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Photovoltaic （PV）

ViệT Nam’s Solar Exports Hit With US Duties of up to 542.6 Per Cent

On April 21, 2025, the United States introduced significant tariffs on solar energy products imported from four Southeast Asian countries: Việt Nam, Malaysia, …

Metal

US Fast-Tracks Permitting for Ten Critical Mineral Mining Projects

The White House has announced the acceleration of permitting for ten mining projects across the United States to boost the production of critical minerals. Thes…

Virtual power plants

Virtual Power Plant for Renewables Trading Under Development in Greece

Optimus Energy, an Athens-based energy supplier, has partnered with Germany’s emsys VPP to implement a virtual power plant (VPP) for trading renewable ene…

Nuclear Power Plant (NPP)

TVO Suspends OL2 Output

Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (TVO), the operator of Finland’s Olkiluoto Nuclear Power Plant, has halted electricity production at Olkiluoto 2 (OL2) due to eleva…

Green Hydrogen

Technip Energies Outlines Plans for SAF, Green Hydrogen in Egypt

In Cairo, Egypt, Minister of Petroleum and Mineral Resources Karim Badawi held a meeting with Marco Villa, Chief Business Officer of Technip Energies, an Italia…

Hydrogen Production

Japan Eyes World First Producing Hydrogen Using Heat From Reactor

The Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA) has announced plans to produce clean hydrogen using heat from its High Temperature Engineering Test Reactor (HTTR) in Ibar…

Green Hydrogen

Gen-Hy Secures €100M in State Aid to Build France’s First AEM Electrolyser Factory

Gen-Hy, a French start-up specializing in green hydrogen production, has secured €99.84 million in public funding from the French government through Bpifra…

Rooftop Solar

California Proposes Break to Rooftop Solar Contracts, Raising Average Bills $63

A new legislative proposal in California, AB 942, aims to modify existing rooftop solar net metering contracts, affecting approximately two million customers. I…

Wind Farm

Prysmian’s Monna Lisa Picks up Its First Cable for Largest US Offshore Wind Farm-To-Be

Prysmian’s new cable laying vessel (CLV), Monna Lisa, has been loaded with submarine cable for the first time at the Arco Felice plant in Italy. The cable…

Carbon Capture

US-UK Startups Debut ‘First’ Emissions and Carbon Capture System

STAX Engineering, a California-based maritime emissions control company, and Seabound, a UK-based onboard carbon capture firm, have successfully demonstrated an…

United Arab Emirates

Noatum Maritime Embraces Zero-Emission Harbor Ops With All-Electric Vessels

Noatum Maritime, a UAE-based maritime services provider under AD Ports Group’s Maritime & Shipping Cluster, has acquired the region’s first fully el…

Energy Storage Project

Strata Clean Energy Commences Construction on 600MWh Justice Project in Arizona

Strata Clean Energy has begun constructing the Justice Energy Storage project in Maricopa County, Arizona, to enhance the state’s energy grid stability. T…

Wind Power Project

Empire Wind Project Faces Temporary Suspension on Government Order

On April 16, 2025, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) issued a directive to pause all offshore construction activities for the Empire Wind project on …

Electricity Trade

Nigeria Reduces Electricity Subsidies by 35% Following Tariff Hike for Heavy Users

Nigeria has reduced electricity subsidies by 35% following a tariff increase for specific consumers last year, according to Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu. The …

LNG

China’s CNOOC Agrees LNG Deal With UAE’s ADNOC Amid Tariff War With US

China National Offshore Oil Corporation (CNOOC) has signed a five-year agreement with Abu Dhabi National Oil Corporation (ADNOC) to purchase 500,000 metric tons…