Energy
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Hungary Restarts Paks Nuclear Plant After Danube Water Levels Rise
Hungary has begun restarting a turbine at the Paks nuclear station after Danube levels recovered, easing a supply squeez...
Egypt's San Misr Wins $18.6m Eni Contract to Supply Electrical Equipment for Iraq's Zubair Field
Egyptian maintenance company San Misr has won a three-year, $18.6 million tender from Italy's Eni to supply electrical e...
Oil Slides as OPEC and IEA Slash Demand Outlook, US Inventories Jump
Brent and WTI futures drop after OPEC cuts 2026 demand growth to 580,000 bpd and the IEA warns of a possible 1.6m bpd co...
Rhine at Record Low as RWE's Giant Water Extraction Project Sparks Alarm
As the Rhine suffers historic drought, plans to pump billions of cubic metres of river water into former open-cast ligni...
Oil Prices Edge Up as Strait of Hormuz Stalemate Chokes Global Supply
Brent crude rises to $89.08 and U.S. gasoline hits $4.04 a gallon as fighting in Iran effectively shuts the critical wat...
Brazil’s Aneel Rejects Enel SP Appeal, Keeps Concession Revocation Process Alive
The unanimous decision moves the caducity process closer to a final vote, piling pressure on the Italian utility after r...
Oil Rally Gains Fresh Momentum as US-Iran Tensions Choke Key Shipping Lanes
Brent and WTI crude extended Monday’s 5% rally after attacks near the Strait of Hormuz and Houthi-linked incidents in th...
Oil Jumps 5% as US and Iran Trade Demands That Block Strait of Hormuz Resolution
Crude prices surged after Washington demanded reparations from Tehran while Iran insisted on all its conditions being me...
Jellyfish swarm forces EDF to halt three reactors at France’s largest nuclear plant
A massive influx of jellyfish clogged cooling water intakes at the Gravelines nuclear station, stopping three reactors a...
Solar Eclipse Triggers €400+ Wholesale Power Spike in Germany
A partial solar eclipse will briefly push German wholesale electricity prices above €460/MWh on Wednesday evening, expos...
Japan Condemns Houthi Attacks on Saudi Oil Tankers and Civilians in Red Sea
Japan has strongly denounced Houthi attacks on Saudi crude tankers, oil facilities and civilian targets, warning of esca...
U.S. Oil Inventories to Stay Tight Through 2026 as Exports Surge, EIA Says
Strong crude exports, falling imports and high refinery runs will keep U.S. commercial crude stocks below seasonal norms...
European Gas Prices Dip to $716 as TTF Trading Remains Choppy
The front-month TTF contract fell 1.5% to $715.6 per thousand cubic metres on Tuesday, reversing an early gain, as trade...
Greece's Ageing Power Grid Triggered 75% of This Year's Wildfire Devastation
Preliminary fire service data shows sparks from outdated overhead cables are the dominant driver of catastrophic wildfir...
U.S. Strategic Oil Reserve Drops Below 300 Million Barrels for First Time in Over 40 Years
America’s emergency crude stockpile has fallen to 298.7 million barrels after massive releases ordered during the Iran c...
Oil Supermajors' Record Profits Spark Trump Backlash and Windfall Tax Debate
The five supermajors posted $48 billion in quarterly profit amid the U.S.-Iran conflict, prompting President Trump to de...
Egypt's Electricity Load Holds at 38.5 GW as Dabaa Nuclear Unit Hits Inner Containment Milestone
Stable power demand is met with over 3.8 bcf/d of gas and 12,000 tonnes of mazut, while the first nuclear unit's fourth ...
Oil Prices Surge Nearly 5% as Hormuz Opening Hopes Collapse Under Iran-US Demands
Brent and WTI crude jump more than 4 dollars a barrel after Iran ties any reopening of the Strait of Hormuz to lifting U...
Kazakhstan Reroutes Oil to Atyrau-Samara and China After CPC Terminal Attacks
Drone strikes on tankers at the Caspian Pipeline Consortium’s Black Sea terminal forced Kazakhstan to divert crude flows...
Oil Edges Higher After 5% Surge as Iran-US Standoff Keeps Hormuz Jitters Alive
Brent hovered near $87.8 a barrel in early Tuesday trading, adding to Monday’s sharp gains, as clashing demands between ...
Brent Oil Edges Higher as Iran Dampens Hopes of Quick Hormuz Reopening
Brent crude rose 1% to $84.39 after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz will only reopen once the U.S. meets conditions inclu...
Cameroon Moves to Nationalise Globeleq’s Kribi and Dibamba Power Plants
Yaoundé is negotiating to buy out the British group’s 56% stake in two key power stations for around $138 million, accel...
How Maui’s Water Utility Turned Storage Tanks into Solar Power Plants
A County of Maui water agency solved land scarcity and high pumping costs by installing ballasted solar arrays directly ...
CorPower Ocean earns world-first DNV certification for wave energy converter
The prototype certificate for the CorPower C4 device validates structural strength, reliability and storm survivability,...
How Visual Context Helps Energy Operators Turn Alerts into Actionable Insight
A single sensor reading rarely tells the full story. Energy firms are increasingly pairing SCADA data with live video to...
China Single-Handedly Balances Asia's Crude Oil Demand After Hormuz Closure
China's crude imports have dropped 4.2 million bpd, absorbing almost all of Asia's demand loss since the Iran conflict c...
Hydropower's Transformer Crisis: The 60-Month Bottleneck Threatening U.S. Fleet Modernization
As the U.S. hydropower fleet ages past 80 years, ballooning lead times and import dependence on large power transformers...
Oil Jumps Above $85 as Hormuz Reopening Pessimism Deepens
Brent closes at $87.72 and WTI at $82.13 after Houthi attacks and a US-Iran standoff fuel supply fears. Skepticism over ...
Michigan City Taps Budderfly and Schneider to Overhaul Energy Systems Without Taxpayer Money
The City of Cadillac is using an Energy-as-a-Service model to fund a $4.4m infrastructure upgrade, with savings covering...
Diesel Prices Surge 40% as War Disruptions Set Stage for Winter Crunch
Geopolitical disruptions in the Middle East and Ukraine are choking global diesel exports. With European inventories dow...