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Rio Tinto Opens $2BN Western Range Iron Ore Mine in Australia

Rio Tinto and China Baowu Group have officially launched the Western Range iron ore mine in Pilbara, Western Australia. This new mine, part of a $2 billion join…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

China Approves 11.29 GW of Coal Power in Q1 2025

China has approved 11.29 gigawatts (GW) of new coal power capacity in the first quarter of 2025, according to a Greenpeace East Asia report. This follows a 41.5…

Power Construction

National Grid Expands Capacity With New Tech

National Grid has implemented dynamic line rating (DLR) technology, developed by LineVision, across 275 kilometers of overhead power lines. This initiative enha…

Solar Cell

Involt Energy Breaks Ground on 1.78 GW N-Type Topcon Solar Cell Factory

Involt Energy, a company based in India, has launched a solar cell manufacturing initiative with a new facility in Rajkot, Gujarat. The plant will have an annua…

Thermal Plant

India Launches Unit 1 of Ghatampur Thermal Power Project

India has initiated operations at the Ghatampur Thermal Power Project in Kanpur Nagar district, Uttar Pradesh, with the commissioning of its first 660-megawatt …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Czech-KHNP Dukovany Contract Signed After Court Lifts Injunction

Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) and Elektrárna Dukovany II signed a contract for new nuclear capacity at the Dukovany site in the Czech Republic, shor…

Offshore Wind Power

Britain Needs Record Offshore Wind Auction to Meet Targets, Says Siemens Energy

Britain’s next renewable energy auction must achieve a record level of offshore wind capacity to meet its 2030 clean energy targets, said Darren Davidson,…

Geothermal Power Plant

Innargi to Deliver Target Geothermal Heating Capacity in Aarhus, Denmark With Fewer Plants

Innargi, a geothermal developer, has revised its plan to deliver 110 megawatts of geothermal heating to Aarhus, Denmark, using three locations instead of the or…

Substation

PG&E Partners Smart Wires to Enhance Grid Capacity in California

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), a natural gas and electric utility, has partnered with Smart Wires to launch a project enhancing grid reliability to me…

Solar project

Arena Renewables Sells 40MW Illinois Solar Portfolio to Summit Ridge Energy

Arena Renewables, a developer of distributed solar and storage projects, has finalized the sale of six remote crediting solar projects in Illinois, totaling 40 …

Solar Panel

Heliup Switches on 100 MW Lightweight Solar Panel Factory in France

A solar module factory developed by French startup Heliup is now fully operational in Le Cheylas, southeastern France, according to the European Climate, Infras…

Offshore Wind Power

South Korea Launches 1.25GW Offshore Wind Tender

South Korea has initiated a tender for 1,250 megawatts of offshore wind capacity and 1,000 megawatts of solar capacity, as announced by the Ministry of Trade, I…

Wind Power Project

Enel’s Subsidiary EGPNA Signs Swap Deal to Grow US Renewable Capacity

Enel Green Power North America (EGPNA), a subsidiary of the Italian energy company Enel, has signed a swap agreement with Gulf Pacific Power (GPP), an infrastru…

Battery

Meridian Powers up New Zealand’s Largest Grid-Scale Battery

Meridian Energy Ltd (NZE:MEL) has successfully installed what is New Zealand’s first large-scale grid battery energy storage system (BESS). This innovativ…

Metal

Genesis to Acquire Laverton Gold Project in WA for $162M

On May 23, Genesis Minerals signed a binding share purchase agreement with Focus Minerals to acquire the Laverton Gold Project in Western Australia for A$250 mi…