Author: PPD Team Date: 02/05/2025 Ireland’s Ministery for Climate, Environment, and Energy has launched the National Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Designated Maritime Area Plan (DMAP) as part of the country’s efforts to reach at least 5 GW of...
Author: PPD Team Date: 01/05/2025 Equinor and Polenergia have received the final environmental decision for the Bałtyk 1 offshore wind farm in Poland’s Baltic Sea. The clearance, issued by the Regional Director for Environmental Protection in Gdańsk...
Author: PPD Team Date: 30/04/2025 Spain and Portugal began restoring power after experiencing the worst blackout in their history on 28 April 2025. The outage, which started around 10:33 GMT, caused massive disruptions, including grounding planes...
Author: PPD Team Date: 29/04/2025 Lebanon has secured a USD250 million loan agreement with the World Bank to address long-standing issues and modernise the country’s energy infrastructure. The loan will help establish a national control centre...
Author: PPD Team Date: 29/04/2025 China has cleared the construction of ten new nuclear reactors in 2025, marking the fourth year in a row it has approved at least ten reactors, Bloomberg reported. As per local outlet The Paper, the new projects will...
Author: PPD Team Date: 28/04/2025 The Ministerio de Energía (Ministry of Energy) of Chile published the final Planificación Energética de Largo Plazo (PELP) 2023–27 on April 22, 2025, in accordance with Articles 83–86 of the Ley General de Servicios...
Author: PPD Team Date: 25/04/2025 Google has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) in Taiwan. Under the terms of the agreement, Google will buy renewable energy from the Fengmiao I offshore wind...
Author: PPD Team Date: 24/04/2025 Equinor has suspended offshore construction of its Empire Wind 1 project off the coast of New York following a stop-work order issued by U.S. Interior Secretary Doug Burgum. This unexpected directive has raised...
Author: PPD Team Date: 23/04/2025 US trade authorities have confirmed high tariffs on most solar cells imported from Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand, and Vietnam. This follows a year-long investigation triggered by US manufacturers’ claims that...
Author: PPD Team Date: 22/04/2025 Nigeria has reduced its electricity subsidies by 35% following a targeted tariff hike for high-use consumers, according to Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu. Previously, the government was spending nearly N200 billion...
Author: PPD Team Date: 22/04/2025 Vietnam will invest $136.3 billion in its power sector by 2030 to expand capacity and reduce coal use. Installed capacity is set to grow from over 80 GW in 2023 to between 183 GW and 236 GW. Coal’s share will fall to...
Author: PPD Team Date: 21/04/2025 EDF Renewables, a subsidiary of the French Électricité de France (EDF) Group, has commissioned the 400/132 kV Koruson main transmission substation (MTS) near Noupoort in South Africa’s Northern Cape. This is the...
Author: PPD Team Date: 17/04/2025 The European Commission has approved a €400 million Spanish State aid scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen. The scheme will be implemented through the European Hydrogen Bank’s Auctions-as-a-Service...
Author: PPD Team Date: 16/04/2025 China plans to continue building coal-fired power plants until at least 2027, according to new government guidelines aimed at upgrading the country’s coal power infrastructure. The decision, released by China’s state...
Author: PPD Team Date: 15/04/2025 The European Union is projected to install 89 GW of new renewable energy capacity in 2025, according to European Commission estimates reported by Reuters. This includes 70 GW of solar and 19 GW of wind power. If...
Author: PPD Team Date: 15/04/2025 PJM Interconnection has launched a multiyear partnership with Google and Tapestry to apply artificial intelligence (AI) tools aimed at improving grid planning and speeding up the integration of new energy sources...
Author: PPD Team Date: 15/04/2025 Iraq has signed three memoranda of understanding (MoUs) with US entities to develop large-scale energy projects for reducing dependence on Iranian imports and diversifying its power sources. The Iraqi prime...
Author: PPD Team Date: 11/04/2025 The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the energy ministries of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Uzbekistan. The agreement...
Author: PPD Team Date: 10/04/2025 Egypt and France have signed an agreement to build a green hydrogen and derivatives complex, including green ammonia, in Ras Shukeir. The €7 billion project will be fully financed by the private sector and developed...
Author: PPD Team Date: 09/04/2025 The UK government has shortlisted 27 hydrogen-powered projects in its second Hydrogen Allocation Round (HAR2) to scale low-carbon hydrogen production. These projects are expected to play a key role in decarbonising...
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