The US Government is expected to announce $1.5 billion in funding to enable the 800 MW Palisades nuclear power plant in Michigan to be restarted.
GE Vernova’s Grid Solutions business has announced that, in partnership with Polimex Mostostal (PXM), it has won a contract to build the onshore infrastructure to transfer power into the onshore grid from the 1.5 GW Baltica 2 offshore wind farm project.
Todd Smith, Ontario’s Energy Minister, is to announce a multi-billion dollar refurbishment of the four reactors at Ontario Power Generation’s (OPG’s) Pickering B power plant, east of Toronto.
Mauritania and the African Development Bank (AfDB) have signed financing agreements for two energy sector projects in Mauritania worth $289.5 million.
Iraq’s electricity ministry has announced that gas delivery to the power plants in its Kurdistan region have been halted as a safety precaution following an attack on Khor Mor gas field.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has produced a new report, Electricity 2024, that states that global electricity demand is expected to grow at a faster rate over the next three years, with all the additional demand forecast to be covered by technologies that produce low-emissions electricity.
The Hinkley Point C nuclear power project in the UK has been delayed by an estimated 2-4 years.
The UK Government has committed an additional £800 million to the proposed Sizewell C nuclear power project in Suffolk, England, in an attempt to attract outside investors to the project.
Facing the worst-ever drought in India in the last 100 years with no rain or snow this winter, power generation at major hydropower projects in the state of Himachal Pradesh in north India is down by 80-85 per cent.
Global electricity generation from coal hit a record high in 2023 as coal’s use in power systems continues to grow despite efforts to cut back on its use.