America

Offshore Wind Power

Iberdrola and Avangrid Reach an Agreement to Acquire 100% of the American Company

Iberdrola has today signed an agreement to acquire the 18.4% minority stake in its US subsidiary Avangrid, which it previously did not own. The Board of Directo…

Hydrogen Project

Everwind and Port of Rotterdam Form Green Hydrogen Alliance

EverWind Fuels, a North American developer of green fuels hub, has partnered with the Port of Rotterdam to advance the green hydrogen supply chain.EverWind anno…

Energy Storage Project

ACP Statement on 301 Tariffs for Battery Storage

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement today from ACP CEO Jason Grumet after the Biden Administration’s decision on S…

Electric Vehicle Battery

BYD Postpones Plans for 2025 Chile Lithium Cathode Plant

Chinese carmaker BYD Co has postponed plans to produce lithium cathodes for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in Chile by 2025, the firm’s Americas head told Reu…

Electric Vehicles

Biden Hikes US Tariffs on Chinese Imports

U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled steep tariff increases on an array of Chinese imports, including electric vehicle (EV) batteries, computer chips an…

Nuclear Reactor

Biden Signs Ban on Imports of Russian Nuclear Reactor Fuel Into Law

U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a reception celebrating Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, in the Rose Garden of…

Energy&Power

North American Green Packaging Innovation Summit 2024

Hydrogen Fuel Vehicle

New Way, Hyzon Reveal Hydrogen Fuel Cell-Powered Electric Refuse Truck

New Way Trucks and hydrogen fuel cell manufacturer Hyzon revealed North America’s first hydrogen fuel cell-powered electric refuse truck at Waste Expo in …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Framatome Launches Expansion of Lynchburg Site

Framatome has broken ground on a USD50 million expansion of its Operational Center of Excellence in Lynchburg, Virginia, which provides specialised training and…

Electricity Transmission

ACP Statement on White House, Department of Energy Transmission Announcements

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) released the following statement from CEO Jason Grumet after the White House and the U.S. Department of Energy announ…

Biofuel

USDA Celebrates Earth Day With $194 Million in REAP Awards

The USDA on April 23 awarded more than $194 million in loans and grants through the agency’s Rural Energy for America Program. Biogas and bioenergy projec…

Solar Power Plant

ENGIE Completes $1B in Tax Equity Financing for 1.3 GW of Wind, Solar

(Photo by American Public Power Association on Unsplash )ENGIE North America announced it has completed more than $1 billion of tax equity financing for 1.3 GW …

Nuclear Equipment

Sheffield Forgemasters Regains Asme Accreditation

The UK's Sheffield Forgemasters has been awarded accreditation by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) as a supplier of heavy forgings and ca…

Energy-Eficient Building

U.S. DOE Finalizes 4 Consensus-Based Efficiency Standards to Save Americans Billions on Utility Bills

DOE Finalizing Energy Efficiency Standards for Commercial Unitary Air Conditioners and Heat Pumps, Circulator Pumps, Dishwashers, and Miscellaneous Refrigeratio…

Electric Vehicles

BMW to Build X5 PHEV in Brazil

Following a sales record for electrified vehicles in Brazil last year, the BMW Group is announcing local production of the BMW X5, the first premium plug-in hyb…