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Distributed energy

Joint Venture to Deploy Infrastructure Projects in Four Phases Across U.S., Europe and Middle East

EarthGrid, a Bay-area plasma tunnel-boring technology and infrastructure development company, has signed a joint venture agreement with EnerTech, a Kuwait Inves…

Transformer

$155 Million Investment Boosts North American Manufacturing Capacity Amid Rising Demand for Electrical Equipment

Hitachi Energy plans to invest an additional $155 million to expand its manufacturing capacity in North America.Hitachi Energy has added over 8,000 employees be…

Energy Transition

Newly Signed California Bill Will Transition Some Neighborhoods From Gas to Electric

(Map of California coastline. Image by Hands off my tags! Michael Gaida from Pixabay)In addition to a bill requiring utilities to evaluate grid enhancing techno…

Pumped Storage

Demonstration to Convert Kentucky Coal Mine to Pumped Hydro Secures Federal Funding

This land near Pineville, Kentucky, formerly the site of a coal mine, will be repurposed as the location of a pumped storage hydropower facility. Courtesy: Rye …

Hydrogen Technology

DOE Selects GE Vernova to Develop AI Assistant for Hydrogen Safety

Image credit: 123rfGE Vernova has been selected by the US Department Energy’s (DOE) Hydrogen and Fuel Cell Technologies Office (HFTO) to lead a project aiming…

Oil & Gas Trade

Exxon Director Joins Elliott Group Seeking to Acquire Citgo Petroleum

A sign of Citgo Petroleum is seen at its headquarters in Houston, Texas, U.S., January 11, 2024. REUTERS/Go Nakamura/File Photo Purchase Licensing RightsExxon M…

Solar Power Plant

First Solar Opens $1.1bn Solar Facility, Adds 3.5GW to US Manufacturing Capacity

First Solar has inaugurated its new $1.1bn fully vertically integrated, thin-film solar manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, Alabama.

Biofuel

EIA: Densified Biomass Fuel Production at 910,000 Tons in June

SOURCE: U.S. Energy Information AdministrationU.S. manufacturers produced approximately 910,000 tons of densified biomass fuels in June, according to the Septem…

Solar Power Plant

First Solar Opens 3.5 GW Solar Factory in Alabama

US thin-film specialist First Solar has opened a $1.1 billion vertically integrated thin-film solar factory in the US state of Alabama. It said the 3.5 GW facil…

Offshore Wind Power

GE Vernova Signs Deal to Repower Wind Turbines in Italy

GE Vernova has been selected by Italian wind developer IVPC Group to repower five wind turbines at its Montefalcone wind farm in Italy.As part of this repowerin…

Energy Storage Project

CIP Acquires 255MW/1020MWH Battery Storage Project in Arizona

The fund aims to invest in a diverse range of renewable technologies. Credit: Es sarawuth / Shutterstock.Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its f…

Nuclear Reactor

Oklo and US DOE Sign Moa for Planned Idaho Nuclear Site Inspection

View of Oklo’s preferred site in Idaho. Credit: Idaho National Laboratory / Business Wire.Nuclear power company Oklo has finalised a memorandum of agreeme…

Nuclear Reactor

Project Pele Microreactor Breaks Ground

Image credit: DOEThe US Department of Defense (DOD) has broken ground on the Project Pele transportable microreactor project at Idaho National Laboratory (INL).…

LNG

China to start up Guangdong LNG terminal, ExxonMobil has 20-yr access

China's Guangdong Energy Group is expected to start commercial operation of a new LNG receiving terminal in south China next week which U.S. major ExxonMobi…

United States

Shale producer Validus to buy Citizen Energy in deal worth over $2 billion, sources say

A pumpjack brings oil to the surface in the Monterey Shale, California, April 29, 2013. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson Purchase Licensing RightsPrivately held oil and g…