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South Korea

Samsung SDI Signs Mid- to Long-term LFP Cathode Material Supply Deal with L&F

Samsung SDI has secured a key supply agreement for battery materials as it moves to strengthen its presence in the North American energy storage system market.T…

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…

Japan

Japan to start releasing state oil reserves on March 26

March 24 - Japan plans to start releasing oil from joint stockpiles ​held by producing nations in the country ‌by the end of March, Prime Minister Sanae Takai…

Russian

Vietnam, Russia sign agreement on new nuclear plant

An intergovernmental agreement has been signed on cooperation in the construction of the Ninh Thuan 1 Nuclear Power Plant in Vietnam, to feature two VVER‑1200 …

Sweden

Application submitted for Swedish SMR plant

Kärnfull Next has submitted an application to build a power plant based on small modular reactors in the municipality of Valdemarsvik in Östergöt…

United States

US and TotalEnergies reach 'nearly $1 billion' deal to end offshore wind projects

The United States and TotalEnergies on Monday, March 23 signed an agreement to end the French company's offshore US wind farm projects and redirect those fu…

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…

Methane

California regulator conditionally approves first RNG contract under state biomethane procurement programme

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has conditionally approved a long-term biomethane procurement contract between Anaergia's SoCal Biomethane…

India

Patel Engineering wins Rs 230.7 crore Bhutan hydro project package

Patel Engineering Limited (PEL) has received a letter of award worth Rs 230.70 crore from Dorjilung Hydro Power Limited for a pre-construction package of the 1,…

Australia

Kondinin Wind Farm secures long-term PPA with Synergy

The proposed Kondinin Wind Farm has signed a seven-year agreement with Synergy for 100 per cent of its energy, marking a key step in securing its future develop…

Coal Production

India hits 1 billion tonne coal output again, boosts energy security

India has achieved 1 billion tonne (BT) coal production for the second consecutive year amid heightened uncertainties in global energy markets due to the West A…

Ireland

Renewable energy producer Statkraft hits 500MW installed solar milestone

Renewable energy firm Statkraft has activated two new solar farms in Ireland, bringing the amount of solar energy it is feeding into the grid here to above half…

LNG

Samsung Heavy Industries Secures Two LNG Carriers

Samsung Heavy Industries announced on the 23rd that it signed a contract with an Oceania-based shipping company for two liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers wor…

India

India orders Tata Power's 4-GW Gujarat coal plant to run full-tilt in summer

March 23 - India has directed Tata Power's 4-gigawatt imported-coal plant in the western state ​of Gujarat to run at full capacity from April ‌1 to June 3…

Slovenia

Slovenia limits fuel purchases as some pumps run dry

March 22 - Slovenia on Sunday temporarily limited fuel purchases to tackle shortages at the pump caused in part by cross-border fuelling and stockpiling due to …