NextEra Energy and Google have signed a 25-year agreement to buy power from the 615 MW Duane Arnold nuclear power plant in Iowa, USA, which was shut down following storm damage suffered in 2020.
Hyundai Engineering & Construction has signed a front-end engineering design contract with Fermi America to build four large-scale nuclear power plants in the USA.
The Canadian federal government and the Ontario government have announced a combined C$3 billion in new subsidies to support the SMR development at the Darlington generating station.
Vistra has announced that it has completed the acquisition of seven gas-fired power plants totalling 2557 MW capacity from Lotus Infrastructure Partners in a $1.9 billion deal, subject to certain net working capital adjustments.
The Scottish Government is refusing to give planning permission for any new nuclear reactors to be built in Scotland.
Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity has signed an agreement to construct the 3 GW Al-Faw CCGT power plant in Basra. The contract is between the Iraqi entities Southern Power Production General Company and Advanced Technology Systems Company, with the project to be carried out by GE.
South Africa has announced a new national energy plan, which proposes reviving its stalled SMR nuclear project and expand gas-fired power generation.
Ghana’s Ministry of Energy and Green Transition has announced that it plans to increase Ghana’s renewable energy generation to 10 per cent by 2030 and 50 per cent by 2060.
Wärtsilä has signed a shared O&M agreement to support the reliable power supply on the Indonesian island of Lombok.
The Philippine Department of Energy (DOE) has proposed a new policy to allow power generation companies to finance and construct transmission infrastructure to accelerate the completion and delivery of power projects in the country.