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This aerial view on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025, shows the Bataan Nuclear Power Plant in the Philippines, which has never produced a single watt of energy. (AP Photo/Anton L. Delgado)
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Southeast Asia looks to nuclear power to supercharge its energy transition

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Southeast Asia’s only nuclear power plant, completed four decades ago in Bataan, about 40 miles from the Philippine capital...

FILE - A boat passes by July 2, 2024, off Sea Girt, N.J., where a power cable from the Atlantic Shores offshore wind farm project is projected to come ashore. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry, File)
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In win for Trump, oil giant Shell walks away from major New Jersey offshore wind farm

In the first serious fallout from President Donald Trump’s early actions against offshore wind power, oil and gas giant Shell is walking away...

FILE PHOTO: A man stands in front of the Northvolt Ett factory in Skelleftea, Sweden, November 27, 2024. REUTERS/Marie Mannes/File Photo
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Scania tries to breathe life into troubled EV battery maker Northvolt

Four Northvolt workers told Reuters they had seen Scania employees inside the factory in recent months.

FILE PHOTO: Mads Nipper prictured at a news conference in Bjerringbro, Denmark, March 13, 2018. Scanpix Denmark/Henning Bagger via REUTERS/File Photo
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Renewables group Orsted replaces CEO to arrest share price slump

Orsted's shares were down 0.2% at 1010 GMT, slightly underperforming Europe's blue-chip stock index.

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Column-Nuclear revival puts uranium back in the critical spotlight: Andy Home

Uranium's inclusion on the U.S. critical mineral list would open up federal funds and fast-track permitting for domestic uranium projects.

FILE PHOTO: View of entrance to Norway's central bank in Oslo, April 20, 2023. REUTERS/Victoria Klesty/File Photo
ElectricityNewsOffshore WindWind

Norway’s wealth fund sticks to investments in renewables despite market setbacks

The fund sees offshore wind as still the best strategic target, as it is Europe-based and offers a large series of partners.

FILE PHOTO: Wind turbines are surrounded by fog at a wind farm in the mountains of Galicia region, near Vilalba, Spain March 20, 2024. REUTERS/Nacho Doce/File Photo
ClimateElectricityEmissionsFuelHydrogenInfrastructureNewsSolarStorageTransmissionUtilitiesWind

Global energy transition investment exceeded $2 trln last year, report shows

Global investment in low-carbon energy transition exceeded $2 trillion for the first time last year, a report by BloombergNEF showed.

Energy authorities say quick action is needed to fill the gap left by shuttered coal-fired power stations (AFP)
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Australia says reliance on coal-fired power drops to record low

Renewable energy sources supplied a record 46 percent of electricity in the quarter third, peaking at 75.6 percent on November 6.

FILE PHOTO: Solar panels are set up in the solar farm at the University of California, Merced, in Merced, California, U.S. August 17, 2022. REUTERS/Nathan Frandino/File Photo
ElectricityNewsSolarStorage

US solar group seeks major energy storage expansion

The Solar Energy Industries Association said it wants to see 700 gigawatt-hours of energy storage on the grid by the end of this...

FILE - Wind turbines dot the coastline along a giant solar farm near Weifang in eastern China's Shandong province on March 22, 2024. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)
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China built out record amount of wind and solar power in 2024

China raced ahead building renewable energy last year, installing more wind and solar power than ever before and continuing to leave all other...

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