Electric

United Kingdom

€693 million financing to support UK’s subsea electricity superhighway

ScottishPower, through its parent company Iberdrola, has secured £600 million (around €693 million) in financing from the National Wealth Fund to sup…

Electric Vehicles

Honda, Sony hit pause on EV venture, scrap AFEELA launch

March 26 — Honda and Sony said yesterday they will put their electric-vehicle project on hold as they assess its future in a changing global market.Sony Honda …

Pumped Storage

Vietnam's first pumped-storage hydropower project secures two int'l loan deals

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) and French partners presented the loan agreements to the project developer at the EU – Vietnam Global Gateway Business and Investment…

Hydrogen Production

Samsung C&T Completes Korea's First Renewable-Only Hydrogen Facility

Samsung C&T's construction division has completed South Korea's first hydrogen energy production facility based on an off-grid system, a method of produ…

New Zealand

New Zealand ramps up EV charging network

The New Zealand Government is backing the rollout of more than 2,500 new public EV charge points with $52.7 million in zero-interest loans. The programme is sup…

Energy Storage System

Capacity Greenfield cleared to build 99.9-MW battery in England

Greenfield has secured planning permission for the Earls Barton battery energy storage system in Northamptonshire.The company said the project will support grid…

Philippines

Philippines eyes 'temporary' coal push to counter energy turmoil

The Philippines will try to boost the output of its coal-fired power plants to keep electricity costs down as the Middle East war wreaks havoc with gas shipment…

Nepal

Nepal seeks fourfold increase in hydropower supplies to India

Nepal aims to quadruple hydropower supplies to neighboring India, helping New Delhi meet its growing electricity needs.The Himalayan nation is looking to nearly…

India

Patel Engineering wins Rs 230.7 crore Bhutan hydro project package

Patel Engineering Limited (PEL) has received a letter of award worth Rs 230.70 crore from Dorjilung Hydro Power Limited for a pre-construction package of the 1,…

South Korea

POSCO International to build rare earth supply chain

March 23 -- POSCO International Corp., the trading arm of POSCO Holdings, said Monday it will build a global supply chain for heavy rare earth elements to stren…

Nuclear Reactor

Tepco Restarts No. 6 Reactor at Kashiwazaki-Kariwa Plant After Part Replacement

Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings (Tepco) announced on Sunday that the No. 6 reactor at its Kashiwazaki-Kariwa nuclear plant in Niigata Prefecture has resum…

Oil Pipeline

Hanwha to Acquire 324-MW Gas-Fired Power Plant in Texas ERCOT Market

Hanwha Energy has agreed to acquire a 324-MW natural gas-fired power plant in Texas, expanding its presence in the ERCOT market as electricity demand continues …

Canada

SaskPower to link north-south power grids with new transmission line

The Government of Saskatchewan has approved SaskPower’s North-South Transmission Systems Interconnection project. The new transmission lines, which will connec…

India

Tesla plans India push into energy storage as it expands beyond cars

March 20- Tesla is preparing to enter India's industrial energy storage market, according to a job ​ad on its website, pitting it against companies controlled …

South Korea

Hyundai supplies Xcient fuel cell trucks for Uruguay zero-emission logistics project

March 20th - Hyundai Motor Company announced on Friday that it has provided eight Xcient hydrogen fuel cell trucks to an environmental logistics project in Urug…