Amid a blizzard of executive orders issued on Monday after his inauguration, US President Donald Trump moved to halt the development of offshore wind power by temporarily suspending the sale…

A coalition of engineers led by the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) has applied to the Department of Energy for an $800m grant to speed up the development of small modular…

Samsung C&T Engineering & Construction and Swedish energy company Kärnfull Next have signed a preliminary agreement to develop small modular reactor (SMR) projects in Sweden. The two signed a memorandum…

France’s plan to secure the future of its energy sector by building six nuclear reactors beginning in 2027 have been thrown into doubt by a report from the Cour des…

Russian nuclear engineer Rosatom has offered to build two VVER-1200 reactors in Vietnam, and help with wind and battery projects, the Interfax agency reports. Chief executive Alexei Likhachev told journalists…

Swiss energy company Edisun has announced plans to build a 941MW solar park northwest of Madrid to provide power for AI datacentres. The Fuencarral project is intended to meet the…

China is planning to build a solar farm in space, a project that one scientist likened to recreating the Three Gorges hydroelectric project in a geostationary orbit, South China Morning…

A $2bn LNG-fuelled power plant planned for Vietnam’s Thai Binh province is on track to break ground in the fourth quarter of 2025, Vietnamese business outlet The Investor reports. The…

Norwegian utility Halden Kjernekraft is in talks to buy a plot of land for a power station made up of small modular reactors (SMRs). If it goes ahead, it will…

Energy Northwest, a power company in the state of Washington, has hired Montreal-headquartered engineer AtkinsRéalis to be owner’s engineer in a project to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) for Amazon…

China is making progress in phasing out coal-fired power stations in favour of renewable energy, according to the Global Energy Association (GEA). Its research shows that the rate of building…

Egypt’s General Authority for Investment (GAFI) will commission Polish energy company Hynfra to build a green ammonia plant, local media report. The plan is to produce ammonia for export to…

Award-winning British actor Idris Elba aims to develop a wind farm in Sierra Leone with UK utility Octopus Energy. Octopus said on Tuesday it had submitted detailed plans to the…

With new powers to develop independent electricity supplies, the Nigerian state of Lagos has invited bidders to express interest in building a series of gas-fuelled power plants totaling 4GW of…

French President Emmanuel Macron’s visit to Morocco this week resulted in 20 deals covering desalination, energy, rail and water management, as well as finance, banking, and education, the North Africa…

The German government is giving chemicals giant BASF €310m to build the world’s largest industrial heat pump. The Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action is funding the project at…

Global electricity demand in the coming years is set to grow faster than it has in two decades, adding the equivalent of Japanese demand to total demand every year, the…

Finnish company Steady Energy has signed an agreement to develop nuclear-powered heating for the town of Kerava, about 10km north of Helsinki. The deal, with utility Keravan Energia, will use…