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Syria to sign deal to import electricity from Türkiye

  • 13 hours ago (2025-05-05)
  • David Flin

Mohammed Al Bashir, Syria’s Minister of Energy, has announced that Syria will sign a deal with Türkiye whereby Türkiye will supply electricity through a 400 kV transmission line linking Türkiye’s Reyhanlı region and the Harem region in Syria.

AGL to build new gas-fired power station in Western Australia

  • 3 days ago (2025-05-02)
  • David Flin

AGL is seeking environmental approval to build a 250 MW open-cycle gas turbine power station in Kwinana, Western Australia, Australia.

Swiss start-up turns railway tracks into solar power plants

  • 4 days ago (2025-05-01)
  • David Flin

Sun-Ways, a Swiss start-up, is testing a system of installation of solar panels between railway tracks, and has placed 100 m of solar panels on tracks in Buttes, a small village in canton Neuchâtel in western Switzerland.

Japan approves first nuclear reactor restart in four years

  • 5 days ago (2025-04-30)
  • David Flin

Japan’s Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA) has approved the first nuclear restart in the country since 2021, helping the government’s effort to increase power generation from the energy source and reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

Major power outage in Spain and Portugal

  • 6 days ago (2025-04-29)
  • David Flin

Spain and Portugal have been hit by a major power outage, causing chaos in the Iberian peninsula.

Yuanlin Energy to build $2 billion power station in Zimbabwe

  • 7 days ago (2025-04-28)
  • David Flin

Yuanlin Energy Investments of China will build a 600 MW coal-fired power station in Binga, Matabeleland North Province, Zimbabwe, worth an estimated $2 billion.

Azerbaijan signs several deals for 2.4 GW of renewables

  • 10 days ago (2025-04-25)
  • David Flin

The Azerbaijan Ministry of Energy has signed several contracts with Chinese companies for the development of renewable energy and battery energy storage projects totalling 2.4 GW capacity.

Germany to save €1.5 billion by phasing out power payments

  • 11 days ago (2025-04-24)
  • David Flin

Germany’s Bundesnetzagentur, the regulatory body overseeing the country’s energy grid, has proposed phasing out payments currently made to smaller conventional power generation units over the period 2026-2028.

Philippines on target to meet 50 per cent renewable energy share by 2040

  • 12 days ago (2025-04-23)
  • David Flin

The Philippines Department of Energy (DOE) has said that it is optimistic the country will hit its target to increase to 50 per cent the share of renewable energy in power generation by 2040.

Coal India and DVC sign power plant agreement

  • 13 days ago (2025-04-22)
  • David Flin

Coal India and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) have entered into a €1.65 billion agreement to build an ultra-supercritical coal-fired power plant in Jharkhand.