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Czech Republic

Czech Republic plans to buy up to 2 bcm of gas a year from Azerbaijan

The Czech Republic plans to buy up to 2 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Azerbaijan annually, Supplies could begin in 2028-2029. Czech Industry and Trad…

United States

US to end more offshore wind leases in exchange for fossil fuel investments

President Donald Trump's administration said on April 27 that it had reached a deal to end two more ‌U.S. offshore wind leases in exchange for $885 mil…

Canada

Oil giant Shell to buy Canada’s ARC Resources for $16.4 billion in push to boost output

Shell has agreed to buy Canadian energy company ARC Resources in a $16.4 billion deal, paid for mostly with shares, the British firm said on April 27.ARC will b…

South Korea

South Korea, Vietnam agree to boost nuclear energy, high-tech cooperation

Vietnam and South ‌Korea's leaders agreed to boost cooperation in nuclear energy and high-tech at a meeting in Hanoi on April 22, as the two countries …

United States

Texan start-up targets disused oil wells for low-cost hydrogen extraction

Engineering firm Wood will work with start-up Eclipse Energy on producing hydrogen from disused oil wells using microbes at a target price of $0.5 per kilogramm…

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan launches industrial production of gasoline with bioethanol made from grain processing waste

Kazakhstan has begun industrial production of Bi-95 automotive fuel with the addition of bioethanol made from grain processing waste, the Kazakh Agriculture Min…

Russian

Druzhba pipeline restarts Russian oil flows to Europe

Russian oil flowed through the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline on April 22 after a halt lasting months, officials ​said.Hungarian oil group said that…

United States

World's first 50 MW superhot geothermal power plant targets Oregon by 2030

Quaise Energy said it is moving ahead with plans to build what it describes as the world’s first power plant using superhot geothermal energy, with an ini…

Serbia

Serbia, Azerbaijan expect to agree on gas power plant project in May

Serbia and Azerbaijan expect to agree upon contract terms for the joint construction of a gas-fired power plant in Serbia's southern city of Nis in early Ma…

Spain

Spain and Ireland are set to assess viability of undersea power link

Spain and Ireland's energy ministers will sign a preliminary agreement on April 21 on ​assessing the viability of an undersea power link ‌between the …

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…

Congo

Rosatom, Congo working on project to build 2 small HHPs with total capacity of 2.6 MW

Russia's Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and the Congolese government are working on a pilot project to build two small modular hydroelectric power…

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…

United States

USA Rare Earth buys Brazil's Serra Verde for $2.8 billion

USA Rare Earth said on April 20 it will buy Brazilian rare earths miner Serra Verde in a ‌cash-and-stock deal worth $2.8 billion, the latest in a string of…

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…