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Solar project

Invenergy Signs US PV PPA

Invenergy has entered into a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with the Grant County Public Utility District (Grant PUD) to supply 120MW of power from the …

Solar Power Plant

Q Energy Starts Building 44.5mw Solar PV Plant in Spain

Q ENERGY, based in Berlin, has launched construction of a 44.5MWp solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Teruel province, Spain. The project, located near Samper de C…

Thermal Plant

China Q1 Thermal Power Generation Falls Nearly 5% on Year

China Q1 Thermal Power Generation Falls Nearly 5% on YearChina’s thermal power generation, primarily coal-based, declined by 2.3% in March and 4.7% in the…

Nuclear Reactor

PALLAS Reactor Foundation Takes Shape

Construction of the PALLAS reactor near Petten, Netherlands, is advancing steadily, according to NRG PALLAS. Since mid-2022, the eastern side of the Energy & He…

Metal

Indian Polished Diamond Exports Decline to Two-Decade Low

India’s exports of cut and polished diamonds have reached their lowest level in nearly two decades, according to the Indian Gems and Jewellery Export Prom…

Crude Oil

Chevron Must Return Venezuelan Oil Before Sanctions Deadline, Sources Say

Chevron Corp. has been directed to return nearly 1 million barrels of oil to Venezuela’s state-owned company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA (PDVSA), affecting…

Photovoltaic （PV）

RWE Starts Work on Solar Park at Opencast Mine

RWE initiated construction of a new solar plant at the Hambach opencast mine in Germany. Located in the Düren district near Niederzier, North Rhine-Westpha…

Oil Shale

Shale Drillers Idle U.S. Rigs at Fastest Pace in Almost Two Years

U.S. shale drilling activity slowed significantly this week, marking the steepest decline in nearly two years, as global trade uncertainties weigh on energy dem…

Crude Oil

USA Crude Flows to China Trickle to Near Zero After Tariff Blitz

The flow of oil from the United States to China, one of the world’s largest importers, is projected to drop significantly due to increasing trade tensions…

Pumped Storage

SSE Seeks Approval to Convert Sloy Plant to Pumped Storage

On April 9, 2025, SSE Renewables submitted a Section 36 planning application to the Scottish Government to transform the Sloy Power Station near Loch Lomond int…

Geothermal Drilling

Geothermal Exploration Drilling to Start in Magglingen, Switzerland by 2027

Exploratory drilling for the Magglingen geothermal project in Switzerland is set to begin by the end of 2027. The initiative aims to assess whether deep water s…

Hydrogen Production

HydePoint Joins Forces With Nel to Scale up Offshore and Nearshore Hydrogen Projects

Norwegian company HydePoint, a developer of hydrogen systems, has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Nel Hydrogen, a provider of electrolyzer…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Duke Energy Applies to Extend Robinson Nuclear Plant’s Licence

Duke Energy has applied to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for a subsequent licence renewal for its Robinson nuclear plant near Hartsville, South Car…

Gas turbine engine

Musk’s XAI Increased Tennessee Gas Turbines Without Permits, Community Groups Say

Elon Musk’s xAI has significantly increased the number of gas turbines at its Tennessee data center, nearly doubling the previously known count and exceed…

Metal

Masivo Silver to Acquire Cerro Colorado Project in Mexico

Masivo Silver, a Canadian junior mining company focused on silver and gold exploration, has completed an agreement with Minera GoldZone and its partners to acqu…