farms, with a combined capacity of 920 MW, are progressing significantly off the coast of Changhua…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Kalinin’s First Unit Gets 19-Year Life Extension

Russia’s nuclear regulator, Rostekhnadzor, has granted an operating license extension for Unit 1 of the Kalinin nuclear power plant in the Tver region, ap…

Microgrid

Minesto-Led Consortium Gets $2.6m for Tidal Microgrid in Faroe Islands

Swedish tidal energy developer Minesto, in collaboration with Capture Energy, Faroese utility SEV, and IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, has secured…