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Offshore Wind Power

SSE Downgraded To ‘Sell’ Amid Concerns Over Offshore Wind And Market Volatility

Citi has downgraded SSE PLC (LSE:SSE) to a 'sell' rating, cautioning investors about potential setbacks in the energy firm’s growth strategy.Despi…

Battery

US Power Grid Added Battery Equivalent Of 20 Nuclear Reactors In Past Four Years

Faced with worsening climate-driven disasters and an electricity grid increasingly supplied by intermittent renewables, the US is rapidly installing huge batter…

United States

Shell To Acquire 609mw CCGT Power Plant Owner RISEC In US

Shell to buy a 609MW CCGT power plant in the US. (Credit: Jason Mavrommatis on Unsplash)Shell Energy North America (SENA), a subsidiary of Shell, has agreed to …

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

Nextera Considers Nuclear Restart In Iowa, While Renewable Deals Swell

NextEra Energy (NEE.N), is conducting engineering studies and speaking with federal regulators about the possible restart of its Duane Arnold nuclear power plan…

Decarbonization

Iberdrola Profit Jumps 50% As Focus On US, Britain Pays Off

Europe's largest utility Iberdrola (IBE.MC), opens new tab posted on Wednesday a 50% increase in net profit for the first nine months of the year, in a sign…

Oil & Gas Trade

Top U.S. LNG Exports: China's Gas Demand Is Booming

Chinese demand for natural gas is set to jump by more than 50% by 2040, from 400 billion cubic meters (bcm) now to more than 600 bcm, according to an executive …

Hydro Generator Unit

US City Of Beaverton Integrates Hydropower Into Drinking Water System

The City of Beaverton in Oregon, US, has completed renovations at its Sexton Mountain Pump Station, transforming it into a source of clean, renewable energy. Th…

Energy Storage Project

Graphite One Gets up to $325M Financing Offer From EXIM to Enhance US Graphite Production

Graphite One has announced the receipt of a non-binding letter of interest (LOI) from the Export-Import Bank of the US (EXIM) for potential debt financing of up…

Electricity Transmission

US DOE to Invest a Further $2BN to Enhance Grid Resilience and Capacity

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $2bn in additional funding for 38 projects to protect the nation’s power grid against extreme weather and …

Gas Power Stations

Evergy to Build Natural Gas Power Plants in Kansas Amid Booming Demand

Evergy (EVRG.O), will build two 705 megawatt natural gas power plants in Kansas to meet an expected spike in electricity demand, the U.S. utility firm said on M…

Offshore Wind Power

RWE and National Grid, Ørsted Bid in New York’s Fifth Offshore Wind Round

The partnership of RWE and National Grid Ventures and Danish developer Ørsted have submitted final proposals for their offshore wind projects into New York’s …

Electricity Transmission

Three Power Grid Projects Get $208M From Dept. Of Energy

U.S. Senator Maria Cantwell Friday announced three new federal grants totaling $208.4 million that will help utility providers in Washington modernize their ele…

Natural Gas

Texas Natural-Gas Pipeline Eases Bottlenecks, Paves Way for Higher Shale Output

A new pipeline carrying shale natural gas from west Texas toward export hubs on the U.S. Gulf Coast has eased constraints that crashed local prices this year, a…

Nuclear Reactor

Constellation Orders Transformer to Revive Three Mile Island Nuclear Plant

Constellation Energy has placed an order for a main power transformer valued at $100m, advancing the revival of the Three Mile Island nuclear reactor in the US …

Geothermal Power Plant

US DOI to Expand Geothermal Energy on Public Lands

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has revealed plans to expand geothermal energy on public lands.The initiative aligns with the Biden-Harris administratio…