Energy

Geothermal Power Plant

Ormat Secures EPC Contract for 101-MW Te Mihi 2 Geothermal Power Plant, New Zealand

Te Mihi geothermal plant, New ZealandOrmat Technologies (Ormat) has been awarded the Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract valued at approxi…

Electricity Transmission

IndiGrid, BII, and Norfund Form $300 Million Platform to Develop Greenfield Transmission and BESS Projects in India

IndiGrid has partnered with British International Investment (BII) and Norfund to form a $300 million platform, EnerGrid, to develop greenfield transmission and…

Floating Solar

Tata Power Renewable Energy Commissions 126 MW Floating Solar Project in Madhya Pradesh

The 126 MW floating solar installation in Omkareshwar features 213,460 bifacial glass-to-glass modules.Tata Power Renewable Energy Ltd (TPREL), an arm of Tata P…

Oil & Gas Trade

Coterra To Buy Permian Shale Assets In $4 Billion Deal

Texas oil and natural gas producer Coterra Energy Inc. has reached agreements with two closely-held companies to buy assets in the Permian Basin for $3.95 billi…

Solar project

Engie Solar Farm in Malaysia Secures PPA With STMicroelectronics

Engie’s 30 MW solar farm will supply power to STMicroelectronics’ large-volume test & assembly site in Malaysia.BKH Solar Sdn Bhd, an entity jointly…

Solar project

Horizon Power Solar and BESS Projects Free Remote Towns of Diesel Dependence

The Norseman 758 kW solar and 336 kWh BESS is one of six projects completed by Pacific Energy for Horizon Power.In partnership with remote renewables developer …

Electric Vehicle Battery

Rivian and VW Finalize Electrical Architecture and Software JV; VW UPS Investment to $5.8B

Rivian and Volkswagen have finalized their joint venture, Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies. VW will invest up to $5.8 billion by 2027, 16% more than the…

Natural Gas

Republic Of Congo Aims To Accelerate Oil, Gas, Sustainable Projects

The Republic of Congo (RoC) is preparing to launch a Gas Master Plan and new Gas Code, all while enticing investment in crude exploration and production. Speaki…

Electric Vehicles

Rho Motion: More Than 1.7M EVs Sold Globally in October, Overtaking the Previous Monthly Record; China Growth Leader

EV research-house Rho Motion reported that more than 1.7 million EVs were sold over the month of October—overtaking the previous record, set in September 2023,…

Virtual power plants

The Great Untapped Potential of Virtual Power Plants

We need every tool in the toolkit to improve grid reliability, and we need them now, RMI’s managing director, Mark Dyson, told the pv magazine USA Week au…

Nuclear Policy

US Sets Targets to Triple Nuclear Energy Capacity by 2050

The United States announced new nuclear energy deployment targets at the UN climate summit (COP29) in Baku, Azerbaijan. As outlined in the framework, the aim is…

Greece

Greece Launches 200 MW Battery Storage Auction

Interested parties can submit bids by December 23. Awarded projects will be announced in February 2025 and need to be connected to the grid by April 2026.The Gr…

Solar project

US Solar Project Transforms Contaminated Brownfield Site

Thirty years in the making, but the site of a former circuit board recycling facility is now generating 7 MW of solar energy and providing power to 960 subscrib…

Finland

Testing to Start On 100 MWh Sand-Based Thermal Battery in Finland

The Sand Battery will stand about 13 meters high and 15 meters wideFinnish startup Polar Night Energy is building an industrial-scale thermal energy storage sys…

Solar project

Financing Secured for Solar-Plus-Storage Project in Senegal

Madagascar-based Axian Energy has obtained €84 million ($89.2 million) of financing for a solar-plus-storage project, featuring a 60 MW solar plant and a 7…