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Cuba’s First Biomethane Plant: Renewable Fuel for Buses and Electricity

Thu, 23 Apr 2026 13:49:01 +0000

The Cuban state-owned Cuba Petroleo (Cupet) announced in April 2026, via its Facebook page, that Cuba’s first biomethane plant, located in the municipality of Martí, Matanzas province, has progressed to its final assembly and production phase. Edrey Rocha González, Cupet’s general director, supervised the work on this facility, designed to produce biomethane to fuel buses […]

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Death Toll From Boiler Explosion at Vedanta’s India Coal Power Plant Rises to 24, Triggers Probes

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:21:32 +0000

A catastrophic boiler explosion at Vedanta Limited’s Chhattisgarh Thermal Power Plant (VLCTPP) in east‑central India has left scores of workers dead and injured, prompting questions over boiler safety enforcement and operator oversight at privately owned coal plants in the country. The explosion, which occurred on April 14, has triggered parallel criminal, technical, and administrative investigations […]

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DTEK Will Build $1.4-Billion, 650-MW Wind Farm in Ukraine

Wed, 22 Apr 2026 12:51:12 +0000

The largest private energy company in Ukraine said it will invest €1.2 billion ($1.4 billion) for construction of the 650-MW Poltavska wind farm in that country.

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China Restarting Massive Coal-to-Gas Project After Decade-Long Pause

Mon, 20 Apr 2026 17:57:12 +0000

Chinese officials have said they will revive a multibillion-dollar coal gasification project, in part due to global gas supply disruptions caused by the U.S. and Isreal’s war with Iran.

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Project Glasswing: What Power Companies and Grid Operators Need to Know

Sat, 11 Apr 2026 18:24:58 +0000

On April 7, Anthropic announced Project Glasswing, a coalition of 12 major technology companies marshaling a new frontier artificial intelligence (AI) model to find and fix critical software vulnerabilities before attackers can exploit them. While the announcement is framed around technology infrastructure broadly, the implications for the power sector are immediate and serious. Partner posts […]

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Framatome Joins Four Utilities to Advance VVER 440 Nuclear Fuel Design

Thu, 09 Apr 2026 14:46:04 +0000

Longtime France-headquartered nuclear energy group Framatome and representatives from four utilities have signed a contract to advance the development of Framatome’s 100% sovereign European VVER 440 fuel design.

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TikTok Investing $1.16 Billion for Second Data Center in Finland

Wed, 08 Apr 2026 17:13:58 +0000

Social media group TikTok said it would invest €1 billion ($1.16 billion) to build the company’s second data center in Finland. TikTok on April 7 said the new facility would be in Lahti, in southern Finland, and would have capacity of 50 MW, scalable to 128 MW.

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GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy Supporting Deployment of SMR in Sweden

Tue, 07 Apr 2026 13:39:30 +0000

GE Vernova Hitachi Nuclear Energy (GVH) said it has entered into a main services agreement with AFRY, a Sweden-headquartered engineering, project management, and advisory company, to support deployment of GVH’s BWRX-300 small modular reactor (SMR) technology in that country.

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Keeping the Lights On: How Cuba Is Fighting an Energy Crisis Under Tightened Sanctions

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 19:06:41 +0000

The current state of the national power grid in Cuba is a response to an exceptionally complex scenario, marked by the intensification of the U.S. embargo and its direct impact on fuel supplies. This was the message delivered by First Deputy Minister of Energy and Mines, Argelio Jesús Abad Vigoa, during his appearance on the […]

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Aggreko Signs PPA with Mining Group for Hybrid Power Facility in Australia

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 15:05:41 +0000

Aggreko has finalized a landmark power purchase agreement (PPA) with international mining company Harmony Gold for the Eva Copper Mine Project in Northwest Queensland, Australia. The PPA announced April 2 supports development of Australia’s largest off-grid renewable hybrid power facility.

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