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United States

North Carolina Launches $5.9 Million Grid Modernization Project for Rural Communities

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s State Energy Office and Surry-Yadkin Electric Membership Corp. have launched a $5.9 million grid …

Gas turbine engine

Gas-fired power plant planned for Banana

Plans for a new Central Queensland gas turbine power station with a generation capacity of up to 850MW are moving through the approvals process.The gas-fired pl…

United States

Kempower, PowerUp America Open 800-kW EV Charging Site in Kentucky

Kempower and PowerUp America have opened a four-dispenser, 800-kW electric vehicle charging site in Manchester, Kentucky, marking the first location in the comp…

United States

Tesla Reports Q2 2026 Production, Deliveries and Energy Storage Deployment

Tesla, Inc. reported on July 2 that it produced more than 450,000 vehicles and delivered over 480,000 vehicles in the second quarter of 2026.The company also de…

Canada

Canada Plans New Alberta-to-Pacific Oil Pipeline to Expand Asian Exports

Canada has announced on July 2 plans to build a new oil pipeline from Alberta to the Pacific coast, a project aimed at expanding the country’s export capa…

Spain

Statkraft wins over EUR 38m in aid for wind farm repowering in Spain

Norwegian power company Statkraft has secured more than EUR 38 million (USD 43.3m) in Spanish public funding to repower old wind farms with a combined capacity …

United Kingdom

UK's National Grid bets $1.75 billion on AI power boom with Joulent investment

Britain's National ‌Grid said on July 1 it will invest $1.75 billion for a 35% stake in Joulent, a U.S. energy platform developing power infrastructure…

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…

Combined cycle power plant

Fermi taps Primoris for Texas power plant construction

Fermi announced on June 30 it selected Primoris Services Corporation to engineer and construct balance of plant infrastructure for six SGT-800 gas turbines at i…

United States

US drives rise in global emissions as utilities turn back to coal, report shows

The United States accounted for a significant share of the rise in global carbon dioxide emissions in 2025, as higher gas prices pushed power producers back tow…

United States

Commonwealth Fusion Joins UK Program to Demonstrate Fusion Fuel Production

Commonwealth Fusion Systems, a U.S.-based company working to generate electricity by replicating the process that powers stars, said on July 1 that it is joinin…

Kenya

Kenya and Rwanda Sign Fuel Import Agreements to Strengthen Supply Security

June 30 — Kenya and Rwanda signed three agreements on Monday to establish a government-to-government framework for fuel imports bound for Rwanda, the Kenya Pip…

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…

United States

e‑STORAGE to Deliver 426 MWh of Energy Storage in Florida

Canadian Solar on June 25 announced that e-STORAGE, its energy storage solutions business, has entered into a supply agreement with an electric utility in Flori…

Electricity Transmission

Türkiye inks 3 deals to steer Pakistan's power privatization

Türkiye signed three agreements on June 25 with Pakistan, expanding cooperation on electricity distribution, transmission, and market operations as Islamab…