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Italy

Italy prepares for return of nuclear power

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said her government is preparing to launch a new framework in the coming months aimed at reintroducing nuclear energy …

Canada

Canada plans to double capacity of electricity grid by 2050

Canada on May 14 unveiled a C$1 trillion ($729 billion) strategy to double ​the capacity of its electricity grid by 2050, citing ‌rapidly increasing power…

Mexico

Grupo Carso Advances Geothermal Plant in Celaya

Grupo Carso emerges as the first private conglomerate in Mexico to pursue large-scale geothermal energy development through its subsidiary Energías Alter…

China

New Chinese battery offers fresh hope for hydrogen storage

Chinese researchers have built a new type of battery that may solve one of the biggest challenges in clean energy: how to store hydrogen easily and efficiently.…

Latvia

Latvia greenlights €5m biomethane grid project

The Latvian government has approved proposals by the Ministry of Climate and Energy for the construction of two new biomethane injection points at a cost of &eu…

Uzbekistan

ADB and Acwa sign US$116 million financing package to support wind power in Uzbekistan

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has signed a US$116 million financing package with Acwa to support the development, construction, operation, and transfer of a …

United States

DOE's Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office to Release $430 Million to Improve America's Hydropower Fleet

The Department of Energy’s Hydropower and Hydrokinetic Office (H2O) announced it will soon resume negotiations to issue nearly $430 million in payments to…

United States

Blue Energy and GE Vernova Accelerate Gas-Plus-Nuclear Approach for Powering American Communities and Fueling Global AI Leadership

Blue Energy, a developer of financeable, prefabricated nuclear power plants, and GE Vernova announced a strategically paired 2.5 GW nuclear and natural gas coll…

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…

Norway

Norway offers up to 70 new oil and gas drilling permits

Norway's ​government said on May 5 it is offering ‌70 new blocks for energy companies to explore for oil and gas in its annual licensing round as the ​co…

Russian

Rosatom state nuclear energy corp. plans to launch No. 1 unit at Bangladesh NPP in coming days

Rosatom state nuclear energy corporation expects to launch the physical startup of the No. 1 unit at the Rooppur Nuclear Power Plant in Bangladesh in the coming…

Canada

Oil giant Shell to buy Canada’s ARC Resources for $16.4 billion in push to boost output

Shell has agreed to buy Canadian energy company ARC Resources in a $16.4 billion deal, paid for mostly with shares, the British firm said on April 27.ARC will b…

United States

Overview Energy, Meta announce space solar partnership for data centers

Overview Energy and tech giant Meta have inked a first of its kind partnership to power Meta data centers with U.S.-built space solar energy through satellites.…

India

Adani Green to invest ₹15,000 crore to add 10 gigawatt battery storage in FY27

Adani Green Energy Ltd. plans to invest about ₹15,000 crore to add more than 10 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of battery energy storage capacity in the current financia…

South Korea

South Korea, Vietnam agree to boost nuclear energy, high-tech cooperation

Vietnam and South ‌Korea's leaders agreed to boost cooperation in nuclear energy and high-tech at a meeting in Hanoi on April 22, as the two countries …