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ACWA Power and GIC sign agreement for 2.7 GW CCGT power plant in Kuwait

  • a day ago (2026-02-06)
  • David Flin

ACWA Power, Gulf Investment Corporation (GIC), and the Ministry of Electricity, Water, and Renewable Energy of Kuwait have signed an Energy Conversion and Water Purchase Agreement (ECWPA) to develop the $4 billion 2.7 GW Az-Zour North Phase 2 & 3 project in Kuwait.

Massachusetts looks to Nova Scotia for offshore wind supply

  • 2 days ago (2026-02-05)
  • David Flin

The US state os Massachusetts is looking to import renewable energy from the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. Massachusetts faces a growing need for electrical and a desire to expand its use of renewable energy, especially offshore wind power.

UK to invest £350 million to develop Ethiopia’s grid network

  • 3 days ago (2026-02-04)
  • David Flin

The UK investor Gridworks has signed agreements to develop and finance around £350 million in electricity transmission projects in Ethiopia. The projects are the first public-private partnerships in Ethiopia’s transmission sector.

Nigeria hands over 6 MW Ikere Gorge Dam in Public-Private Partnership agreement

  • 4 days ago (2026-02-03)
  • David Flin

The Nigerian Government has officially handed over the 6 MW Ikere Hydropower Plant, located in Iseyin, Oyo State, Nigeria, to Quaint Power and Infrastructure Nigeria under a Public-Private Partnership (PPP) agreement.

75 per cent of Australia’s coal-fired power plants to retire by 2035

  • 5 days ago (2026-02-02)
  • David Flin

A report from BloombergNEF (BNEF) states that it expects 75 per cent of Australia’s fleet of coal-fired power plants to retire by 2035. 

US DOE cancels $1.8 billion loan to Arizona Public Services for transmission, renewables, and storage.

  • 8 days ago (2026-01-30)
  • David Flin

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has cancelled a $1.8 billion clean energy loan commitment to Arizona Public Services (APS). The loan would have helped APS finance its new or upgraded transmission projects, renewable power generation, and grid-integrated energy storage systems.

UK reduces subsidies to “overcompensated” solar panel owners

  • 9 days ago (2026-01-29)
  • David Flin

Ed Miliband, UK’s Minister for Energy Security and Net Zero, has reduced a green energy subsidy after deciding it had overcompensated solar panel owners. He said that the Government would change the payments that people who installed solar panels under the Feed-In-Tariffs (FIT) scheme between 2010 and 2019 would receive.

ABB wins multi-year Bruce Power contract to modernise nuclear excitation systems

  • 10 days ago (2026-01-28)
  • David Flin

ABB has been selected by Bruce Power under a multi-year contract to modernise excitation systems at the Bruce Nuclear Generating Station in Ontario, Canada.

China connects 9 concentrating solar plants to grid in 2025

  • 11 days ago (2026-01-27)
  • David Flin

China connected 9 new concentrating solar power (CSP) plants in 2025. These plants had a total installed capacity of 900 MW, bringing the total of CSP capacity in China to 1738.2 MW.

South Korea to build two new nuclear reactors by 2038

  • 12 days ago (2026-01-26)
  • David Flin

Kim Sung-whan, South Korea’s Climate Minister, said that the country will construct two new nuclear reactors by 2038 at the latest.