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Tender/bid

UK plans to launch 6-GW offshore wind leasinground in 2027

The Crown Estate has confirmed plans to launch a Round 6 offshore wind lease auction in the first half of 2027.The tender will bring around 6GW to market, as fi…

Gas power plant

Duke Energy secures approval for gas plant in South Carolina

Utility Duke Energy said on March 26 that the ​Public Service Commission of South ‌Carolina had approved its plan to build new natural gas-fired ​generat…

Ukraine

Ukrainian Energy Ministry, Naftogaz sign cooperation documents with several U.S. companies

March 26- The Ukrainian Energy Ministry and Naftogaz have signed documents with U.S. companies on cooperation in energy projects in Ukraine, Ukrainian media quo…

India

Ceigall India Strengthens Renewable Portfolio with 337 MW Solar PPAs from MSEDCL

Ceigall India has executed two long-term Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) for the development of solar photovoltaic power-generating stations with a combined ca…

SMR

Rolls-Royce SMR, Studsvik enhance collaboration

The UK's Rolls-Royce SMR has signed a memorandum of understanding with Swedish nuclear technical services provider Studsvik to explore further collaboration and…

United Kingdom

€693 million financing to support UK’s subsea electricity superhighway

ScottishPower, through its parent company Iberdrola, has secured £600 million (around €693 million) in financing from the National Wealth Fund to sup…

Japan

World's 1st hydrogen-powered hotel opens in Japan's Fukushima prefecture

A hotel utilizing hydrogen as its main energy source opened in the town of Namie in the northeastern Japan prefecture of Fukushima on Wednesday.The hotel is the…

United Kingdom

UK Government Will Require Solar Power, Heat Pumps in All New British Homes

Officials in the UK have published a planning document that calls for housing developers to install solar panels and heat pumps in all new homes in England star…

Ukraine

Gas offtake from Ukraine's UGS facilities averages 5 mln cubic meters a day in March - ex-energy minister

March 23- Natural gas offtake from Ukraine's underground gas storage (UGS) facilities in March has averaged 5 million cubic meters per day owing to domestic…

Egypt

BP and ADNOC’s JV ready to kick off Mediterranean gas hunt with Valaris rig

Arcius Energy, an affiliate of the UK-headquartered BP and the UAE’s ADNOC, has set the stage to embark on a multi-well drilling campaign off the coast of Egyp…

India

Tesla plans India push into energy storage as it expands beyond cars

March 20- Tesla is preparing to enter India's industrial energy storage market, according to a job ​ad on its website, pitting it against companies controlled …

United Kingdom

Supercritical wraps up world-first hydrogen-fired whisky project

UK hydrogen technology company Supercritical Solutions Ltd has announced the completion of the WhiskHy project, which demonstrated the first-ever direct-fired h…

Russian

Russia expects to build nuclear power station on Moon within 5-7 years

Russia may develop a nuclear power station on the Moon within the next five to seven years, Mikhail Kovalchuk, president of Russia's Kurchatov Institute, sa…

United Kingdom

UK Approves Hunterston B Nuclear Plant Relicensing for Decommissioning

The UK's Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) has officially approved the relicensing of the Hunterston B nuclear power plant in North Ayrshire, Scotland, tr…

Cambridge Atomworks, Mott MacDonald sign microreactor MoU

The UK's Cambridge Atomworks has signed a memorandum of understanding with engineering, management and development consultancy Mott MacDonald to work on the…