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United States

SMT Energy, Axpo Sign Seven-Year Battery Storage Swap Agreement in ERCOT

July 7, 2026 — SMT Energy and Axpo have signed a 120 MW, seven-year battery storage swap agreement linked to SMT Energy’s Houston IV BESS, a newly operational…

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 …

China

Taipingling Nuclear Power Plant Unit 2 Connected to Grid for First Time

Unit 2 of the Taipingling nuclear power plant in Guangdong province has supplied electricity to the grid for the first time, China General Nuclear announced.(Im…

Ukraine

Ukraine Adds 415 MW of Wind Power Capacity in First Half of Year.

Ukraine launched 70 wind turbines with a combined capacity of 414.8 MW in the first half of the year, according to the Ukrainian Wind Energy Association. The fi…

Poland

Uniper and Respect Energy Sign Six-Year Solar Power Purchase Agreements in Poland

Uniper and Respect Energy have signed six-year Power Purchase Agreements for electricity and Guarantees of Origin generated from four new Uniper photovoltaic as…

India

Coal India to Invest Rs 19 Billion in R&D by FY2030

Coal India has announced plans to invest Rs 19 billion in research and development by fiscal year 2030 to improve mine productivity, reduce emissions and suppor…

OPEC+ countries say they will expand monthly oil production

OPEC+ members have announced plans to boost oil production as energy markets show tentative signs of recovery amid the fallout of the US-Israel war on Iran.OPEC…

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…

Philippines

Aboitiz Renewables launches 93-MWp solar farm in Philippines

Aboitiz Renewables, Inc., the renewable energy arm of Aboitiz Power Corporation (AboitizPower), officially inaugurated its 92.55-megawatt peak (MWp) San Manuel …

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

Polish small nuclear plant developer SGE targets £35 billion fleet in Britain

Poland-based SGE ​plans to build a fleet of 14 small nuclear reactors at a ‌total cost of £35 billion ($46.5 billion), it said on July 2, targeting …

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…