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Low water levels halts electricity production at India’s Srisailam hydropower plant

  • 5 hours ago (2026-03-31)
  • David Flin

Electricity generation at the 1670 MW Srisailam hydropower plant in Andhra Pradesh, India has stopped as water levels in the reservoir have fallen to critical levels, threatening supply across the states of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Philippines fast tracks 22 renewable power projects

  • a day ago (2026-03-30)
  • David Flin

The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it will accelerate the grid entry of 1471 MW from 22 renewable energy projects that are in advanced stages of construction.

Japan to allow increased coal-fired power production

  • 4 days ago (2026-03-27)
  • David Flin

The Japanese government has announced it will pause a measure aimed at limiting the operation of coal-fired power plants, due to the conflict in Iran threatening the supply of LNG.

ScottishPower wins £600 million financing for UK subsea power link

  • 5 days ago (2026-03-26)
  • David Flin

ScottishPower has won financing of £600 million from the UK’s National Wealth Fund to support development of the Eastern Green Link 4 (EGL4), a 2 GW HVDC cable between Fife in Scotland and Norfolk in England.

Philippines declares national energy emergency and boosts coal power output

  • 6 days ago (2026-03-25)
  • David Flin

Ferdinand Marcos, President of the Philippines, has declared the country is in a state of “national energy emergency” as a result of the Iran War. He said that it poses “an imminent danger of a critically low energy supply.”

USA and Japan to invest $73 billion in SMR and gas-fired power plants in the USA

  • 7 days ago (2026-03-24)
  • David Flin

The USA and Japan have announced major Japanese investments in US power generation.

Wind and solar generated a record of 17 per cent of US electricity in 2025

  • 8 days ago (2026-03-23)
  • David Flin

A report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) states that in 2025, electricity from wind power and utility-scale solar power has increased to form 17 per cent of generation in the USA, up from less than 1 per cent in 2005.

47.3 per cent of EU’s electricity came from renewables in 2025

  • 11 days ago (2026-03-20)
  • David Flin

According to a report from Eurostat, in 2025, 47.3 per cent of the electricity generated in the EU came from renewable energy systems. This is a slight increase from 2024, when the share of renewable energy in electricity generation was 47.2 per cent.

Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant targeted in Israeli strikes

  • 12 days ago (2026-03-19)
  • David Flin

A projectile struck the grounds of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear power plant. Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation issued a statement confirming that: “No financial, technical, or human damage occurred and no part of the plant was harmed.”

JERA proposes LNG-fired power plant on Oahu, Hawaii

  • 13 days ago (2026-03-18)
  • David Flin

The Tokyo-based JERA is proposing to develop a 500 MW LNG-fired power plant on Oahu, replacing power production fuelled by burning oil.