Electricity

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

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…

United Kingdom

Iberdrola Awards $4B Contracts for UK Subsea Power Link

Iberdrola has awarded contracts to Siemens Energy and Prysmian, worth more than $4 billion (€3.5 billion), for the development of the Eastern Green Link 4 …

Hydropower Plant

ANDRITZ to supply 10 turbines for hydropower plant modernisation in Serbia

Energotehnika Južna Backa has selected international technology group, ANDRITZ, to supply 10 new turbines for the modernisation of the Vlasinske hydropower pla…

Vietnam

EVN signs power deal for 1,200 MW LNG plant in Ho Chi Minh City

On March 26, Vietnam Electricity (EVN) and Hiep Phuoc Power Co., Ltd. signed the Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) and held a groundbreaking ceremony for the plant…

Solar project

Axpo Signs Solar PPA with McDonald’s Spain to Supply 83 GWh Annually

Axpo has entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) with McDonald’s franchises in Spain to supply renewable electricity from a newly developed solar power c…

Solar Power Plant

LG Electronics India inks 25-year solar deals to power two manufacturing plants

LG Electronics India signed long-term solar power purchase agreements with Hinduja Renewables Energy Private Limited (HREPL) and Sunsure Energy on March 25 to s…

Vietnam

Novatek mulling LNG supplies to Vietnam, starting at 1 mln tonnes per year

March 26 - Novatek is in talks to supply liquefied natural gas to private companies in Vietnam, starting at 1 million tonnes per year, company CEO Leonid Mikhel…

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…

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…

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…

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…