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Canada

Canada plans to double capacity of electricity grid by 2050

Canada on May 14 unveiled a C$1 trillion ($729 billion) strategy to double ​the capacity of its electricity grid by 2050, citing ‌rapidly increasing power…

United Kingdom

Protium acquires UK-backed green hydrogen project from Storegga

Protium has acquired the 15MW UK government-backed Cromarty green hydrogen project amid a wider portfolio gain from climate technology developer Storegga.It fol…

China

New Chinese battery offers fresh hope for hydrogen storage

Chinese researchers have built a new type of battery that may solve one of the biggest challenges in clean energy: how to store hydrogen easily and efficiently.…

Japan

Steam leak prompts shutdown of nuclear reactor in central Japan

A nuclear power plant in Japan’s central Fukui Prefecture temporarily shut down one of its reactors on Friday morning after a steam leak was detected near…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Enugu targets 660MW coal-fired power plant, sets July groundbreaking date

The Enugu State Government announced plans to construct a 660MW coal-fired power plant, with construction to start in July.Mbah, speaking on 6 May, stated that …

United States

DOE's Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office to Release $430 Million to Improve America's Hydropower Fleet

The Department of Energy’s Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O) announced it will soon resume negotiations to issue nearly $430 million in payments to…

United States

Gunvor signs long-term LNG supply deal with Delfin Midstream

Commodity trading house Gunvor has ​signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and ‌purchase agreement with Delfin Midstream, it said in a statem…

China

Fuel loading completed at two new Chinese units

The initial loading of fuel assemblies into the cores of Taipingling unit 2 and Changjiang unit 3 - both Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors - has been completed ahe…

United States

Blue Energy and GE Vernova Accelerate Gas-Plus-Nuclear Approach for Powering American Communities and Fueling Global AI Leadership

Blue Energy, a developer of financeable, prefabricated nuclear power plants, and GE Vernova announced a strategically paired 2.5 GW nuclear and natural gas coll…

France

Ocean Winds delivers first power from floating offshore wind project in France

Ocean Winds (OW), the international offshore wind energy company created by EDP Renewables and ENGIE, has started electricity production at its 30 MW Éol…

Russian

Rosatom state nuclear energy corp. plans to launch No. 1 unit at Bangladesh NPP in coming days

Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation expects to launch the physical startup of the No. 1 unit at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh in the coming…

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…

India

Adani Green to invest ₹15,000 crore to add 10 gigawatt battery storage in FY27

Adani Green Energy Ltd. plans to invest about ₹15,000 crore to add more than 10 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of battery energy storage capacity in the current financia…