Electric

India

EIM, HPCL Partner to Expand EV Charging and Battery Swapping Infrastructure in India

Karnataka-based Energy In Motion (EIM) has signed an agreement with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to establish and operate fast-charging and ba…

South Africa

Malawi Switches On 20-MW Battery Storage System to Stabilize Power Supply

July 27 — Malawi has completed the installation of a 20-megawatt utility-scale battery storage system, the only facility of its kind in southern Africa outside…

Mozambique

Jindal Group Invests $160 Million to Electrify Mozambique’s Moatize Coal Mine

Indian industrialist Naveen Jindal’s group is investing $160 million to electrify the Vulcan-operated Moatize coal mine in Mozambique’s Tete provinc…

Spain

Ford and Geely Reach Deal for EV Production at Spanish Plant

Ford Motor and China’s Geely have reached a landmark agreement on July 22 under which the U.S. automaker will sell part of its Almussafes plant near Valencia, …

Power Construction

Egypt Secures $391 Million Grid Investment to Support Renewable Energy Projects

Egypt has secured a $391 million investment from an Egyptian-Emirati consortium to strengthen its electricity transmission infrastructure and connect renewable …

Pakistan

KP Completes Two Mini-Micro Hydropower Projects in Upper Dir

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government has completed two mini-micro hydropower projects with a combined capacity of 342 kilowatts in Upper Dir district, providing lo…

United States

California Launches $3,500 EV Rebate for First-Time Buyers

California will introduce a new $3,500 instant rebate for first-time electric vehicle buyers later this summer, moving to offset the cancellation of federal EV …

Germany

Hitachi Energy to Deliver Advanced Grid Connection for Kauri CAB Data Center in Frankfurt

July 13, 2026 — Hitachi Energy has been awarded an order to provide an advanced grid connection solution for a new data center developed by Kauri CAB Digital I…

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan Says Around 50 Hydropower Plants Are Under Construction

July 13, 2026 — Around 50 hydropower plants are currently under construction in Kyrgyzstan, according to a report released by the press service of the Presiden…

China

CATL & CarbonScape Strike Deal on 'Biographite' EV Batteries

Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Ltd. (CATL), the world’s largest electric-vehicle and energy-storage battery manufacturer, has taken a strategic stake in N…

United States

SMT Energy, Axpo Sign Seven-Year Battery Storage Swap Agreement in ERCOT

July 7, 2026 — SMT Energy and Axpo have signed a 120 MW, seven-year battery storage swap agreement linked to SMT Energy’s Houston IV BESS, a newly operational…

France

Airbus and MTU Plan Joint Venture for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Aircraft Engine

Airbus and MTU Aero Engines plan to deepen their collaboration by creating a joint venture focused on developing and commercialising a fully electric hydrogen f…

United States

North Carolina Launches $5.9 Million Grid Modernization Project for Rural Communities

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s State Energy Office and Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corp. have launched a $5.9 million grid …

China

Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 Connected to Grid for First Time

Unit 2 of the Taipingling nuclear power plant in Guangdong province has supplied electricity to the grid for the first time, China General Nuclear announced.(Im…

Poland

Uniper and Respect Energy Sign Six-Year Solar Power Purchase Agreements in Poland

Uniper and Respect Energy have signed six-year Power Purchase Agreements for electricity and Guarantees of Origin generated from four new Uniper photovoltaic as…