Electricity

Hydropower Plant

Contact Energy to Acquire Manawa Energy in $1.14bn Deal

Manawa Energy to be acquired by Contact Energy in $1.14bn deal. (Credit: guentherlig from Pixabay)Contact Energy has agreed to acquire New Zealand-based renewab…

Solar Power Plant

Egypt Set for Giant Solar-Plus-Battery Storage Project

Norway’s Scatec has signed a 25-year PPA with Egyptian Electricity Transmission Co. (EETC) for a 1 GW solar and 100 MW/200 MWh battery storage hybrid proj…

Solar Technology

Belgium to Allow Plug-in Solar Panels, Batteries

Synergrid, the federation of Belgian electricity and gas transmission and distribution system operators, will soon allow solar panels and household batteries wi…

Electricity Transmission

Australia Signs Deal to Boost Electrification Across Act

This will also support the transition to clean energy sources.Australia’s federal and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) governments have signed a Ren…

Photovoltaic （PV）

Argentina Begins 200 MW Photovoltaic Project

In order to increase its renewable energy capacity, Argentina will install a solar park with an estimated power of 200 MW that will provide clean electricity fo…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

First Hinkley Point B Reactor Free of Fuel

Hinkley Point B (Image: EDF Energy)The Hinkley Point B plant was first synchronised to the electricity grid in February 1976. The plant generated more than 311 …

Renewable Energy

Contact to Acquire Manawa in $1BN Deal for New Zealand’s Energy Sector

Manawa shareholders are expected to meet before the first half of 2025 (H1 2025). Credit: PX Media via Shutterstock.Renewable energy company Contact Energy has …

LNG

PV Power Receives $521.5m Loan for Vietnam’s First LNG to Electricity Plants

Citi and ING Germany alongside Korea Trade Insurance Corporation (K-Sure), and Swiss Export Risk Insurance (SERV) have closed a 12-year financing loan worth $52…

Solar project

Harmony Energy to Build Nearly 150 MW Solar Projects in New Zealand

Harmony Energy has expanded its New Zealand portfolio with resource consent for the 75 megawatt (MW) Ōpunake and 73.5 MW Marton solar power plants.According to…

Electricity Transmission

US Approves Major Transmission Project in Nevada

Electricity transmission towers are seen in the Nevada desert near the Copper Mountain Solar Project, in Boulder City, Nevada March 21, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed…

Electricity Transmission

US Power Use Expected to Reach Record Highs in 2024 and 2025, Eia Says

The downtown Los Angeles skyline is seen behind an electricity pylon at sunrise in Los Angeles, California U.S. November 8, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Ph…

Solar Power Plant

JSW Neo Energy Secures 600 MW Hybrid Power Project in Maharashtra

JSW Neo Energy Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JSW Energy Limited, has been awarded a 600 MW wind-solar hybrid power project by Maharashtra State Electric…

Microgrid

Huawei Photovoltaic Microgrid for Red Sea Project Offers 1 Billion Kwh Solar Power per Year

Huawei has developed the world’s largest microgrid power station which delivers 1 billion kWh power supply per year. The new solution will play a signific…

Energy Storage Project

Matrix Energia Building 224MWH of Battery Storage Capacity With Brazil’s First Green Bond

Credit: Vitalii Stock via Shutterstock.Brazilian electricity company Matrix Energia has completed Brazil’s first green debentures issuance worth $100m Bra…

Electricity Transmission

US Approves Major Transmission Project in Nevada

Electricity transmission towers are seen in the Nevada desert near the Copper Mountain Solar Project, in Boulder City, Nevada March 21, 2012. REUTERS/Jason Reed…