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United States

Google Signs $3BN Hydropower Deal for Pennsylvania Data Centres

Google and Brookfield Asset Management have entered a 20-year framework agreement to supply up to 3 gigawatts (GW) of hydropower for Google’s data centers…

Nuclear Reactor

Westinghouse Plans Ten AP1000 Reactors in the USA

On July 15, at the inaugural Pennsylvania Energy Summit and Expo in Pittsburgh, Westinghouse Electric Company’s interim CEO, Dan Sumner, announced plans t…

Metal

BHP Exits $2.5 Billion Tanzania Nickel Project, Partner Lifezone Says

Lifezone Metals, a NYSE-listed company, announced on Friday that it will acquire BHP Group’s 17% equity interest in Kabanga Nickel Limited (KNL), the majo…

Energy Storage Project

Argentina’s First Energy Storage Tender Secures 1.35 GW of Bids

This week, the Argentinian government opened bids for the AlmaGBA tender, initiated in February 2025 to procure 500 MW of battery energy storage system (BESS) c…

Green Hydrogen

South Korea’s YPP to Invest up to $3.1b in Green Hydrogen Production in Kazakhstan

South Korea’s YPP and Kazakhstan’s Kazakh Invest have signed a framework agreement to develop the Green Energy Complex, a green hydrogen and ammonia…

Power Construction

Clean Energy Powered Two-Thirds of California’s Electricity Grid in 2023

In 2023, California reached a significant milestone, with 67% of its retail electricity sales derived from renewable and zero-carbon sources, a 61% increase fro…

United States

Port of Long Beach Celebrates 20 Years of Environmental Excellence

Since launching its sustainability initiatives in 2005, the Port of Long Beach (POLB) in California has reduced emissions from port-related sources by 92% for d…

Offshore Wind Power

Estonia Rejects Saare 7 Offshore Wind Bids

In June 2025, Estonia’s Consumer Protection and Technical Regulatory Authority (CPTRA) declined to grant licenses for the Saare 7 offshore wind area, cove…

Wind Power Project

Romania Approves 461MW Vifor Wind Expansion

The Romanian Energy Regulatory Authority has granted an extended Setting Up Authorisation for Phase 2 of Rezolv’s Vifor wind farm, increasing its total ca…

SMR

Lithuania to Consider Deployment of Newcleo SMRs

On July 9, 2025, in Rome, Lithuania’s Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant and France-based Newcleo signed a memorandum of understanding to assess the potential o…

United States

Skanska, Flatirondragados to Build $1BN Washington DC Rail Bridge

A joint venture between FlatironDragados and Skanska has been awarded a $1 billion contract by the Virginia Passenger Rail Authority to construct the Long Bridg…

China

China Contracts up to 700 Thsd Tons of Ukrainian New Crop Barley

A rise in demand from China has driven up domestic barley prices by $8, with the delivery price reaching $240 CIF ($203 FOB Odessa). This increase reflects grow…

China

BHP Signs Charters With COSCO for Ammonia-Powered Newcastlemax Newbuilds

BHP has entered into five-year charter agreements with COSCO Shipping Bulk for two new ammonia dual-fuelled Newcastlemax bulk carriers. Each vessel will have a …

Norway

$75 Million Earmarked to Level up Norwegian Emission-Free Shipping Game

Norwegian state-owned enterprise Enova has granted approximately NOK 763 million (around $75.5 million) to support the development of hydrogen- and ammonia-powe…

Ammonia

LR Joins Green Ammonia Project Ra in Egypt

UK-based Lloyd’s Register (LR) has signed a memorandum of understanding with German developer DAI Infrastruktur to support Project Ra, a large-scale green…