The government of Albania has announced the results of the country’s first utility-scale bidder-selected site auction for onshore wind. Three bidders have been awarded capacity, totalling 222.48 MW, under the country’s third renewable energy auction and the first for onshore wind.
The Research Institute of Nuclear Reactors (a facility of Rosatom in Dimitrovgrad) started tests of VVER type fuel rods with uranium-plutonium MOX fuel in the MIR research reactor.
TotalEnergies has signed a framework agreement with the US company NextDecade to participate in the development of the Rio Grande LNG (RGLNG) project, a liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant located in South Texas. Under the terms of the agreement, and subject to execution of definitive documentation and final investment decision:
The town’s first Enefit Volt public charger with a capacity of 22 kW started operating in the car park of Kehra Business Centre.
Torrent Power Ltd. signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the government of Maharashtra for development of three pumped storage hydro projects of 5,700 MW capacity.
Next year, Eesti Energia wants to launch Estonia’s first pilot project for a large-scale storage device to make sure the solution is suitable both in Estonia and the company’s other retail markets. An international procurement was announced to find the storage device.
Well tests carried on 14–20 May at the Illisha-1 gas well, Bhola Island, Bangladesh, have shown a commercial flow of 19.6 million cubic feet (554 thousand cubic meters) per day. The results of exploration work indicate the discovery of a new gas field Illisha.
Canada becomes donor to the EBRD’s High-Impact Partnership on Climate Action. Contribution of CAD 283 million (€192 million equivalent) announced.
The Orlen Group and Northland Power have commenced the construction of an onshore substation in the Choczewo municipality. The project will allow the Baltic Power wind farm to receive energy generated offshore. According to the schedule, the farm will start producing zero-carbon energy in 2026.
TotalEnergies has obtained from the Spanish authorities (Ministry of Energy Transition and Autonomous Communities) a favorable Environmental Impact Assessment for an estimated 3 GW of installed capacity.