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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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Investment Group Acquires Stake in TotalEnergies’ German Energy Storage Portfolio

Thu, 02 Apr 2026 14:29:16 +0000

TotalEnergies has sold a 50% stake in an 800-MW portfolio of battery energy storage projects in Germany to Allianz Global Investors, a Germany-based group that has nearly $640 billion of assets under management.

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Chernobyl at 40: The World’s Worst Nuclear Power Accident and Where It Stands Now

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:26:11 +0000

On the 40th anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, POWER sent a freelance photographer and correspondent to the site in Ukraine to document the massive decommissioning effort still underway—and the new

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Geothermal’s Rise a Hot Topic Worldwide

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:25:24 +0000

The global surge in energy demand is spurring investment in several sectors, and is bringing renewed interest in areas such as geothermal. The world’s literal hot spots—places such as Iceland, Indonesia, Kenya, and part of the U.S.—are seeing new projects, often as part of testing of advanced technologies such as enhanced geothermal systems (EGS).

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Cracking the Power Supply Chain Code

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:25:10 +0000

The power industry finds itself in an uncomfortable bind. Demand for electricity is surging, driven by data center buildouts, broad electrification, and the retirement of aging coal fleets, but the equipment

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Europe’s Grid Is Already a Hybrid War Target—Most Utilities Aren’t Ready

Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:24:10 +0000

European electricity infrastructure has become a target of sustained hybrid warfare, and a new report from Eurelectric, the region’s power sector trade group, finds that most of the continent’s utilities

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