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

  • 2 months 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

  • 2 months 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.

  • 2 months 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

  • 2 months 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

  • 2 months 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

  • 2 months 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

  • 2 months 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.

Oman signs €2.4 billion power deals

  • 2 months ago (2026-01-23)
  • David Flin

Oman’s Nama Power and Water Procurement has signed agreements valued at a total of €2.4 billion, one with a consortium led by Qatar’s Nebras Energy and one led by Korea Western Power to develop power generation projects.

CCECC to build 7 MW floating solar plant at University of Lagos

  • 2 months ago (2026-01-22)
  • David Flin

China Civil Engineering Construction Company (CCECC) has won a contract to build a 7 MW floating solar power station for the University of Lagos (UNILAG) in Nigeria.

Sudan to get Chinese transformers for war-damaged grid

  • 2 months ago (2026-01-21)
  • David Flin

Sudan’s Energy Ministry has announced that China’s Siyuan Energy Company will supply transformers and mobile power stations to repair infrastructure in Sudan damaged by the country’s civil war.