Electric

Switzerland

ABB to invest $200 million in medium-voltage equipment production in Europe

ABB will invest about $200 million to expand production of medium-voltage grid equipment in Europe to meet ​rising power demand from data centres, electric car…

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 …

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…

China

Rosatom Ensures Readiness of Control Systems for Start-Up Operations at Tianwan NPP Unit 7 in China

Specialized Scientific Research Institute for Instrumentation Engineering JSC (SNIIP JSC, a company of the Instrumentation & Control and Electrical Engineering …

China

CATL’s Shenxing 3rd Gen Battery Hits Full Charge in Under Seven Minutes

At its CATL Tech Day, Contemporary Amperex Technology Co. Limited rolled out the third generation of its Shenxing LFP battery, and the headline number is the ki…

Italy

Italy's Ferrari sets price of first electric car at over $640,000

Italian luxury sportscar ​maker Ferrari has ‌settled on a preliminary ​price of ​about 550,000 euros ($647,130.00) for ⁠its first ​fully electric ​superc…

Congo

Rosatom, Congo working on project to build 2 small HHPs with total capacity of 2.6 MW

Russia's Rosatom State Nuclear Energy Corporation and the Congolese government are working on a pilot project to build two small modular hydroelectric power…

South Korea

Hyundai Electric builds Korea’s largest eco-friendly transformer

The HD Hyundai subsidiary said on April 16 the accomplished product will head to a substation in the United Kingdom operated by National Grid, a local utility c…

China

BYD notches up 100,000th delivery of electric and hybrid cars in Australia

Chinese car maker BYD has announced it will bring an extra 30,000 new energy vehicles – both full battery electric and plug in hybrids – to Australi…

Electric Vehicles

VW to stop making its top electric vehicle in the US

Volkswagen said on April 9 it will end production of the ID.4 electric SUV out of ‌its Tennessee plant this month, citing a challenging time for the U.S. e…

United States

New Jersey Lifts De Facto Ban on New Nuclear Energy Projects

On April 8, the state of New Jersey lifted its de facto ban on new nuclear energy projects within the state. Currently, as the growth rate of electricity demand…

United States

Westinghouse Establishes Standard AP1000® Plant for Fleet-Scale Deployment in U.S.

April 6, 2026 – Westinghouse Electric Company has submitted Revision 20 of the AP1000® Design Control Document (DCD) to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Co…

United States

Microsoft, Chevron and Engine No. 1 sign exclusive deal for power supply

Microsoft, Chevron, and investment fund Engine No. 1 announced an exclusivity agreement on March 31 aimed at collaborating on power generation and supply. The p…

China

Volvo Cars to exclusively sell Lynk & Co electric cars in Europe

Volvo Cars has signed a memorandum of understanding with Chinese company Geely Auto to become the exclusive importer and distributor of Lynk & Co electric vehic…