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US Gulf Oil and Gas Lease Sale Draws $82.7 Million in High Bids

Aug. 12 — The Trump administration’s latest sale of oil and gas drilling rights in the Gulf of Mexico attracted nearly $82.7 million in high bids on Wednesday…

United States

FIA Confirms 406.320 mph Hydrogen-Powered Land Speed Record

The Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile has confirmed a new provisional World Land Speed Record for a hydrogen internal combustion-pow…

Japan

Ohi Unit 3 Reactor Automatically Shuts Down After Generator Trip

Kansai Electric Power Company said the reactor at Ohi Nuclear Power Station Unit 3 automatically shut down on the night of August 8, 2026, after a Loss of Field…

United States

Amazon Plans Massive Gas-Fired Power Plant for AI Data Center in Texas

Amazon is planning to build a major AI data center campus in Pecos County, Texas, powered by a dedicated natural gas plant with a planned capacity of 7.65 gigaw…

India

Coal Ministry Reviews Commercial Coal Mining Reforms and Private Sector Participation

The Consultative Committee of Members of Parliament attached to the Ministry of Coal met on August 5 to discuss commercial coal mining reforms and ways to incre…

Vaalco Energy Reports 30% Rise in Egypt Oil Sales in Q2 2026

Vaalco Energy reported a 30% increase in oil sales from its Egyptian operations in the second quarter of 2026 compared with the previous quarter, generating $86…

Japan

Kawasaki Heavy Industries to Renovate Safety Equipment at JERA’s Taketoyo Coal-Biomass Plant

Kawasaki Heavy Industries has been commissioned by JERA to renovate safety and biomass fuel transport equipment at the Taketoyo coal-biomass power plant in Aich…

United States

Texas Halts Data Center Grid Connections Pending Statewide Audit

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has ordered a temporary halt to data center connections to the state’s power grid as officials review the sector’s growing im…

United States

First Hydrogen from Lingen Reaches Marl as GET H2 Nukleus Advances

Aug. 4, 2026 — The first renewable hydrogen produced at RWE’s electrolysis site in Lingen, Lower Saxony, has reached Evonik’s Marl Chemical Park in…

United States

RWE and Google Sign 15-Year Power Purchase Agreement for Oklahoma Solar Project

RWE and Google have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement for the full output of RWE’s 155-megawatt Crooked Creek Solar project in McCurtain County, O…

United States

SpaceX Agrees to Remove Temporary Gas Turbines From Colossus Data Center Site by 2027

SpaceX has agreed to begin removing temporary gas turbines that power part of its Colossus AI data center complex, though the final units may remain in place un…

India

India’s Coal Output Rises 7.51% in July 2026 Despite Monsoon Challenges

India’s coal production registered robust year-on-year growth of 7.51% in July 2026, supported mainly by the strong operational performance of Coal India …

OPEC+ Approves September Oil Output Increase as Voluntary Cut Rollback Ends

OPEC+ approved an oil production quota increase of about 188,000 barrels per day from September, the producer group said on August 2, completing the unwinding o…

Japan

RENOVA’s Tokushima Tsuda Biomass Power Plant Resumes Normal Operation

July 29, 2026 — RENOVA, Inc. announced that the Tokushima Tsuda Biomass Power Plant resumed normal operation on July 25, 2026, as planned, after completing rep…

India

EIM, HPCL Partner to Expand EV Charging and Battery Swapping Infrastructure in India

Karnataka-based Energy In Motion (EIM) has signed an agreement with Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL) to establish and operate fast-charging and ba…