Power

Wave Energy

Seaturns Raises €2.45 Million to Launch Full-Scale Wave Energy Demonstrator

On July 4, 2025, Bordeaux-based Seaturns, a French wave energy developer, announced it secured €2.45 million through a fundraising campaign on the LITA.co …

Solar Power Plant

Sinopec Launches First Floating Offshore Solar Plant in China’s Seawater Zone

China Petroleum & Chemical Corporation (Sinopec), in collaboration with Shandong Province and Qingdao Municipality, has begun operations at China’s first …

Netherlands

World’s First Hybrid Solar-Powered Inland Shipping Vessel Starts Work

Dutch solar technology company Wattlab and German inland shipping company HGK Shipping have introduced the Blue Marlin, the world’s first inland vessel to…

Offshore Wind Power

Mona Offshore Wind Project in UK Secures Development Consent

The UK’s Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero has approved the development of the 1,500MW Mona offshore wind farm, located in the eastern I…

Nuclear Reactor

Fives Nordon to Build Boilermaking Equipment for EDF Nuclear Reactors

Fives Nordon, a French engineering firm, has secured a contract from EDF to manufacture 300 pieces of boilermaking equipment for six new nuclear reactors in Fra…

Solar Tracker

GameChange Solar Gains Solar Tracker Contract for Egyptian Project

GameChange Solar has entered an agreement with CEEC-ZTPC to provide its Genius Tracker 1P Single Row system for the Abydos solar photovoltaic (PV) plant –…

Electricity Trade

Hut 8 Secures Five-Year Power Contracts in Ontario, Canada

Hut 8, a power generation company, has secured five-year capacity contracts with the Ontario Independent Electricity System Operator (IESO) for 310MW of power g…

Wind Farm

Gulf of Suez Wind Farm II in Egypt Begins Operations

On July 4, 2025, the 650MW Gulf of Suez Wind Farm II in Egypt started commercial operations, delivering clean electricity to power approximately 1.1 million hou…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

EDF to Spend Estimated $7 Billion on Extending Life of Nuclear Plants

On July 3, 2025, French utility EDF announced plans to invest 6 billion euros ($7.05 billion) to extend the operational life of 20 nuclear reactors. This follow…

Virtual power plants

AGL Energy Buys South Australia’s Virtual Power Plant From Tesla

On July 4, 2025, AGL Energy, an Australian power retailer, announced its acquisition of the South Australia Virtual Power Plant (SAVPP) from Tesla. This move st…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Dominion Approved to Expand VC Summer Nuclear Station Operations

Dominion Energy’s VC Summer nuclear station in Fairfield County, South Carolina, has been granted a 20-year operating license extension by the U.S. Nuclea…

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 …

Solar Power Plant

RWE to Build Solar Plant for Kronos

RWE is set to construct a ground-mounted photovoltaic solar plant for Kronos Titan in Nordenham, Lower Saxony, Germany. The 24.7 MWp facility will be built on a…

Wind Power Project

Enova Acquires German Wind Portfolio

Enova Value has acquired a portfolio of six onshore wind farms in Germany, with approximately 100 MW of repowering potential. The wind farms, which currently ha…

Solar Power Plant

UAE Launches 60 MW Solar Plant to Power Gas Complex, Grid

Sharjah National Oil Corporation (SNOC) has officially commissioned the first utility-scale solar power facility in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The 60 MWp SA…