News Subsections

EVN signs contract for Côn Đảo power connection

Vietnam Electricity (EVN) has signed a VND4.923 trillion contract with PC1 Group and Power Engineering Consulting JSC 4 to connect Côn Đảo to the national grid. The project involves a 77.7 km 110kV submarine cable from Sóc Trăng to Côn Đảo, along...

Neoen secures AUD 1.4 billion for Australian renewable energy projects

Neoen has obtained AUD 1.4 billion in debt financing for 1.3 GW of wind, solar, and storage assets, effectively doubling its Australian renewable energy portfolio financing.  Eleven major lenders participated, including ANZ, Bank of China, and the...

AMEA Power commissions 500 MW Abydos Solar PV plant in Egypt

AMEA Power has commissioned the 500 MW Abydos Solar PV Plant in Egypt’s Aswan Governorate.  The plant will generate around 1,500 GWh of renewable energy annually, reducing carbon emissions by 782,300 tonnes. The project was completed in 18...

GE Vernova delivers 3.4MW wind turbine to NREL for energy research

GE Vernova’s Advanced Research Center has delivered a 3.4MW-140m wind turbine to the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for energy research.  The wind turbine will serve as a research platform at NREL, focusing on areas such as grid testing...

Romania signs EPC contract to extend life of Cernavoda NPP Unit 1

Romanian state-owned nuclear power producer Nuclearelectrica has signed a €1.9 billion ($1.97 billion) engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract to extend the life of Unit 1 at the Cernavoda nuclear power plant.  The contract was...

Afreximbank funds hydropower project in DRC

Afreximbank has signed a financing agreement for a 200 MW hydropower project along the Lufira River in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), in partnership with Kipay Investments. This marks the bank’s first private-sector renewable energy project...

Envision Energy secures record wind contract in the Philippines

Envision Energy has signed a 344.5MW wind turbine supply agreement for the Quezon North Wind project, making it the Philippines’ largest single wind power contract.  ACEN, the Ayala Group’s renewable energy platform, awarded it. The...

Ørsted sells 50% stake in US solar and battery projects

Ørsted has divested a 50% equity stake in three US solar and battery projects to Energy Capital Partners (ECP) for $572m. The projects include Mockingbird Solar (468MW) and Sparta Solar (250MW) in Texas, as well as the Eleven Mile Solar Center in...

Qcells achieves 28.6% efficiency in tandem solar cells

Energy solutions provider Qcells has achieved a world record of 28.6% efficiency in tandem solar cells on a full-area M10-sized cell (~0.36ft²) through its research and development (R&D) pilot line in Germany.  The milestone, verified by CalLab...

Prysmian secures submarine cable projects in France

Prysmian, a leading manufacturer of energy and telecom cables, has entered into a framework agreement with Réseau de Transport d’Électricité (RTE), France’s transmission system operator, to provide submarine power cable links for two offshore...

Westinghouse Electric and Aecon partner to advance nuclear energy projects

Westinghouse Electric Company and Aecon have signed two agreements to jointly develop and deploy advanced nuclear power projects, including the construction of AP1000 reactors in Canada. The collaboration is projected to generate up to C$28.7 billion...

Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farm extension projects to be developed jointly

The Sheringham Shoal and Dudgeon offshore wind farm extension projects in Norfolk, UK, will be developed under a joint ownership structure, subject to regulatory approval. This will streamline the development process by combining the two projects...

Canada extends net zero electricity grid target to 2050

Canada has revised its target for achieving a net-zero electricity grid, extending the deadline from 2035 to 2050. This decision follows the release of the finalised Clean Electricity Regulations (CER), which were influenced by feedback from...

Nexamp and Walmart partner to develop 31 community solar projects across US

Nexamp has announced a partnership with Walmart to develop 31 community solar projects across the United States, expected to generate over 120 MW (DC) of renewable energy.  This collaboration is their second, following a previous joint effort in 2021...

CIP acquires majority stake in Toqlukuti’k Wind & Hydrogen project

Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its Energy Transition Fund (CI ETF I), has acquired a majority stake in the Toqlukuti’k Wind & Hydrogen project, a large-scale onshore wind and hydrogen initiative in Newfoundland & Labrador...

KEPCO completes ±150 kV HVDC project connecting Wando and Jeju

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has completed the ±150 kV Wando–Dongjeju high voltage direct current (HVDC) project, enhancing the power supply to Jeju Island. The project, with a capacity of 200 MW, includes a 98-km undersea cable that...

Alternus Clean Energy acquires LiiON for $5 million

Alternus Clean Energy has finalized the acquisition of LiiON, LLC through an asset purchase agreement executed by one of its US subsidiaries. The $5 million deal combines debt and equity, granting Alternus LiiON’s customer contracts, service...

Vietnam and Singapore to collaborate for electricity export

Vietnam and Singapore are set to collaborate on an offshore wind (OSW) power project that will export electricity from Vietnam to Singapore starting in 2030. The announcement was made during a meeting between Vietnam’s Minister of Natural Resources...

ABB to acquire Gamesa Electric’s power electronics business in Spain

ABB has signed an agreement to acquire the power electronics business of Gamesa Electric in Spain from Siemens Gamesa.  This acquisition will strengthen ABB’s position in the growing market for high-powered renewable power conversion technology. The...

US DoE offers $15 billion loan commitment to PG&E

The US Department of Energy (DoE) has provided a conditional commitment for a $15 billion loan to California-based electric utility PG&E.  If finalized by the DoE’s Loan Programs Office (LPO), the loan will support multiple energy projects in...

Monthly Magazine

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

Loading

Recent Posts

CERC clears over 13,000 MW in March adoption orders

The Central Electricity Regulatory Commission issued a batch of tariff adoption orders through March...

Power Sector News Roundup for April 10, 2026

Adani Green, IHC arm form JV for RE projects in India Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has signed a...

Pace Digitek reports 178 BESS units deployed by March 2026

Pace Digitek Limited has announced a milestone in its energy storage business, with its subsidiary...

Vihaan Clean & Green commissions biomass boiler plant in Gujarat

Vihaan Clean & Green Tech Private Limited has launched a biomass-based boiler plant in Gujarat...

Neuron Energy commissions 5 GWh BESS plant in Maharashtra

Neuron Energy has commissioned a containerised battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing...

China’s CGN brings Southeast Asia’s largest solar project online in Laos

A 1 GW photovoltaic (PV) project in northern Laos has been connected to the grid, marking the...

JSW Energy exercises option to acquire full stake in JMPCL

JSW Energy Limited has exercised its call option to acquire the remaining 26% equity stake in JSW...

Saatvik Solar secures Rs 108.75 crore module order

Saatvik Solar Industries Private Limited, a subsidiary of Saatvik Green Energy Limited, has received...

Mahindra & Mahindra to take 26% stake in captive solar arm

Mahindra & Mahindra Limited (M&M) has approved the acquisition of a 26% equity stake in Neon...

Adani Green, IHC arm form JV for RE projects in India

Adani Green Energy Limited (AGEL) has signed a Joint Venture Agreement (JVA) with Minerva Holding...