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Italy

Altea Green Power Receives Approval for 80 MW Battery Storage Project in Piedmont

Aug. 11, 2026 — Altea Green Power (AGP.MI) said the Italian Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security has authorized a new 80 MW battery energy storage s…

New Zealand

Waitaki Hydro Scheme Gains 30MW in Generation Capacity

Meridian Energy has increased the maximum operating capacity of three hydropower stations in New Zealand’s Waitaki scheme, adding a combined 30MW of renew…

Denmark

Vattenfall Wins Danish Tender for Hesselø and North Sea I Mid Offshore Wind Projects

Vattenfall has been awarded the Hesselø and North Sea I Mid offshore wind projects in Denmark’s latest offshore wind tender, expanding the company&…

OPEC+ Approves September Oil Output Increase as Voluntary Cut Rollback Ends

OPEC+ approved an oil production quota increase of about 188,000 barrels per day from September, the producer group said on August 2, completing the unwinding o…

Nevis Geothermal Project Set to Enter Drilling Phase Later This Year

July 28, 2026 — The long-awaited Nevis Geothermal Project is moving into a critical new phase, with a drilling rig expected to be mobilized in the coming weeks…

Hydrogen Project

PosHYdon Produces First Green Hydrogen on Operational North Sea Platform

The PosHYdon pilot project has successfully produced green hydrogen on the operational offshore platform Q13a-A in the North Sea, marking a milestone in the off…

South Africa

Malawi Switches On 20-MW Battery Storage System to Stabilize Power Supply

July 27 — Malawi has completed the installation of a 20-megawatt utility-scale battery storage system, the only facility of its kind in southern Africa outside…

United States

ESS Tech Signs LOI With Juniper Energy for 500 MWh Sodium-Ion Battery Deployment

ESS Tech, Inc. has signed a Letter of Intent with Juniper Energy LLC to deploy 500 MWh or more of sodium-ion battery energy storage systems, the company announc…

United States

Trump Administration Plans Nuclear Cooperation Deal With Saudi Arabia

The Trump administration plans to announce on July 22 that it has reached a broad nuclear cooperation agreement with Saudi Arabia, U.S. officials said, a deal t…

Gas power plant

Alliant Energy Seeks Air Permit for Morgan Valley Natural Gas Plant Amid Air Quality Concerns

Alliant Energy has submitted a 309-page air quality permit application for its proposed Morgan Valley Natural Gas power plant in Linn County near the Benton Cou…

France

PNE Group Wins French Tender for 22 MW Oinville-Saint-Liphard Wind Farm

PNE Group has secured a success in the latest French wind power tender, with its Oinville-Saint-Liphard wind farm selected among 39 awarded projects.The tender,…

Kazakhstan

Kyrgyzstan Says Around 50 Hydropower Plants Are Under Construction

July 13, 2026 — Around 50 hydropower plants are currently under construction in Kyrgyzstan, according to a report released by the press service of the Presiden…

China

Liu Xinshun Reconstructs Chemical Production with "Standards + Algorithms + Systems": 15 Days → 48 Hours, Energy Consumption Down 22.7%

In the transnational lithium battery electrolyte production sector, structural pain points—including process adaptation relying on manual experience resulting …

United States

SMT Energy, Axpo Sign Seven-Year Battery Storage Swap Agreement in ERCOT

July 7, 2026 — SMT Energy and Axpo have signed a 120 MW, seven-year battery storage swap agreement linked to SMT Energy’s Houston IV BESS, a newly operational…

China

Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 Connected to Grid for First Time

Unit 2 of the Taipingling nuclear power plant in Guangdong province has supplied electricity to the grid for the first time, China General Nuclear announced.(Im…