July Moyo, Zimbabwe’s Energy and Power Development Minister, said that the country needs up to €8 billion in energy investments to double its current power generation capacity and meet rising electricity demand.
A report from Greenpeace indicates that China has approved 11.29 GW of new coal-fired power plants during Q1 of 2025, exceeding the 10.34 GW approved in H1 2024.
Latvia-based Aerones has raised €55 million to support the global expansion of its robotic and AI-enabled technologies for wind turbine maintenance.
AMEA Power has commissioned the 500 MW Amunet wind power plant in Ras Ghareb in the Red Sea Governorate of Egypt. This facility is now the largest operational wind farm in Africa.
Meralco and Kepco will be holding talks in South Korea to discuss possible future nuclear development in the Philippines.
Syria has signed an MOU with a consortium led by Qatar’s UCC Holding to develop major power generation projects with an investment of €6.2 billion.
The Institute of Energy Economics and Financial Analysis has released a report which states that as operation of Europe’s electricity grid has become more complex, the Iberian blackout has demonstrated a need for investment to enable operators to handle the increased complexity of operation.
LS Eco Energy, through its Vietnamese production subsidiary LS-VINA, has won a contract for €30 million of UHV cables for Vietnam Electricity (EVN)’s power grid construction project.
Doosan Enerbility has won contracts to supply key equipment for two large-scale gas combined cycle power projects underway in Saudi Arabia.
Wärtsilä has won a contract from Elektron Energy to supply power generation equipment for a new 30 MW power plant on Victoria Island in Lagos.