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United States

US to end more offshore wind leases in exchange for fossil fuel investments

President Donald Trump's administration said on April 27 that it had reached a deal to end two more ‌U.S. offshore wind leases in exchange for $885 mil…

Canada

Oil giant Shell to buy Canada’s ARC Resources for $16.4 billion in push to boost output

Shell has agreed to buy Canadian energy company ARC Resources in a $16.4 billion deal, paid for mostly with shares, the British firm said on April 27.ARC will b…

China

Rosatom Ensures Readiness of Control Systems for Start-Up Operations at Tianwan NPP Unit 7 in China

Specialized Scientific Research Institute for Instrumentation Engineering JSC (SNIIP JSC, a company of the Instrumentation & Control and Electrical Engineering …

Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan launches industrial production of gasoline with bioethanol made from grain processing waste

Kazakhstan has begun industrial production of Bi-95 automotive fuel with the addition of bioethanol made from grain processing waste, the Kazakh Agriculture Min…

Russian

Druzhba pipeline restarts Russian oil flows to Europe

Russian oil flowed through the Ukrainian section of the Druzhba pipeline on April 22 after a halt lasting months, officials ​said.Hungarian oil group said that…

Turkmenistan

Turkmenistan's president orders creation of state enterprise for Phase IV of Galkynysh gas field

Turkmen President Serdar Berdimuhamedov has signed a decree establishing the state enterprise Galkynyshgaz within the state-owned company Turkmengaz, the Neutra…

United States

US judge blocks Trump administration actions stymieing wind, solar projects

A federal ​judge on April 21 blocked President Donald Trump's administration from enforcing a series of permitting policies that wind and solar ‌energ…

Afghanistan

CASA-1000 power transmission project to launch in summer 2027 after work completed in Afghanistan

Work in Afghanistan on infrastructure to connect to the CASA-1000 Central Asia - South Asia regional power transmission project will be completed in the spring …

Design efficiency up 70%: Digital platform transforms lighting project delivery, says industry innovator Chen Donghong

Lighting design has long been slowed by disjointed software, repeated modeling, and inconsistent on-site results. Now a fully integrated digital platform develo…

United States

US solar cell maker Suniva investing $350 million in South Carolina expansion

U.S. solar manufacturer Suniva said on April 14 it will invest $350 million in a South Carolina cell factory, with production starting in early 2027.The ​facil…

Germany

Sunfire Launches New 50-Megawatt Electrolyzer System for the Next Phase of Industrial Green Hydrogen Scale‑up

April 14 ,Sunfire has launched HyLink® Alkaline 23, a new outdoor pressurized alkaline electrolyzer system. The 50-megawatt electrolyzer module is designed …

Norway

Equinor aims to sell 8% stake in solar energy firm Scatec

Norway's Equinor said on April 13 it is contemplating a ​sale of some 12.9 million ​shares in Scatec, representing around ⁠8.1% of the ​solar energy fir…

Botswana

Botswana signs energy and mineral exploration deals with Oman

Botswana's president has clinched multiple ​agreements with Oman, including on mineral exploration, oil storage infrastructure and renewable ‌power, d…

Solar Power Plant

Qualitas Energy acquires 376 MWp of Polish solar

Investment fund Qualitas Energy has acquired a portfolio of nine Polish solar plants with a total installed capacity of 376MWp.The portfolio has been acquired f…

Russian

Roscosmos says working with Kurchatov Institute, Rosatom to resume nuclear-powered rocket engine research

April 9 ,Roscosmos is working together with the Kurchatov Institute and Rosatom to resume nuclear-powered rocket engine research, Roscosmos Space Systems Depart…