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Norway

Statkraft Seeks Licence for New Mår Hydropower Plant in Norway

Statkraft has submitted a licence application to the Norwegian Water Resources and Energy Directorate for a new Mår power plant in Rjukan, Tinn municipali…

Ireland

Hitachi Energy announces €4 million investment into new Service Center in Dublin to strengthen Ireland’s grid resilience

June 29, 2026 - Hitachi Energy is investing €4 million ($4.7 million) into the development of the new Service Centre in Dublin North Park, scheduled…

World Bank to abandon goal to devote 45% of lending resources to climate change projects

The World Bank Group said on June 29 it will "retire" its previous goal ‌to devote 45% of its annual lending resources to projects with climate co-benefits…

Suriname

Petronas makes new gas find at Suriname offshore block, discoveries equivalent to 1 billion barrels

Malaysia's state-controlled energy producer Petronas has made another gas ‌discovery at offshore Block 52 in Suriname, the South American country's…

Canada

Canada sets out plan for up to 10 new nuclear reactors

Canada unveiled a strategy on June 22 ​to accelerate the development of ‌nuclear power, setting out a goal of building up to 10 ​new large-scale reactors…

India

Reactor pressure vessel installed at Indian nuclear plant

The 320-tonne vessel which will house the core of unit 5 at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in India was lifted by crane into place in a precision operation …

Venezuela

Venezuela, GE Vernova sign cooperation agreement on power supply

Venezuela's government and electricity supply company GE Vernova signed ​a memorandum of understanding on June 15.Interim ⁠President Delcy Rodriguez said …

China

Chinese Scientists Achieve Mass Production of High-Purity Silicon-28 Isotope for Quantum Computing

Engineers at the Research Institute of Physical and Chemical Engineering of Nuclear Industry, a Tianjin-based subsidiary of China National Nuclear Corp (CNNC), …

United States

Trump taps defense funding for Indiana coal upgrades

President Donald Trump announced he’d direct $700 million in national defense and energy funding to refurbish or build coal power infrastructure across the cou…

Oil & Gas Trade

S. Korea, Saudi Arabia sign agreement on crude oil, gas cooperation

South Korea and Saudi Arabia have signed an agreement to seek cooperation in the energy resources industry, including crude oil and natural gas, amid recent vol…

Malaysia

Weng Yat To Supply Biomass To Japan, Targets RM60 Mil Annual Revenue

MALAYSIAN biomass producer Weng Yat Resources Sdn Bhd has sealed a deal to build a biomass supply platform for Japan with more than RM60 mil in the annual reven…

Electric Vehicle Charging

Optimus Energy Solutions Acquires South Carolina EV Fast-Charging Network

Optimus Energy Solutions (OES) has acquired and will continue operating a major electric vehicle fast-charging network in South Carolina. Originally developed t…

United States

Green Service Insulation Expands Residential Insulation Services Across South Florida to Help Homeowners Reduce Energy Costs

Green Service Insulation, a leading insulation solutions provider based in Hollywood, Florida, announced on June 10 the expansion of its residential insulation …

United States

Voltus Acquires Brightfield AI to Accelerate Energy Storage Deployment

Voltus, Inc., the leading virtual power plant (VPP) operator and distributed energy resource (DER) platform, announced on June 10 its acquisition of Brightfield…

China

Failure Rate Dropped from Industry Average 18% to 0.3%: Zhang Ying Reshapes Industrial Measurement Reliability Standards with Ultra-High-Temperature Molten Salt Measurement Technology

In the industrial measurement and control and energy equipment sector, long-standing pain points—including measurement instability under ultra-high-temperature…