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Azerbaijan supplying Ukraine with transformers and power cables

  • 21 hours ago (2026-10-08)
  • David Flin

Azerbaijan has announced that it continues to support Ukraine with another shipment of power equipment to help restore and maintain the power grid with the approach of the heating season.

Google and Constellation sign 20-year nuclear power agreement

  • a day ago (2026-10-07)
  • David Flin

Google has announced that it has struck a $4.3 billion deal with Constellation Energy to upgrade existing nuclear power plants in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Illinois in the USA, resulting in additional electricity being added to the PJM regional grid.

Petrobras to install solar plant in the Amazon

  • 2 days ago (2026-10-06)
  • David Flin

Transpetro, a subsidiary of Petrobras, has announced a tender to acquire a photovoltaic solar panel for the Coari Terminal in the Amazonas state of Brazil. The company said it plans to install a generation plant with a capacity of 500 kW.

ACWA Power starts construction of 1.5 GW wind power projects in Uzbekistan

  • 3 days ago (2026-10-05)
  • David Flin

Saudi Arabia’s ACWA Power announced that it has started construction of three wind power plants with a combined capacity of 1.5 GW in the Karakalpakstan region of Uzbekistan as part of a renewable energy project valued at around $3 billion.

KEPCO confirms South Korean government plan to merge its five power generation businesses

  • 6 days ago (2026-10-02)
  • David Flin

Korea Electric Power Corporation (KEPCO) has confirmed that South Korea’s government plans a major restricting of the company. It confirmed that under the terms of a recently announced Public Institution Function Reform Promotion Plan, its five power generation facilities will be merged into a single entity.

Doosan Enerbility wins $615 million Vietnam power plant deal

  • 7 days ago (2026-10-01)
  • David Flin

Doosan Enerbility has won a contract to build a CCGT in Vietnam worth $615 million. The contract was awarded by Petrovietnam (PVN) for the 1155 MW O Mon 3 plant.

250 MW solar power plant for Myanmar

  • 8 days ago (2026-09-30)
  • David Flin

Preparations are underway to construct a 250 MW solar power plant project in Ngwesaung, Pathein District, Myanmar.

Dangote to build 1000 MW power plant at Kenya refinery

  • 9 days ago (2026-09-29)
  • David Flin

Dangote Industries said it will build a 1000 MW petroleum coke (petcoke) fired power plant at its planned refinery in Lamu, Kenya. Half of the electricity – 500 MW – will be sold to the Kenyan government.

Taiwan backs plan to restart nuclear power

  • 10 days ago (2026-09-28)
  • David Flin

Taiwan has approved a preliminary plan to restart the Maanshan nuclear power plant, a reversal of the government’s policy as the country looks to improve its energy security. Maanshan has two units, each of 951 MW for a combined capacity of 1902 MW. The units were shut down in 2024 and 2025.

Hitachi Energy and Enedis sign €350 million agreements

  • 13 days ago (2026-09-25)
  • David Flin

Hitachi Energy has signed agreements worth €350 million with Enedis, France’s leading distribution system operator. The long-term agreements are for the delivery of distribution and power transformers to strengthen France’s electricity grid.