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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…

United Kingdom

Protium acquires UK-backed green hydrogen project from Storegga

Protium has acquired the 15MW UK government-backed Cromarty green hydrogen project amid a wider portfolio gain from climate technology developer Storegga.It fol…

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.…

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 …

Switzerland

ABB to invest $200 million in medium-voltage equipment production in Europe

ABB will invest about $200 million to expand production of medium-voltage grid equipment in Europe to meet ​rising power demand from data centres, electric car…

United Kingdom

Thistle Wind Partners Submits Offshore Consent Application for 1 GW Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm to Scottish Government

Thistle Wind Partners (TWP) has taken the next step in the development of its Bowdun Offshore Wind Farm project with the submission of its offshore consent appl…

United States

SEG Solar Announces New US 4 GW Solar Module Factory

SEG Solar ("SEG"), a U.S. solar module manufacturer, announced that it will establish a new 4-gigawatt (GW) solar manufacturing facility in Houston, Texas. Buil…

Japan

Steam leak prompts shutdown of nuclear reactor in central Japan

A nuclear power plant in Japan’s central Fukui Prefecture temporarily shut down one of its reactors on Friday morning after a steam leak was detected near…

Australia

Blackwater mine extension proposal advances

Whitehaven Coal is progressing the paperwork for an extension project at its Blackwater operation that would give it access to another 200Mt of coal and take mi…

Coal-Fired Power Plants

Enugu targets 660MW coal-fired power plant, sets July groundbreaking date

The Enugu State Government announced plans to construct a 660MW coal-fired power plant, with construction to start in July.Mbah, speaking on 6 May, stated that …

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

Gunvor signs long-term LNG supply deal with Delfin Midstream

Commodity trading house Gunvor has ​signed a long-term liquefied natural gas (LNG) sale and ‌purchase agreement with Delfin Midstream, it said in a statem…

China

Fuel loading completed at two new Chinese units

The initial loading of fuel assemblies into the cores of Taipingling unit 2 and Changjiang unit 3 - both Hualong One (HPR1000) reactors - has been completed ahe…