America

Geothermal Power Project

Renascent Energy Completes Successful Geothermal Test on Depleted Shale Well in Texas

Renascent Energy, based in Houston, Texas, has successfully completed a groundbreaking geothermal test in a depleted shale well at the Eagle Ford shale formatio…

Gas power plant

Vistra to Buy 2.6GW Generation Capacity From Lotus for $1.9bn

Vistra, an integrated retail electricity and power generation company, has agreed to acquire a portfolio of natural gas generation facilities from Lotus Infrast…

Wind Power Project

National Grid Records £303M Impairment on US Wind Project in FY24/25

UK utility company National Grid reported a £303 million ($403 million) impairment charge for the 2024/25 financial year due to halted development by its joint…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Google Signs Agreement With Energyre for 600MW of Solar Energy

Google has finalized a renewable energy agreement with energyRe, securing over 600 megawatts of solar and solar-plus-storage projects in South Carolina, USA. Th…

Power Construction

US Issues Emergency Orders to Address Puerto Rico Grid Security Issues

On Friday, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced emergency measures to tackle significant grid reliability concerns and enhance the stability of Puerto …

Energy Storage Project

Houston Battery Energy Storage Project Begins Construction

Irby Construction Company has teamed up with SMT Energy and CenterPoint Energy to launch the SMT Houston IV project, a 320MWh battery energy storage system (BES…

LNG

Italy’s Edison Welcomes Inaugural LNG Cargo From Louisiana Plant

Italian energy company Edison has successfully received its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment from the Calcasieu Pass facility in Cameron Parish, Louis…

United States

Record US, Global Corn Output Projected in 2025

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report on May 12, 2025, projecting record-high U.S…

Offshore Wind Power

National Grid Takes £303M US Offshore Wind Hit

National Grid has recorded a £303 million impairment on its 2800MW Community Offshore Wind project in the New York Bight, a joint venture with German deve…

Wave Energy

Atargis Energy Trials Indicate 1.96 MW Potential for Wave Energy Converter

Atargis Energy, a U.S.-based renewable energy company, has announced promising results from recent wave tank tests of its Cycloidal Wave Energy Converter (CycWE…

Biofuel

US EPA to Rule on Backlog of Small Refinery Biofuel Exemption Requests, Zeldin Says

On Thursday, May 15, 2025, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin informed lawmakers that the Trump administration intends to promp…

Electricity Transmission

Hot Weather and High Demand to Pressure US Power Grid This Summer, FREC Says

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) announced on Thursday that electricity consumption in the U.S. is projected to reach a four-year high this summe…

United States

US Eases AI Chip Exports for Allies, Cracks Down on Huawei Hardware

The U.S. Commerce Department has revised export regulations for advanced semiconductors, effective May 2025, to foster innovation and strengthen international p…

United States

New Holland’s Methane-Powered Tractor Completes Circular AG Cycle

New Holland’s T6.180 methane-powered tractor is helping to close the loop in circular agriculture, gaining significant attention as a sustainable solution…

Natural Gas

EIA Expects USA Gasoline Price to Drop In 2025 and 2026

The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its latest short-term energy outlook (STEO) on May 6, forecasting a decline in U.S. regular gasoli…